Earlier this year MilesSmiles and I went out into the outback to do some 4*4 driving in the Blue Mounatins a couple of hours outside Sydney.

Here is Oliver driving up this hill that looked impossible to drive up but Land Rover was superb. That front wheel is probably 5 feet off the ground.



And then the big puddle - now that was fun. Look very carefully and you will see that Oliver is patriotically wearing his Naim T Shirt

Looks like the roads around Bishop's Stortford!

Good photos, have the Australians begun to like Land Rover products again?

Tony

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Originally posted by Tony Lockhart:
Looks like the roads around Bishop's Stortford!

Good photos, have the Australians begun to like Land Rover products again?

Tony

In Sydney there are Range Rovers everywhere - very popular with the Sydney smartset. 4*4's are very popular in Oz because of the opportunties to get out and offroad. This day we did was run by the Sydney Land Rover dealer and there were lots of Range Rovers going offroad for the first and probably only time. The vehicles were amazing what they could achieve and where they could go. I am sure a few of the owners were a little worried about getting their cars dirty. As you can see MilesSmiles lost his numberplate.

One of our expat friends when we lived there was the head of Land Rover in Oz and I think business had been good for him during his time there. Not so sure it would be the case now as petrol prices began to kill off the attractiveness of these vehicles.

I worked with a lot of Australians when I worked in Saudi. They had not one good word to say about LR, prefering Patrols and Landcruisers. And in Saudi only the rich used them as a rule. As the saying went for batchelor status guys: If you're bored at the weekends buy an American car or a Range Rover. Then you'll have some work to do EVERY weekend!

Hopefully those reliability woes really are long gone.

Tony

Landcruisers are the most popular in Oz. I had two when I was there. Superb vehicles.

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Anthology of a space:

Love it.

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Originally posted by Tony Lockhart:
Looks like the roads around Bishop's Stortford!

Good photos, have the Australians begun to like Land Rover products again?

Tony

They are extremely popular down under right now and the reliability has greatly improved.

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Earlier this year MilesSmiles and I went out into the outback to do some 4*4 driving in the Blue Mounatins a couple of hours outside Sydney.

Here is Oliver driving up this hill that looked impossible to drive up but Land Rover was superb. That front wheel is probably 5 feet off the ground.


And then the big puddle - now that was fun. Look very carefully and you will see that Oliver is patriotically wearing his Naim T Shirt

I had another invite a few weeks back but was unfortunately in the US on that day, was great fun so and I would love to do it again.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Earlier this year MilesSmiles and I went out into the outback to do some 4*4 driving in the Blue Mounatins a couple of hours outside Sydney.

Here is Oliver driving up this hill that looked impossible to drive up but Land Rover was superb. That front wheel is probably 5 feet off the ground.


And then the big puddle - now that was fun. Look very carefully and you will see that Oliver is patriotically wearing his Naim T Shirt

I had another invite a few weeks back but was unfortunately in the US on that day, was great fun so and I would love to do it again.

"Outta my way, nature!", Marge Simpson

"Canyonero - It's a deer smackin', squirrel squashin' drivin' machine."

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

Another HDR shot. The view from my apartment at night.

Awesome, have it as my desktop now - hope that is ok

Of course it is OK. This link to the full-sized image file if you want higher resolution...
full size vancouver night photo

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Earlier this year MilesSmiles and I went out into the outback to do some 4*4 driving in the Blue Mounatins a couple of hours outside Sydney.

Here is Oliver driving up this hill that looked impossible to drive up but Land Rover was superb. That front wheel is probably 5 feet off the ground.


And then the big puddle - now that was fun. Look very carefully and you will see that Oliver is patriotically wearing his Naim T Shirt

I had another invite a few weeks back but was unfortunately in the US on that day, was great fun so and I would love to do it again.

"Outta my way, nature!", Marge Simpson

"Canyonero - It's a deer smackin', squirrel squashin' drivin' machine."

Hey, we all got an eco lesson first before we were allowed to chase kangaroos and wombats.

This one got away ...

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

Fall fields of Wadsworth.

Haim, I was admiring your Flickr portfolio. What is the wide-angle lens you are using?

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

Fall fields of Wadsworth.

Haim, I was admiring your Flickr portfolio. What is the wide-angle lens you are using?

The only two Nikkor lenses which I use with the D200 are the DX12-24mm f/2.8 and the 105mm f/2.8 Macro.
If I could have started my digital trip today, I would do it with a D700. I don't think that I will buy anymore Dx lenses in the future.
Thanks for visiting my flickr. I enjoyed yours a lot.

Haim

Some fireworks pics from me

Christchurch Park, Ipswich?

No -- friend's garden in long melford :-)

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Originally posted by jon honeyball:
Some fireworks pics from me

Jon,

Your pictures look exactly like your music.

Haim

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Your pictures look exactly like your music.

What blurred and flashy?

Just kidding they are rather good pictures.

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Originally posted by BigH47:
What blurred and flashy?

Just kidding they are rather good pictures.

Explosions

One of my other forums is trying to organise a group buy on these:



Tony