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lionking said:
Go to Watson's Bay no matter what. Its a way from the Bridge, but you will have a great view of the fireworks.

But it's well worth the trip during the day, if only for the ferry ride.
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looks gorgeous, but perhaps a bit challenging to get back to the hotel after midnight!
 
icerat said:
looks gorgeous, but perhaps a bit challenging to get back to the hotel after midnight!
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You don't want to try Watson's Bay on NYE. That would be mental.

But during the daytime after or before NYE should be OK.

Lionking said:
Nah. It was I.
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I thought it was me. Doesn't matter though, I spose.
 
Woo Hoo! It's time for the Tamworth Country Music Festival

Thousands of people have flocked to Tamworth for the opening concert of the 2014 Country Music Festival.​


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Sophie Clabburn of The Sunny Cowgirls performs during the opening concert in Tamworth on 17 January 2014.
Photo: AAP/Dan Himbrechts/ABC​



Eight hundred artists will present nearly 4,000 performances before the festival culminates with the Golden Guitar awards next weekend.

A bronze statue of Slim Dusty and Joy McKean will be unveiled next Friday.​



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ETA: Post needs a video clip!


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icerat said:
So, any of you aussies experts on the Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks?

I was born in Sydney but have never seen them and have it on my bucket list. I'm bringing the family down under for the first time (and my first visit in 14 years) and we'll be there for NYE before heading north to visit the family in QLD.

I'm wondering about recommended viewpoints that are accessible with small children (3 and 8). Any thoughts?
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Its a bit late now, but for the 2013-14 New Year I found myself partyless, so I decided to go on an adventure to see if I could find a spot along the river, which wasn't too far from the action, but not too many people. I finally managed to find Huntley's Point Reserve, which was easy to move around (There were people there, but it wasn't crowded).

Some people might consider it a bit far from the event though, this was my view:

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atecom said:
Its a bit late now, but for the 2013-14 New Year I found myself partyless, so I decided to go on an adventure to see if I could find a spot along the river, which wasn't too far from the action, but not too many people. I finally managed to find Huntley's Point Reserve, which was easy to move around (There were people there, but it wasn't crowded).
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We ended up at Berrys Bay, pretty good view I thought, though we ended up moving around a bit too far to better seats for the kids and couldn't see the opera house or the bottom of the bridge too well.

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icerat said:
We ended up at Berrys Bay, pretty good view I thought, though we ended up moving around a bit too far to better seats for the kids and couldn't see the opera house or the bottom of the bridge too well.
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But you were there!

Your kids are now (as are you) part of our history.


How cool is that?
 
atecom said:
Its a bit late now, but for the 2013-14 New Year I found myself partyless, so I decided to go on an adventure to see if I could find a spot along the river, which wasn't too far from the action, but not too many people. I finally managed to find Huntley's Point Reserve, which was easy to move around (There were people there, but it wasn't crowded).

Some people might consider it a bit far from the event though, this was my view:
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Close enough! All I got to see was the TV version.

You win!
 
Sydney photographer Andrew Cowen has won this year's $25,000 National Photographic Portrait Prize for his study of cartoonist Matthew Martin.


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The Subject

Martin was born in Broken Hill in 1952 and grew up in Adelaide. He took up full-time cartooning in Sydney in 1981, mainly working for the 'Stay in Touch’ page of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also drew cartoons and illustrations for the National Times, The Australian Financial Review and The Sun Herald. Between 1987 and 2004 he made 150 T-shirt designs for surf brand Mambo.

Martin won the Stanley Award for best single gag cartoonist in 1987 and 1988. In 1988 he won a Walkley Award for his cartoon Progress ( SMH 27 October 1988, 9).

A collection of Martin’s cartoons was published as 250 Cartoons by Anne O’Donovan in 1986 and as Happiness Is A Good Duck by Vintage in New York in 1989.

Martin moved to New York in 1990 where he freelanced as an illustrator for most major American newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Time magazine, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone.

Martin returned to live in Sydney in 2001. He drew cartoons for The Times (London) 2004 – 2007 and occasionally contributed cartoons to The New Yorker and to Australian newspapers. In 2007 he was a finalist in the Dobell Prize For Drawing at the Art Gallery of NSW with his ink and brush drawings 100 Views of Wylie’s Baths. He held his first solo show of Drawings at Damien Minton Gallery in Redfern in May 2008.​


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A personal favourite :)​



The Photographer


Andrew Cowen grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. He studied Fine Art at the North Adelaide School of Art and completed a Bachelor of Design at the University of South Australia before permanently relocating to Sydney. He currently works on both commercial and personal projects.


His portfolio is well worth a look and can be found here:






Click to read more about the competition
and see some of the other finalists' entries​
 
I watched the Melbourne March on tv, and I must say that while the whole march is always excellent, the local reservists from the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse were looking particularly splendid with their Emu feathers on the Slouch hat.

Is there any particular reason why the Horsemen are allowed to wear this while others didn't?
 
Damien Evans said:
I watched the Melbourne March on tv, and I must say that while the whole march is always excellent, the local reservists from the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse were looking particularly splendid with their Emu feathers on the Slouch hat.

Is there any particular reason why the Horsemen are allowed to wear this while others didn't?
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The Plume has been a tradition of the Light Horse since the days of the South African War. I don't know that such traditions are ever based in any reason other than to distinguish one corps, branch or unit from another.


Modern cavalry units which can trace their lineage back to the original Light Horse also wear the embellishment including, for instance, Western Australia's X LH Regiment or, as pictured below the 1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers.


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HQ Company, 1/15 RNSW Lancers​



Read more here:

http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/lhplumes/feathers/
 
Sideroxylon said:
The ones at the back aren't walers, are they. At the front?
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No, the ones at the back are (nearest) the ARH Tiger:


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followed by some UH-60 Blackhawks:


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The vehicles in the foreground aren't true Walers but rather a more modern variety bred from the same blood as the originals and now known simply as the Australian Stock Horse.

There are still Walers around though, mostly running about loose in the Northern Territory but more significantly making a big comeback due mainly to the efforts of the Waler Horse Society of Australia based in Rosewood, Queensland.




PS Sorry about the recruiting ads. It was my life and I can't help myself sometimes.

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