Air Traffic Controller

Our daughter Carol-Ann had to fly up from Sydney to Brisbane for work for a couple of days. We picked her up on Friday night and she spent a night with us. Tonight we took her back to the airport for her flight back to Sydney. This gave me a chance to try out http://www.flightradar24.com/

It's a web site where you can view any airplane up there in the sky flying anywhere in the world.

Here's Carol's flight:

(CLICK ON THE PICTURES FOR A BIGGER VIEW)

QFA553 BNE to SYD has taken off 

7.56pm QFA53 has crossed the QLD - NSW border

QFA553 has just passed a Jetstar plane heading for BNE
it was 1000ft below at 8.09pm

QFA553 has just passed Muswelbrook at 8.35pm

QFA553 has banked to the left, heading for SYD at 8.40pm

QFA533 has now banked for Sydney at 8.48pm

The plane is in final approach at 8.50pm

Flightradar 24 is a lot of fun chasing planes all around the globe. Check out the traffic over the USA:

At other times you can't see the map from all the planes in the air, especiall over London between 6 and 8am in the morning in the UK.

Try it, have fun...

http://www.flightradar24.com

Beenleigh Car Show

We went to the Beenleigh show ground on Sunday, where there were lots of old cars on show, some of which I was driving at one stage or another, including a 1956 Ford Fairlane Galaxy, similar to one I owned in my 20s. All images are in HDR.

I used to have one just like that

There's a story to this car. I used to live in a small town in Switzerland with narrow streets. When I bought that car and angle-parked it in our main street in front of our building, it stuck out by about a metre. The local police called and asked me to parallel park it somewhere else as it was causing an obstruction in the main street. They couldn't force me but being a law-abiding person, I obliged. I parked it across the river and had to walk to and from.

Brisbane Festival

We went into town last night to see the light Show as part of the Brisbane festival. I also wanted to try out my new Canon G1X compact camera and was very pleasantly surprised of the results.

Brisbane from South Bank

The Santos Light Show on the River

The colours were sensational

The Brisbane Wheel at South Bank

Chinese lanterns adorn the forecourt

Diane and Kathy

Sculptured Sphere

My Two Lovely Boys

Sonya sent us this picture of our grandsons Fox and Banjo

Fox and Banjo studying the Pythagorus Theorem

Bernard Curry scores hot spot in US show

By Darren Cartwright - Gold Coast Bulletin

BEAUTY and the Geek Australia host Bernard Curry (pictured) has scored a recurring role in a new US television series which stars former TV Superman Dean Cain.

Curry heads back to the US this week, well ahead of the start of filming later this year.

Bounce is a comedy that revolves around a cheerleading team for the fictional NBA basketball team the LA Devils.

It stars Cain - who was the lead in the popular 1990s series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Kimberley Elise and Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue).

Curry, 38, said he was initially cast in Bounce during a pilot season in the US earlier this year and the show was only picked up by channel VH1 in July.

He plays a sports agent who manages half of the players on the Devils' team.

"They only had the green light to go to a series," Curry said.

"They have to write the series before they go into pre-production and then into production. I'm not playing one of the series leads, but it's a recurring character and it's great to be involved."

Curry, who appeared in Neighbours, Home and Away and had a small role in Packed to the Rafters, has been based in LA for more than a year.

He hoped Bounce would be the stepping stone to more roles in a cut-throat industry.

"It's great to have something under your belt and runs on the board to gather momentum," Curry said.

"It's a nice place to live... it's a competitive scene but I am enjoying the challenge."

HDR Photographs

Diane is away in Sydney so I've been playing with some of my pictures using Lightroom and Efex Pro 2 HDR software to enhance them. Here are a few of them.

Wave Rock, W.A.

Port Headland

Shark Bay W.A.

Our front Garden

From our back Garden

Water Lillies at Rochedale Park

Hipstamatic Shots from Bondi Beach

I love taking photos with my iPhone using the Histamatic App. I find them interesting. Here are some shots taken since we've been helping out looking after the grand children:

Bondi Beach, the most famous beach in Australia but by no means the best.

I spotted that graffiti on a building the other day. Today, Australia has a new tax called the carbon tax.

'Wake up granddaddy.' Looking after grandkids can be tiring.

Fox loves watching Fireman Sam episodes on You Tube.

Bondi Beach afternoon

Fox on the Run

Moon Over Bondi Beach

Some swimmer padlocked his thongs onto the fence