Just a few aspects of the life of teenagers in Sydney: There are those who spend their Sunday afternoon at the skatepark... (I love the way this guy looks like he's about to take a plunge! In fact he's going to make a perfect landing next to his mates!)Quelques aspects de la vie des ados à Sydney : il y a ceux qui passent le dimanche après-midi au skatepark (on a l'impression que celui-ci va plonger, mais non - il va faire un atterrissage parfait à côté de ses copains !)
... Those who go to school : here, walking down Martin Place, a few students of an expensive all girls' private school, MLC. With tuition fees there ranging from A$ 10,000 a year in Kindergarten (US$8600) to A$18,000 for senior students (US$15,000), no doubt that the 'people like us' selection is effective.... Il y a ceux qui vont à l'école : ici, descendant Martin Place, des élèves de MLC, une école privée pour filles où les frais de scolarité vont de dix mille dollars par an en maternelle (6000 euros) à dix-huit mille dollars par an au lycée (11 000 euros). Nul doute que ça assure un tri socio-économique efficace !
...And then there are those who work : here on Kent street, with a ship from the Swedish Wallenius Lines in the background, can you see the guy holding the stop/slow sign? When he saw me taking the picture, he hid behind his sign - he made me laugh ! In Australia children can start working at the age of 14 years and 9 months, and casual part-time jobs are easy to find. For those who leave school early with no qualifications, unskilled labour (such as this one on building sites) is abundant, and not that poorly paid either.BTW I like the composition in grey and red here.
...Et puis il y a ceux qui travaillent : Ici dans Kent street, avec un navire de l'armateur suédois Wallenius Lines en toile de fond, vous voyez le jeune homme qui tient le panneau Stop ? Quand il m'a vu prendre ma photo, il s'est caché derrière son panneau - ça m'a fait rire ! En Australie, on a le droit de commencer à travailler à 14 ans et 9 mois, et les petits boulots sont faciles à trouver. Pour ceux qui quittent l'école à 16 ou 18 ans sans qualifications, le travail peu qualifié (par exemple sur les chantiers comme ici) est abondant, et pas si mal payé.
PS - j'aime bien ma composition en rouge et gris ici.



Sunday afternoon, the shop window of an art gallery in a small back street in Manly : the sun's last rays hit completely horizontally these sculptures which appear to explore the relation between man and tree (see the tree drawn on the bottom man's belly?). The shadow was perfect.



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The big difference with the northern hemisphere is that there are no mountain pines, only eucalypts - magnificent snow gums in particular, whose bark take spectacular colours against the white snow. For more great photos of that, check out the websites of .jpg)
Blue Cow, fun name for this ski field located above Perisher ! (see 
In a back alley off Oxford Street in Paddington, a lion shedding a tear (crocodile tear?) ...



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My third (mid-afternoon, long after the lunch hour rush) is the food court at the foot of Westpac bank.

