Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Facades

Outside the NGA

Pre-loved

Indeed, Kim's Chinese Grocery was immediately to the right of this picture. Garema Place, Civic.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

Awesome Chips!

This weekend just past I was visited by my fellow Photo-Blogger, French Sydneysider of My Down Under. Of course Canberra, as usual took a break from some lovely balmy spring weather to welcome her with lots of rain and cold wind. In conversation she made passing mention of experiencing something "exclusive to Canberra," so when we took refuge from the cold in the Canberra Centre while waiting for her bus home, we stumbled upon an exclusive Canberra experience: Kingsley's Chicken. Though a chain, it is located exclusively in Canberra.

A fast food institution of sorts, Kingsley's does all the regular chicken fare, as well as "salads, delicious Chicken Gravy and, of course, Kingsley's Awesome Chips - which many customers claim are the best in Canebrra, if not the world!" Wow!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Gimme shelter

Discovered these two pigeons huddled on a tool box in a vacant shop space at the Jolimont Travel Centre in the city this afternoon. I can't blame them - it was bitterly cold outside. How they got in? Another eternal mystery...

Thursday, September 24, 2009

24/7

24 Hour Carwash, Weston.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The eternal question...

For those of you still bothering with this little photoblog, my deepest apologies for the massive and unannounced halt in proceedings. A fortnight ago I was knocked well and truly for six by what was apparently a nasty bladder infection which also entailed 4 sleepless and rather desperate nights in a row due to nausea or unbearable stomach cramps or a joyous combination of the two. At one point I honestly thought I would have to be propped up by buscopan and maxolon for the foreseeable futue. Such was my delerium. Not fun.

In the meantime I have recovered (and learnt how to sleep properly again!), but am still without a car! Maybe I need to bite the bullet and take a bus into the city one Saturday. Anyway, here we plunge back into the routine.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Complementary Opposites

Who knew a giant pile of gravel could be so aesthetically pleasing?

Monday, September 7, 2009

Running the angles

Because I have found myself habitually taking pictures of powerlines and the like, I usually employ a bit of self-censorship and avoid them all together. This beautiful mass of angles, however, I could not resist. Found up the quiet end of Hindmarsh Drive.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Hiatus (sort of)

I'm heading for the hills this weekend, far away from my laptop and magical wireless USB, which is probably a good thing! As such, there wont be any posts until Monday the 7th of September. I think you'll cope.

Primary Colours

These wonderfully co-ordinated pallette's and lifter out the back of a local nursery caught my eye the other day, not hard to see why. You may or may not have noticed that the majority of my posts in the last few weeks have come from a very limited area. I'm in the process of switching my registration between states and have been essentially without a car. This has forced to pay closer attention to my local area, to look beneath the seemingly mundane for an interesting image or story, and given me a greater appreciation for my little slice of the Canberra pie.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

On the menu

Found behind Domino's Pizza at Weston.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Big

First day of the month means theme day at City Daily Photo. This month's theme is 'big'. Ah! The glare! This is why I love book shops - coming to my rescue at the last minute with randomly appropriate covers and titles! I really wanted to post a picture of Mr. Big from Sex and the City, is that a bad thing?