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Australia the lucky country'/><category term='landscape'/><category term='snow'/><category term='Australia Day'/><category term='Sweet Valentine'/><category term='roof tiles'/><title type='text'>Sydney Daily Snap</title><subtitle type='html'>For a year from August 2006 to August 2007, a French girl living in Sydney shared her daily photos of one of the world's most beautiful cities. Turn your eyes to downunder!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>319</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8632205366276906292</id><published>2008-04-01T09:08:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T16:34:07.124+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Water</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R_FymyznX8I/AAAAAAAAB7s/CPRzQmCZPAM/s1600-h/train+sale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184050656879009730" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R_FymyznX8I/AAAAAAAAB7s/CPRzQmCZPAM/s640/train+sale.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today's theme for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://citydailyphoto.com/portal/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;City Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; bloggers around the world is water. In this chronically drought-stricken country, I chose to evoke water by its absence : on the window of a Sydney suburban train, red dust hardly streaked by a few drops of rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Chaque mois les bloggeurs du réseau &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://citydailyphoto.com/portal/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;City Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt; participent à une journée à thème. Ce mois-ci c'est "water", l'eau. Dans ce pays tourmenté par une sécheresse chronique, j'ai choisi d'évoquer l'eau par son absence : sur la vitre d'un train de banlieue de Sydney, la poussière rouge à peine balafrée par quelques trop rares gouttes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;sydneyotos sydney photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184021373791985586" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R_FX-SznX7I/AAAAAAAAB7k/ECxP80nsUcU/s640/syd+RYSY.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;...but then how to resist showing a view of Sydney's magnificent harbour? Water in Sydney necessarily means sea, ferries and sailing. View from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in Kirribili.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;... mais comment résister au bonheur de montrer aussi la somptueuse baie de Sydney ? L'eau à Sydney c'est forcément la mer, les ferries et les régates. Vue depuis le Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron de Kirribili.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-----------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This will be my last post on this blog,  I am moving on to other pursuits. I shall leave this blog to live a life of its own on the web now - if a random search brought you here, I hope you enjoy my photos and my very personal vision of Sydney. Please DO NOT USE my photos for any purpose without asking me first, I can be contacted at the e-mail address shown in my profile. Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Ce sera là mon dernier billet sur ce blog, j'avance vers d'autres projets. Je laisse désormais ce blog vivre sa vie propre dans le cyber espace - si une recherche ou le hasard vous ont amené ici, j'espère que vous apprécierez mes photos et ma vision très personnelle de Sydney. Merci de NE PAS UTILISER mes photos pour quelque usage que ce soit sans me le demander - vous pouvez me joindre à l'adresse e-mail indiquée dans mon profil. Merci.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-8632205366276906292?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/8632205366276906292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=8632205366276906292&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8632205366276906292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8632205366276906292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2008/04/water.html' title='Water'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R_FymyznX8I/AAAAAAAAB7s/CPRzQmCZPAM/s72-c/train+sale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3399055644409949056</id><published>2008-02-01T00:52:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T16:31:04.588+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Opera House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour'/><title type='text'>Celebrity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R6HSzqStQMI/AAAAAAAABec/XwgSBSbledM/s1600-h/sydneyoperahouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161638432911212738" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R6HSzqStQMI/AAAAAAAABec/XwgSBSbledM/s640/sydneyoperahouse.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When you think of Sydney, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Its famous Opera House of course, and the Harbour Bridge. Today is Theme Day for over 130 &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/"&gt;City Daily Photo&lt;/a&gt; bloggers around the world, and the theme is "what your city is known for" so here's a photo I never had the time to show before, taken at sunset on a very dramatic winter day. The stripes you see on the roof are shadows of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Pretty spectacular, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Carte postale. Quand on pense à Sydney, quelle est la première image qui vient à l'esprit ? Son Opéra bien sûr ! Aujourd'hui 1er du mois est jour à thème pour plus de 130 de bloggeurs du réseau &lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;City Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et le thème est "ce qui fait la réputation de votre ville" - alors voici une photo que je n'avais jamais eu l'occasion de montrer avant, prise au coucher du soleil par un jour de tempête hivernale. Les stries sur les voiles de l'Opéra, ce sont les ombres du Pont de Sydney. C'est beau, hein ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;----------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3399055644409949056?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3399055644409949056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3399055644409949056&amp;isPopup=true' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3399055644409949056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3399055644409949056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2008/02/postcard-from-downunder.html' title='Celebrity'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/R6HSzqStQMI/AAAAAAAABec/XwgSBSbledM/s72-c/sydneyoperahouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3249130824619925388</id><published>2007-08-02T10:41:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T16:35:18.523+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Last reflections</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RrEqutmkFAI/AAAAAAAABHI/tmYUrYVHEDo/s1600-h/pnat+049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093899635536434178" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RrEqutmkFAI/AAAAAAAABHI/tmYUrYVHEDo/s640/pnat+049.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; August 2007 - almost a year since I started this blog and it will soon be time to say goodbye. I am leaving Sydney. On my last walk around town, I found many reflections - again.&lt;br /&gt;The Sydney Harbour Bridge, in a modern facade...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Aout 2007 - presque un an que j'ai commencé ce blog et bientôt viendra le moment de dire au revoir. Je quitte Sydney. Lors de ma dernière ballade en ville, j'ai encore trouvé de nombreux reflets : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Le pont de Sydney dans une façade moderne....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093898183837488098" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RrEpaNmkE-I/AAAAAAAABG4/ANa9Iea-6vs/s640/pnat+037bis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;The Museum of Contemporary art (the golden building in the background) combined with an Aboriginal painting displayed in the window of a gallery on Circular Quay.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Le Musée d'art moderne (l'immeuble roux en arrière plan) combiné avec une peinture aborigène exposée en vitrine dans une galerie d'art de Circular Quay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093898986996372466" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RrEqI9mkE_I/AAAAAAAABHA/UVZI3PjOMtY/s640/pnat+079.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Taken from the train on the North Shore Line, trees in the suburb of Pymble combined with the message "I love Blake" scribbled on the window... Do you find these images too bizarre or do they speak to you? (none of them are the result of post-processing, the special effects only come from the way I took the photos)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Pris depuis le train de la North Shore Line, les arbres du quartier de Pymble avec en message "I love Blake" griffonné sur la vitre... Trouvez-vous ces images trop bizarres ou est-ce qu'elles vous parlent ? (aucune n'est le produit d'un travail d'édition, les effets spéciaux viennent de la manière dont j'ai pris mes photos)&lt;br /&gt;---------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;On a personal note, thanks to all of you for your friendship and support over this year of blogging. Your kind and interesting comments have made&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; Sydney Daily Snap a delight for me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci encore à tous pour votre amitié et votre soutien pendant cette année de blog. La gentillesse et la qualité de vos commentaires ont &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;fait de Sydney Daily Snap un vrai bonheur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3249130824619925388?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3249130824619925388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3249130824619925388&amp;isPopup=true' title='59 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3249130824619925388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3249130824619925388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-2007-almost-year-since-i-started.html' title='Last reflections'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RrEqutmkFAI/AAAAAAAABHI/tmYUrYVHEDo/s72-c/pnat+049.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>59</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1431597026592256347</id><published>2007-08-01T22:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T11:14:19.605+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breakfast'/><title type='text'>Hiccup</title><content type='html'>1st August: I had enrolled to participate in the City Daily Photo Breakfast theme day, but I have a problem accessing my photos (on a different computer). Sorry, there will be no breakfast from me today. I suggest you visit Sally's blog for &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;a typical (or atypical?) Aussie breakfast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and to see what's cooking around the world, click on the following city links (don't forget time zones will mean breakfast appears at various times throughout your day).&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1er aout : Je m'étais inscrite au thème du mois des City Daily Photo, "petit-déjeuner dans votre ville" mais je ne suis pas sur mon ordi aujourd'hui et je ne peux pas accéder à mes photos. Désolée, pas de petit-déjeuner chez moi aujourd'hui. Pour &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;un petit-déjeuner australien typique (ou atypique ?) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;je vous suggère de visiter l'excellent blog de Sally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Et pour voir ce qu'il y a au menu du petit-déjeuner autour du monde, cliquez sur les noms de villes (n'oubliez pas qu'avec le décalage horaire, le petit-déjeuner ne sera pas servi dans toutes les villes à la même heure !)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Saint Paul (MN), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.discoverpa.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Bellefonte (PA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Menton, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Monte Carlo, Monaco&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://nyc2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;New York City (NY), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.telaviv2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Tel Aviv, Israel&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Hyde, UK&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Port Angeles (WA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Mainz, Germany&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Stockholm, Sweden&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://paderborndailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Paderborn, Germany&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.singaporedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://tungelstadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Haninge, Sweden&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://beestonblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Nottingham, UK&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://ampangdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Boston (MA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://seouldailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Seoul, Korea&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://singersdailyfotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Joplin (MO), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Chandler (AZ), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.anotherparisdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Paris, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.sequimwadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Sequim (WA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Greenville (SC), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://bostondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Boston (MA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.chennaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Chennai, India&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://madisondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Madison (WI), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://brdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Baton Rouge (LA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://toulousedailyphotoblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Toulouse, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Seattle (WA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://mexicodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Mexico (DF), Mexico&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.antiguadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;La Antigua, Guatemala&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Selma (AL), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.wassenaardailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Albuquerque (NM), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://icleveland.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Cleveland (OH), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://sandiego-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;San Diego (CA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://lubbockdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Lubbock (TX), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Jakarta, Indonesia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.shekiazerbaijan.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Sheki, Azerbaijan &lt;/a&gt;- &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://mumbaidailysnapshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Mumbai, India&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://everydayseoul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Seoul, South Korea&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.twincitiesdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Cottage Grove (MN), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Cypress (TX), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://saarbrueckendailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Saarbrücken, Germany&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://neworleansdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;New Orleans (LA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.budapestdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Budapest, Hungary&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Kyoto, Japan&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Tokyo, Japan&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://austintexasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Austin (TX), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Villigen, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://montrealdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Montréal (QC), Canada&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Stayton (OR), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new"&gt;Melbourne, Australia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Silver Spring (MD), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://moscowdailyshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Moscow, Russia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://springfielddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Springfield (MO), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://nevadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Inverness (IL), usa&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://arlingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Arlington (VA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://colognedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Cologne (NRW), Germany&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://andersondailyphoto.wordpress.com/" target="_new"&gt;Anderson (SC), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://oslodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Oslo, Norway&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.saint-petersburg-dailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://malaysiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://mrdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Maple Ridge (BC), Canada&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://bandungraya.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Bandung (West Java), Indonesia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Stavanger, Norway&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://bastiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Bastia, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Hong Kong, China&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Wailea (HI), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://stldailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;St. Louis (MO), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://dailyphotobutcherfortheworld.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Chicago (IL), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://rabauldailyphoto-jules.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Rabaul, Papua New Guinea&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.kansascitydailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Kansas City (MO), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Grenoble, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Paris, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Evry, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://saigon-today.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Saigon, Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://praguedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Prague, Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Cape Town, South Africa&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Brookville (OH), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.brusselsdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Brussels, Belgium&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://sandiegodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;San Diego (CA), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://blandforddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Wellington, New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Newcastle (NSW), Australia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Saint Louis (MO), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Sharon (CT), USA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;Shanghai, China&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://zurichdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Zurich, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://northbayphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;North Bay (ON), Canada&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://citylyon.free.fr/" target="_new"&gt;Lyon, France&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Naples (FL), USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1431597026592256347?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1431597026592256347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1431597026592256347&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1431597026592256347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1431597026592256347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/08/hiccup.html' title='Hiccup'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8250663219048140454</id><published>2007-07-29T12:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T14:52:54.747+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Men at work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skatepark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Teenagers in Sydney</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rqvz2NmkE7I/AAAAAAAABGg/_QPz-CGAsh8/s1600-h/TEskatepark.jpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092431916362372018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rqvz2NmkE7I/AAAAAAAABGg/_QPz-CGAsh8/s640/TEskatepark.jpg.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;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!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;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 !)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/8060/4065/1600/mlc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/8060/4065/400/mlc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... Those who go to school : here, walking down Martin Place, a few students of an expensive all girls' private school, &lt;a href="http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/public/enrolment/uniforms.cfm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;MLC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;... Il y a ceux qui vont à l'école : ici, descendant Martin Place, des élèves de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/public/enrolment/uniforms.cfm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;MLC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;, 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 !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092432255664788418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rqv0J9mkE8I/AAAAAAAABGo/B_og0cskkwc/s640/harbour.jpg.jpg" border="0" /&gt; ...And then there are those who work : here on Kent street, with a ship from the Swedish &lt;a href="http://www.walleniuslines.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;Wallenius Lines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt;BTW I like the composition in grey and red here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;...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 !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;PS - j'aime bien ma composition en rouge et gris ici.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-8250663219048140454?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/8250663219048140454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=8250663219048140454&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8250663219048140454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8250663219048140454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/11/teenagers-in-sydney.html' title='Teenagers in Sydney'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rqvz2NmkE7I/AAAAAAAABGg/_QPz-CGAsh8/s72-c/TEskatepark.jpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-141957513207434219</id><published>2007-07-24T19:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T11:20:44.069+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gallery'/><title type='text'>The Shadow Show</title><content type='html'>In Australia the sun is terribly strong and the dark shadows are hard to tackle in photography. The way out it I found is to play with them rather than try to avoid them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En Australie la lumière est terriblement forte et les ombres très noires sont souvent un problème pour le photographe. La solution pour moi a été d'apprendre à jouer avec plutot que d'essayer de les éviter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqW2i9mkE4I/AAAAAAAABGI/0RikYBbjJYE/s1600-h/ombresp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090675665580331906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqW2i9mkE4I/AAAAAAAABGI/0RikYBbjJYE/s640/ombresp.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My early morning walk this week took me to George Street. On this winter day it is still fairly dark at 7:30 a.m. From where I stand on the pavement, I can see inside an office building: two men having a chat move in turn in and out of sight. This is a collage of three different photos. Can you recognise the same men in different positions ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ma promenade matinale de cette semaine m'a menée sur George Street. En cette journée d'hiver il fait encore très sombre à 7h30. Depuis le trottoir où je me tiens, je vois l'entrée illuminée d'un immeuble de bureaux où deux hommes discutent en marchant. Cette photo est un collage de trois photos successives, reconnaissez-vous mes deux acteurs dans des positions différentes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpl-LJiPO1I/AAAAAAAABEA/XRGnd15kWlw/s1600-h/magpiep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087235984094870354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpl-LJiPO1I/AAAAAAAABEA/XRGnd15kWlw/s640/magpiep.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; On the beach I found an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Magpie"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australian magpie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a wonderful bird that I see plenty of around my house. There's a French traditional song that goes 'There's a magpie in the pear tree, I can hear it sing...' but I had never really heard a magpie sing before coming to Australia. And what a song! A real melody, beautiful! (listen to the &lt;a class="external text" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow"&gt;song of the Australian magpie&lt;/a&gt;).This one came to me hoping to be fed, I had nothing to give it but I stole its shadow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sur la plage j'ai trouvé une &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnorhina_tibicen"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;pie australienne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. J'en vois souvent dans mon quartier, et elles ne sont pas farouches. Petite, j'ai souvent chanté la chanson "Y'a une pie dans l'poirier, j'entends la pie qui chante..." mais la réalité c'est que je n'avais jamais entendu une pie chanter avant de venir en Australie. Elles chantent, mais elles chantent ! Une vraie mélodie, c'est magnifique ! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external text" title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/magpie.mp3" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cri de la pie australienne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Celle-ci s'est approchée en espérant quelque chose à manger, mais je n'avais rien pour elle, je me suis contentée de lui voler son ombre !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090676790861763474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqW3kdmkE5I/AAAAAAAABGQ/h-BpqMPzdp0/s640/3menp.jpg" border="0" /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Fin de journée sur Manly, les derniers rayons du soleil éclairent à l'horizontale l'intérieur d'une galerie d'art qui expose de drôles de sculptures qui explorent la relation entre l'homme et l'arbre (voir le dessin d'arbre sur le ventre du personnage du bas). L'ombre était parfaite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090677336322610082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqW4ENmkE6I/AAAAAAAABGY/3VotgrLdbcI/s320/3men2.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-141957513207434219?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/141957513207434219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=141957513207434219&amp;isPopup=true' title='45 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/141957513207434219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/141957513207434219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/shadow-is-hero.html' title='The Shadow Show'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqW2i9mkE4I/AAAAAAAABGI/0RikYBbjJYE/s72-c/ombresp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>45</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-337077379392946495</id><published>2007-07-21T22:49:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T17:02:39.577+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aborigines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Birrung and Woolloomooloo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpy8zZiPO8I/AAAAAAAABE4/4UJOB1bj7-g/s1600-h/IMG_2073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088149270235659202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpy8zZiPO8I/AAAAAAAABE4/4UJOB1bj7-g/s400/IMG_2073.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Birrung gallery in William Street features contemporary art by over 200 indigenous artists from urban and remote Australia. I discovered it during one of my early morning walks, at sunrise. The gallery was closed, I played with the reflections in the window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dans William Street se trouve &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;une galerie d'art qui expose et vend les travaux de plus de 200 artistes aborigènes australiens d'origine rurale ou urbaine. Je l'ai découverte au lever du soleil lors d'une de mes promenades matinales. La galerie n'était pas encore ouverte, j'ai joué avec les reflets de la vitrine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089655116926292834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqIWXNmkE2I/AAAAAAAABF4/SyIyAYc53W0/s400/bon4.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Birrung Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a World Vision Australia initiative that provides unique Indigenous artwork to collectors and art lovers around the world.&lt;br /&gt;Through the sale of fine arts, Birrung Gallery raises funds for Indigenous community development, including employment training at the Sydney gallery, scholarships for Indigenous students and preventative health, social, cultural and economic activities in rural and remote Australia. Birrung’ means ‘star’ and is associated with the many celestial dreaming stories of the traditional land owners who have inhabited the Sydney region for 40,000 years. See &lt;a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/BrowseNewlyListed.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;heir online gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cette galerie, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Birrung Gallery&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, est une initiative de l'ONG World Vision Australia. Les collectionneurs et amateurs d'art du monde entier y trouvent des oeuvres uniques produites par des artistes aborigènes. Le produit des ventes permet de financer des projets de développement des communautés aborigènes tels que des emplois-formation à la galerie, des bourses d'études pour les jeunes et des programmes culturels, sociaux, ou de santé préventive dans les communautés rurales isolées. Birrung signifie "étoile", un nom associé à de nombreuses légendes du temps du rêve des communautés aborigènes des environs de Sydney. Ce nom est une façon de prendre acte de leur présence ici depuis plus de &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;quarante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;mille &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;ans.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Visitez&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;leur &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldvision.com.au/birrung/BrowseNewlyListed.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;galerie en ligne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089645620753601362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RqINudmkE1I/AAAAAAAABFw/6cNpsEWCRw0/s640/williamst.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Far from the eucalypt forests of 200 years ago, William Street today is a busy artery which links the Eastern suburbs to the City along the suburb of Woolloomooloo (I love this name!). Noisy, not the most attractive of all streets, a bit of reality check after my dream world of art and reflections! Peter, the name Woolloomooloo is derived from the local Aboriginal language, but it is uncertain whether it means 'place of plenty' , 'young kangaroo' or 'burial ground' (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo,_New_South_Wales"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;more about it here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) - this shows how little we know about the Indigenous languages, many of which are lost forever : Indigenous people died in such large numbers in the years following the invasion of their land by the first settlers that their languages disappeared with them before they had time to be properly recorded. The history of the Indigenous people of Australia has many dark chapters...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Loin des forêts d'eucalyptus d'il y a 200 ans avant l'arrivée des premiers colons, William Street aujourd'hui est une grande artère qui relie les quartiers Est à la city et bordant le quartier de Woolloomooloo (j'adore ce nom !). Un boulevard bruyant et sans grand charme, quel contraste avec l'univers onirique de mes reflets ! Le nom Woolloomooloo est d'origine aborigène sans qu'on soit certain s'il signifie 'lieu d'abondance' ou 'jeune kangourou' (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo,_New_South_Wales"&gt;en savoir plus&lt;/a&gt;) - cela montre à quel point les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;langues aborigènes locales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;sont mal connues. Les indigènes sont morts en si grand nombre après l'invasion de leurs terres par les premiers colons que beaucoup de ces langues se sont éteintes avec eux avant d'avoir pu être correctement répertoriées. L'histoire des peupes aborigènes d'Australie a des pages bien tristes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-337077379392946495?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/337077379392946495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=337077379392946495&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/337077379392946495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/337077379392946495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/birrung-indigenous-star.html' title='Birrung and Woolloomooloo'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpy8zZiPO8I/AAAAAAAABE4/4UJOB1bj7-g/s72-c/IMG_2073.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-707275893432348323</id><published>2007-07-18T10:29:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T23:22:05.866+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Winter cold</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088328142738635730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rp1ffJiPO9I/AAAAAAAABFA/b-Qb-lG30Tg/s640/cold.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rp1hQJiPO_I/AAAAAAAABFQ/ZVunji9B5ZA/s1600-h/cold2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Morning fog and frost in Jindabyne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Brouillard matinal et givre blanc à Jindabyne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088525663989611522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rp4TIZiPPAI/AAAAAAAABFY/CSS9BP6UOEI/s640/3frost.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With -1°C recorded in Sydney's western suburbs, yesterday was the coldest morning in 21 years. There was white frost on my car, something I had never never seen before in the six years I've lived here. Sydney homes are generally poorly insulated and most have no heating apart from the occasional portable electric heater. Of course the days are often warm and sunny but as soon as the sun sets, nights are cold and I've heard many European women (used to harsher winters but also to central heating) complain about how cold it is inside the houses here - why is it that women always feel the cold more than men?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Avec une température de -1°C dans les quartiers ouest, hier a été le matin le plus froid enregistré à Sydney depuis 21 ans. Il y avait du givre blanc sur ma voiture, ce que je n'avais jamais vu depuis six ans que je vis ici. Les maisons à Sydney sont généralement très mal isolées (pas de matériaux isolants, plein de courants d'air sous les portes etc.) et n'ont le plus souvent aucun chauffage à part un ou deux petits radiateurs électriques portables. Bien sûr, les journées souvent ensoleillées sont belles avec des températures autour de 18°, mais dès que le soleil se couche les nuits sont froides et j'ai souvent entendu des européennes, habituées à des hivers bien plus rudes mais aussi au chauffage central, se plaindre du froid dans les maisons ici (toujours des femmes, d'ailleurs - pourquoi souffrent-elles du froid plus que les hommes ?) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088328933012618210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rp1gNJiPO-I/AAAAAAAABFI/bvfxiiE-pYo/s640/cold3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Winter storm on the coast between Tamarama beach and Bronte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Tempête d'hiver sur la côte entre Tamarama et Bronte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-707275893432348323?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/707275893432348323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=707275893432348323&amp;isPopup=true' title='45 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/707275893432348323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/707275893432348323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/winter-cold.html' title='Winter cold'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rp1ffJiPO9I/AAAAAAAABFA/b-Qb-lG30Tg/s72-c/cold.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>45</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-791996527036602445</id><published>2007-07-15T12:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T00:41:33.911+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Weekend in the Snowies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpmkcJiPO4I/AAAAAAAABEY/jXMK0es0_SY/s1600-h/p+perisherblue+(15).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087278057594502018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpmkcJiPO4I/AAAAAAAABEY/jXMK0es0_SY/s640/p+perisherblue+(15).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; All right, this isn't Sydney but it is very relevant to the life of (some) Sydneysiders. This is where, come winter, they go skiing. And winter is NOW! North hemisphere dwellers, adjust your settings: here downunder, ski season is July-August. The season is short because the aptly named &lt;a href="http://www.snowymountains.com.au/index.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Snowy Mountains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; aren't very high: the tallest peak, Mt Kosciusko, culminates at 2228 metres or 7310 feet. But a five hour drive from Sydney, the twin resorts of &lt;a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/index.php"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Perisher Blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (today's pictures) and &lt;a href="http://www.thredbo.com.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thredbo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; let snow riding enthusiasts have some fun! If you leave Sydney on Friday after work you can get there by midnight and have two full days of fun in the snow before driving back, getting home around midnight again. Exhausting but exhilarating!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bon d'accord, ce n'est pas Sydney mais ces images font bien partie de la vie des habitants de Sydney, enfin de certains. Car c'est ici qu'en saison ils viennent skier. Et la saison, c'est maintenant. Eh oui, amis de l'hémisphère nord, ajustez vos horloges internes : ici dans le sud c'est maintenant l'hiver , et la saison de ski c'est juillet-aout. Une saison courte car les montagnes (les bien nommées &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snowymountains.com.au/index.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Snowy mountains&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;) ne sont pas très élevées : le plus haut sommet d'Australie, le mont Kosciusko, culmine à 2228 mètres. C'est lui qui a donné son nom au parc national où sont situées les deux stations jumelles de &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/index.php"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Perisher Blue&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; (mes photos) et de &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thredbo.com.au/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thredbo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. A cinq heures de route de Sydney, elles offrent aux amateurs l'occasion de goûter aux joies de la glisse.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En partant le vendredi soir à 17h, on peut être là-bas à minuit, skier deux jours d'affilée et rentrer le dimanche soir à minuit. Epuisant mais dépaysant !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087283516497935250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpmpZ5iPO5I/AAAAAAAABEg/AqS4uAnin6M/s640/p+perisherblue+(22).jpg" border="0" /&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://www.michaelscottlees.com.au/gallery.php?id=postcards&amp;photo=SN0013"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Michael Scott Lees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a local professional photographer I met when I was there, and &lt;a href="http://www.jturnerphotography.com/new/colour17/21_JPG.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;J.Turner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (nice abstract macros).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La grande différence avec nos montagnes du nord, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de sapins ici, juste des eucalyptus, dont certains (les magnifiques Snow Gums) ont des troncs colorés qui se détachent superbement sur le fond de neige. Vous en trouverez de beaux exemples sur les sites de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michaelscottlees.com.au/gallery.php?id=postcards&amp;amp;photo=SN0013"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Michae&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;l Scott Lees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;, un photographe professionnel que j'ai rencontré là-bas, et de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jturnerphotography.com/new/colour17/21_JPG.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;J.Turner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;(belles macros abstraites).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087270562876570482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpmdn5iPO3I/AAAAAAAABEQ/sDb8Qy3wOmQ/s640/p+perisherblue+(19).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;in your face! Guess what direction the blizzard has been blowing from?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En pleine figure ! Devinez dans quelle direction a soufflé le blizzard ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vv&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087285187240213410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="252" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rpmq7JiPO6I/AAAAAAAABEo/gVcSfCOiEnU/s400/p+perisherblue+(18).jpg" width="323" border="0" /&gt;Blue Cow, fun name for this ski field located above Perisher ! (see &lt;a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/bluecow.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;today's snow cam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La vache bleue, drole de nom pour ce massif situé au-dessus de Perisher ! (camera pour voir &lt;a href="http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/bluecow.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;l'enneigement aujourd'hui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-791996527036602445?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/791996527036602445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=791996527036602445&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/791996527036602445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/791996527036602445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/weekend-in-snowies.html' title='Weekend in the Snowies'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpmkcJiPO4I/AAAAAAAABEY/jXMK0es0_SY/s72-c/p+perisherblue+(15).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8141048915631038656</id><published>2007-07-11T21:10:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-12T18:11:59.943+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lion'/><title type='text'>Lions of Sydney</title><content type='html'>Ham of &lt;a href="http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;London Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has a wonderful collection of &lt;a href="http://londonselephants.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;elephants&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in his city, in &lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grenoble&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (France) the quest is on for &lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/dolphin-quest-part-6.html"&gt;dolphins&lt;/a&gt; (six already) so I decided to go hunting for lions in Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ham de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;London Daily Photo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; collectionne &lt;a href="http://londonselephants.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;les éléphants&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (une très belle série). A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grenoble&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; c'est la pêche aux dauphins (déjà six au compteur, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/dolphin-quest-part-6.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;voir ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;), alors aujourd'hui à Sydney on part à la chasse au lion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpS684_mGCI/AAAAAAAABDM/tN5E76nvZjU/s1600-h/lionmaquariest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085895434462173218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpS684_mGCI/AAAAAAAABDM/tN5E76nvZjU/s400/lionmaquariest.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Three in one to begin with, guarding an old lamppost in front of the grand old facade of the &lt;a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/sydha?_IATA=99503714"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Intercontinental Hotel Sydney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (the superbly refurbished Treasury Building) in Macquarie Street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Trois d'un coup pour commencer autour d'un lampadaire ancien devant la façade en grès &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;jaune de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;l'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/sydha?_IATA=99503714"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Hôtel Intercontinental&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; (le magnifique Hotel du Trésor rénové) dans Macquarie Street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085895657800472626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpS7J4_mGDI/AAAAAAAABDU/pEWQrYrnUDI/s400/lion+paddo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;In a back alley off Oxford Street in Paddington, a lion shedding a tear (crocodile tear?) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dans une allée sombre près d'Oxford Street à Paddington, un lion versant une larme (de crocodile ?)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085896770197002306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpS8Ko_mGEI/AAAAAAAABDc/WyS5gsU0tbw/s400/lion+starcity.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Tucked away in a small courtyard behind Star City (Sydney's largest casino), this one is of varnished wood. A massive 5 ft tall and 6 ft long I'm sure it could be very popular with kids but hidden away the way it is, who would find it? What is it doing here, turning to grey under rain and sun? Perhaps offered to the casino by an unlucky artist guest trying to pay off his gambling debt...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Caché dans une arrière-cour de Star City (le plus grand casino de Sydney), celui-ci est en bois verni. Deux mètres de long, 1,50m de haut, massif comme une souche d'arbre renversée, il amuserait sûrement les enfants s'il était plus visible mais planqué là, qui le trouverait ? Que fait-il là, virant au gris sous le soleil et la pluie ? Peut-être offert par un client artiste malchanceux pour honorer ses dettes de jeu...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085904849030486098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpTDg4_mGFI/AAAAAAAABDk/aJEbRxEe2OU/s320/lion+china.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A rather aggressive one found in Chinatown...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Un autre plutôt agressif trouvé dans Chinatown..&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086211677344447266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpXakpiPOyI/AAAAAAAABDs/OYndjmxU_TQ/s320/lion.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;And a desperate one as a cornerstone of the Sydney Town Hall... (hoping to eat the pigeon?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Et un autre, l'air deséspéré, en pierre d'angle de l'Hotel de Ville (désespère-t-il de croquer le pigeon ?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;What animal could you start (or already have) a collection of in your city?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;De quel animal pourriez-vous faire collection (ou avez-vous déja une collection) dans votre ville ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-8141048915631038656?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/8141048915631038656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=8141048915631038656&amp;isPopup=true' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8141048915631038656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8141048915631038656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/lions-of-sydney.html' title='Lions of Sydney'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpS684_mGCI/AAAAAAAABDM/tN5E76nvZjU/s72-c/lionmaquariest.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-185806927048422651</id><published>2007-07-09T16:44:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-11T21:10:09.013+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Central station'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Pretty in pink</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085133361234974706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpIF2Y_mF_I/AAAAAAAABC0/ecHMxTq-Ufo/s640/The+entrance.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fairy floss, cotton candy! At the park near the beach, Sunday 5 p.m. The sun has gone down and soon it will be dark but the pink van is still open. I find it very cute, but not at all attractive the fairy floss in plastic bags. As a child I remember loving it freshly made, huge, airy and still almost warm, softly melting in my mouth yet thinly crunchy, then leaving behind a surprising feeling of sugary emptiness...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Symphonie en rose pour mes trois images du jour. Barbe à papa, barbe à papa ! Il est cinq heures du soir ce dimanche dans le parc près de la plage. Le soleil est parti mais la camionette rose est encore ouverte. Je la trouve adorable, mais en revanche pas du tout attirante la barbe à papa sous plastique. Dans mes souvenirs d'enfance, je l'aimais faite devant moi, énorme comme un chignon crêpé, encore tiède, à la fois légèrement craquante et fondant dans la bouche, puis laissant un surprenant goût de vide sucré...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085134486516406290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpIG34_mGBI/AAAAAAAABDE/eP5m1dn9ZOg/s640/central+colours.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;Central station 1:30 pm. As I walk idly on platform 17 waiting for my train to arrive (City Circle: Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, Museum) I find a large slurpee cup left on a post along the railing - what a colourful perspective! What's a slurpee? A combination of fruit mixed in a blender with crushed ice. The result is very fruity and icy cold. Do you like them ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Gare de Central Station, 13h30. Alors que je déambule mollement sur le quai numéro 17 en attendant mon train (ligne en boucle autour de la city : Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, Museum, Central) je tombe sur ce grand verre de 'slurpee' vide abandonné sur un pilier le long d'une grille - que voilà un bel effet de perspective ! Qu'est-ce qu'un slurpee ? Un mélange de fruits passés au mixer avec de la glace pilée. Le résultat est très fruité et très glacé. Vous aimez ça ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpHs4I_mF-I/AAAAAAAABCs/4M_Ipp5S0Lg/s1600-h/australia+day+(86).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085105903509051362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpHs4I_mF-I/AAAAAAAABCs/4M_Ipp5S0Lg/s640/australia+day+(86).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pink again for this little girl's hat. What is it with girls and pink? Dresses, pyjamas, slippers and shorts, hot pink seems inescapable for girls here. Is it the same where you live ? Anyway, isn't it nice that the water here is clean enough for kids to play by the beach right in the middle of Sydney Harbour? By the way can you see the white wings of the Sydney Opera House in the background, flash lit by a quick ray of sunshine? I have to confess this photo is several weeks old. Now in winter the sea is cold and few kids play in the water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Rose encore le chapeau de cette petite fille. Mais d'où vient cette passion des filles pour le rose ? Robes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; pyjamas, pantoufles ou shorts, le rose Barbie semble incontournable ici. C'est pareil chez vous ? En tout cas, n'est-ce pas fabuleux de voir que l'eau du port de Sydney est si claire et propre que des enfants peuvent y patauger ? Voyez-vous les ailes blanches de l'Opéra de Sydney dans le lointain, éclairées par un rapide éclair de lumière ? Je dois avouer que cette photo est vieille de plusieurs semaines. Aujourd'hui en plein hiver la mer est froide et on voit peu d'enfants dans l'eau !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-185806927048422651?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/185806927048422651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=185806927048422651&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/185806927048422651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/185806927048422651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/fairy-floss-fairy-floss-at-park-near.html' title='Pretty in pink'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RpIF2Y_mF_I/AAAAAAAABC0/ecHMxTq-Ufo/s72-c/The+entrance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5044755477492316958</id><published>2007-07-07T00:21:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T09:05:56.603+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TV series'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Three men at sunrise</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5UVI_mF8I/AAAAAAAABCc/qGFHMX1BcPc/s1600-h/edward7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084093751516075970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5UVI_mF8I/AAAAAAAABCc/qGFHMX1BcPc/s640/edward7.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Went for an early walk in the city today, and found three men: one crossing the street before the equestrian statue of King Edward VII in Macquarie St;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ce matin, je suis allée me promener en ville très tôt. J'y ai trouvé trois hommes : l'un traversant la rue au lever du soleil devant la statue équestre du roi Edward VII dans Macquarie Street;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084095911884625874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5WS4_mF9I/AAAAAAAABCk/r63ZD5AqXIM/s640/channel7.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;The second was on TV: Channel Seven's head office on Martin Place has huge windows through which from 6 am to 9 am the public can watch the live shooting of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise//"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;"Sunrise", &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Australia's biggest breakfast show. Here presenters &lt;a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise/about_040130_davidkoch"&gt;David Koch&lt;/a&gt; (AKA Kochie) and Melissa Doyle (Mel) each with a cute puppy on their lap, were hearing how dingos, Australia's wild dogs, can be tamed and trained to become perfect pets. I took my picture through the window, standing in the street. While I see no photographic value to this picture, I thought it was a good insight into Sydney life: every morning there's a small crowd watching there on Martin Place. And I guess it shows that morning programs on TV are probably very similar throughout the world. Is the same where you live?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Le deuxième parlant à la télévision sur Channel Seven - leurs bureaux sur Martin Place sont tout vitrés et on peut par la fenêtre regarder &lt;a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise//"&gt;l'émission "Sunrise"&lt;/a&gt; en cours de tournage. Ici, le présentateur vedette &lt;a href="http://seven.com.au/sunrise/about_040130_davidkoch"&gt;David Koch&lt;/a&gt; (surnommé Kochie), un chiot sur les genoux, se faisait expliquer comment les dingos (chiens sauvages australiens) peuvent être dressés pour devenir de parfaits animaux de compagnie. J'ai pris ma photo depuis la rue, par la fenêtre. Je ne trouve aucun intérêt photographique à cette photo, mais elle représente un aspect de la vie à Sydney : tous les matins il y a une petite foule qui s'attroupe là sur Martin Place pour regarder par la fenêtre. Et cela montre aussi que les programme télévisés du matin se ressemblent partout dans le monde. C'est assez similaire en France, vous ne trouvez pas ?&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;partout dans le monde - c'est assez similaire en France, non ?&lt;br /&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5QXo_mF7I/AAAAAAAABCU/QnoVHQJ8szw/s1600-h/walking.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084089396419237810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5QXo_mF7I/AAAAAAAABCU/QnoVHQJ8szw/s640/walking.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;And the third was an anonymous passer-by just happening to be in the right place at the right time (corner of Sussex and Erskine streets).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Just playing with sun and shadow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Et le troisième était un passant anonyme qui a eu le bon goût de se trouver juste au bon endroit au bon moment (coin de Sussex et Erskine street). J'ai joué avec le soleil et l'ombre.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5044755477492316958?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5044755477492316958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5044755477492316958&amp;isPopup=true' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5044755477492316958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5044755477492316958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/07/three-men-at-sunrise.html' title='Three men at sunrise'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ro5UVI_mF8I/AAAAAAAABCc/qGFHMX1BcPc/s72-c/edward7.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8317054069072801937</id><published>2007-07-03T00:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-04T14:40:25.802+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Closed ! (three times unlucky)</title><content type='html'>Chairs piled high, tables bare, sorry it's closed, you won't eat here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Chaises empilées, tables nues, c'est fermé, vous ne mangerez pas ici !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEboeO1ZkI/AAAAAAAABAs/dA2EXnqDidU/s1600-h/ferme.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080372236774630978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEboeO1ZkI/AAAAAAAABAs/dA2EXnqDidU/s640/ferme.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My first (late at night, too late) is a trendy cafe in Crown Street, in the hot suburb of Kings Cross.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mon premier (tard le soir, trop tard) est un café branché de Crown Street, dans le quartier chaud de Kings Cross.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082588971069216578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Roj7vY_mF0I/AAAAAAAABBc/pEAZjMzJ4Xs/s640/chairs.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My second (early morning, too early) is a restaurant on the harbour across from the Opera House&lt;br /&gt;(can you see it in reflection?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mon second (tôt matin, trop tôt) un restaurant sur le port, en face de l'Opéra de Sydney&lt;br /&gt;(vous le voyez en reflet ?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082589507940128594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Roj8Oo_mF1I/AAAAAAAABBk/fZXUWNN1O7o/s640/foodcourt.jpg" border="0" /&gt;My third (mid-afternoon, long after the lunch hour rush) is the food court at the foot of Westpac bank.&lt;br /&gt;...Which of the three do you prefer?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mon troisième (dans l'après-midi, bien après le coup de feu du déjeuner) le resto rapide au pied de la tour Westpac.&lt;br /&gt;...Lequel des trois préférez-vous ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. 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(three times unlucky)'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEboeO1ZkI/AAAAAAAABAs/dA2EXnqDidU/s72-c/ferme.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1974256174720583336</id><published>2007-07-01T02:10:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T02:10:39.807+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Sydney reds, many plus one !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoZ0bI_mFzI/AAAAAAAABBU/d4ikEk2RNGk/s1600-h/complet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081877239153694514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoZ0bI_mFzI/AAAAAAAABBU/d4ikEk2RNGk/s640/complet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What is red in Sydney? The logos of the Sun Herald, Streets ice-cream, Opera Australia and the blood bank's Red Cross. The firemen's truck, the maple leaves in autumn and the row boats available for rent on Lane Cove river. Red again are several murals I found along my many walks around the city, and this ad for the monorail - gateway to Chinatown. Red and blue is the beautiful &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Rosella"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Crimson Rosella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; often seen in Sydney's suburbs...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Qu'est-ce qui est rouge à Sydney ? Les logos d'Opera Australia, du Sun Herald, des glaces Streets et la Croix Rouge de la banque du sang. Les camions de pompiers, les feuilles rouges des érables en automne, les barques qu'on peut louer sur Lane Cove River et quelques murs peints que j'ai trouvés au fil de mes pérégrinations... Rouge est la pub pour le monorail qui vous mènera à Chinatown, rouge et bleu est le magnifique Crimson Rosella (&lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycercus_elegans"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;perruche de Pennant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) qu'on voit souvent dans les quartiers résidentiels...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;div align="left"&gt;/ &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoWZdY_mFyI/AAAAAAAABBM/86wPg9s8iDc/s1600-h/birdprisoner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081636484761917218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoWZdY_mFyI/AAAAAAAABBM/86wPg9s8iDc/s400/birdprisoner.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And as a bonus photo, red is this free spirit escaping from its cage...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Et en bonus, rouge est cet oiseau libre qui s'échappe de sa cage... Evidemment on pense à Pierre Perret : Ouvrez, ouvrez la cage aux oiseaux, Regardez-les s'envoler, c'est beau...&lt;br /&gt;En ce 1er juillet, 95 villes participent au Thème du Mois des City Daily Photo, "Rouge". Pour voir rouge tout autour du monde, cliquez sur les noms des villes :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;On this 1st of July, 95 cities are participating in the City Daily Photo theme day, "Red".&lt;br /&gt;To see red right around the world, click on the following links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shanghai, China&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mumbaidailysnapshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mumbai, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://nyc2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;New York City (NY), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Albuquerque (NM), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://hamburgdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hamburg, Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stayton (OR), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://ladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Los Angeles (CA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hyde, UK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://oslodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oslo, Norway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brookville (OH), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Melbourne, Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stavanger, Norway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.discoverpa.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bellefonte (PA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joplin (MO), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Selma (AL), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://icleveland.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cleveland (OH), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chandler (AZ), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stockholm, Sweden&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seattle (WA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boston (MA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Arradon, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Evry, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://brdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Baton Rouge (LA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mrdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maple Ridge (BC), Canada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bostondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boston (MA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grenoble, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.blogger.com/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Greenville (SC), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://hilodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hilo (HI), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nelsondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nelson, New Zealand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.antiguadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Antigua, Guatemala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://brisbane-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brisbane (QLD), Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.singaporedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telaviv2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tel Aviv, Israel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hong Kong, China&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sequimwadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sequim (WA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://paderborndailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paderborn, Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://saarbrueckendailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saarbrücken, Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydayrotterdam.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rotterdam, Netherlands&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secret-tenerife.com/photos/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tenerife, Spain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyoto, Japan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tokyo, Japan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Naples (FL), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://colognedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cologne (NRW), Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wassenaardailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saint Louis (MO), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cypress (TX), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://monmouthdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ocean Township (NJ), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mainz, Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Toruń, Poland&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Menton, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Monte Carlo, Monaco&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://singersdailyfotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://northbayphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;North Bay (ON), Canada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jakarta, Indonesia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://montrealdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Montréal (QC), Canada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://minneapolisdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Minneapolis (MN), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://pabdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Baziège, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sandiego-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;San Diego (CA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://praguedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prague, Czech Republic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://ampangdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;New York (NY), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://malaysiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sharon (CT), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Newcastle (NSW), Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Port Angeles (WA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://beestonblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nottingham, UK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Villigen, Switzerland&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://dailyphotobutcherfortheworld.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chicago (IL), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://torquay.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Torquay, UK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brusselsdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brussels, Belgium&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sandiegodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;San Diego (CA), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mexicodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mexico (DF), Mexico&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saint Paul (MN), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cape Town, South Africa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paris, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://seouldailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seoul, Korea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://milanodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Milano, Italy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chennaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://austintexasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin (TX), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://chennaidailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://madriddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Madrid, Spain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydayseoul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seoul, South Korea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wailea (HI), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://toronto-photo-a-day.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Toronto (ON), Canada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://ajacciodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ajaccio, France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.akworld.net/webblog/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Buenos Aires, Argentina&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Silver Spring (MD), USA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://zurichdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zurich, Switzerland&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; - &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1974256174720583336?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1974256174720583336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1974256174720583336&amp;isPopup=true' title='54 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1974256174720583336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1974256174720583336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/free-spirit.html' title='Sydney reds, many plus one !'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoZ0bI_mFzI/AAAAAAAABBU/d4ikEk2RNGk/s72-c/complet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>54</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-2730113510134712040</id><published>2007-06-27T00:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T08:54:30.487+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Three murals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEdcuO1ZmI/AAAAAAAABA8/AoPCiTiUsus/s1600-h/rex+simpson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080374233934423650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEdcuO1ZmI/AAAAAAAABA8/AoPCiTiUsus/s640/rex+simpson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In Pitt Street with interesting sunset reflections, an old painted advertisement for Rex Simpson's fine clothes for men (the brand no longer exists)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dans Pitt Street avec d'intéressants reflets de coucher du soleil, une publicité peinte pour "Rex Simpson, habillement raffiné pour homme"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;(la marque n'existe plus)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080373211732207186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEchOO1ZlI/AAAAAAAABA0/ph7_BsrZCUE/s640/gowings.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;In George Street, a painted ad for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowings"&gt;Gowings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Gentlemen's outfitters, established 1868.&lt;br /&gt;Gowings was a small department store chain specialised in men's casual clothing, camping gear and knick-knacks. After the site of the original head store was redeveloped in 1929 it became one of the most prominent and famous department stores in Sydney. I went in there several times, its several floors were a fascinating place to browse through. After 2001 Gowings embarked on an ambitious expansion plan, opening four more Gowings stores in other locations in Sydney. Although successful in the City, their locations in suburbans areas failed to attract customers. In November 2005, after three years of successive losses, the company entered administration. Attempts to sell the business were unsuccessful and the last remaining Gowings store, the one located in George Street, closed its doors on 29 January 2006. Its former competitor Lowes now occupies the building. Life and death of a business, this ad is all that remains...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dans George Street, une publicité peinte pour &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowings"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Gowings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; , vêtement pour hommes, établi en 1868. Gowings, un grand magasin spécialisé dans les vêtements pour homme et le matériel de camping (un peu l'équivalent du "Vieux Campeur" à Paris) a longtemps été une institution à Sydney. J'y suis allée plusieurs fois, c'était un magasin passionnant à explorer. Après 2001 Gowings s'est embarqué dans une expansion ambitieuse en ouvrant quatre nouveaux magasins autour de Sydney. Mais alors que le magasin du centre ville dégageait des profits, ceux des banlieues n'ont jamais vraiment pris. En 2005, après trois ans de pertes successives, la société est entrée en liquidation. Faute de repreneur, le dernier magasin Gowings, celui de George Street, a fermé ses portes le 29 janvier 2006. L'immeuble est aujourd'hui occupé par son ancien concurrent Lowes. Vie et mort d'une entreprise, cette publicité peinte est tout ce qui reste de l'aventure...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080375002733569650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEeJeO1ZnI/AAAAAAAABBE/hA7z0cXK6c8/s640/womenatwork.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;The third, located in Cathedral Street, has nothing to do with advertising - looks more like a commissioned work to decorate an otherwise ugly wall. Sixties ? Seventies ? It's in bad condition and I couldn't find any information about it, so I'll comment it freely. The woman on the right, tied to her typewriter (no, a sewing machine, thanks Alice!) in front of an ugly grey building seems to personify alienation at work, while her counterpart to the left, all smile among a flight of white doves, appears to represent the liberation of women. Hopefully there's a move from one to the other... at least that's the way I see it. Would you interpret it differently? Either way, the fitness addict passing in front of it seems baffled!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mon troisième mur peint, situé dans Cathedral Street, n'est pas une publicité. On dirait plutot un travail subventionné pour décorer un mur pas bien gai. Années soixante ? Soixante-dix ? Je n'ai trouvé aucune information sur ce mur en fort mauvais état, je l'interprète donc librement. A droite, une femme attachée à sa machine à écrire (non, c'est une machine à coudre, Alice a raison !) devant un triste immeuble gris semble représenter l'aliénation au travail, tandis que celle de gauche, tout sourire au milieu d'un envol de colombes blanches, semble représenter la libération des femmes. Interprétation toute subjective je l'admets - en avez-vous une autre ? En tout cas, notre joggeur au pied du mur semble écrasé par cette vision !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-2730113510134712040?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/2730113510134712040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=2730113510134712040&amp;isPopup=true' title='52 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2730113510134712040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2730113510134712040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/three-murals.html' title='Three murals'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RoEdcuO1ZmI/AAAAAAAABA8/AoPCiTiUsus/s72-c/rex+simpson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>52</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7695500021537259194</id><published>2007-06-24T23:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T08:37:21.934+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweet art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Three foods in Wahroonga</title><content type='html'>Wahroonga, one of Sydney's posh northern suburbs, has a small village centre where you'll find a few essentials :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Wahroonga, quartier cossu du nord de Sydney (l'équivalent de St Cloud ou Le Vésinet pour Paris) a un petit centre ville où on trouve l'essentiel :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5vz-O1ZjI/AAAAAAAABAk/RovugB3Ypqk/s1600-h/pain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079620368389727794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5vz-O1ZjI/AAAAAAAABAk/RovugB3Ypqk/s640/pain.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Food for the discerning gourmet with a couple of bakeries producing outstanding bread... but at A$6.50 (= US$5.50) a piece it's hardly for your average worker - four times the price of the standard white sliced "plastic" bread at A$1.50, or US$1) - what is the bread like in your country?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pour le régal des gourmets, deux boulangeries produisant du pain comme on en trouve très peu à Sydney - une vraie merveille, mais à 6,50$ la boule (soit 4 euros), pas pour toutes les bourses (quatre fois plus cher que le pain blanc de mie en tranches de supermarché à 1,50$ pièce (1 euro)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5uQeO1ZiI/AAAAAAAABAc/Mp-Sr_N5A8A/s1600-h/fleurs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079618658992743970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5uQeO1ZiI/AAAAAAAABAc/Mp-Sr_N5A8A/s640/fleurs.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Feast for the eye with a wonderful flower shop - buy direct from the grower, A$3.50 the little primroses = $3 a piece. Are the prices similar where you live?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pour le régal des yeux, un joli fleuriste : Achetez directement au producteur, 3,50$ les petites primevères, soit 2,20 euros pièce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;C'est à peu près le même prix chez vous ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5shOO1ZhI/AAAAAAAABAU/0xLBIv-9io4/s1600-h/magritte.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079616747732297234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5shOO1ZhI/AAAAAAAABAU/0xLBIv-9io4/s640/magritte.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ...And food for thought with a book shop selling this art book about &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RenÃ©_Magritte"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;René Magritte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. On the book cover reflected in the street, this self-portrait shows the artist taking an egg for model... and painting a bird taking flight! In the egg about to hatch, the artist sees the bird to be and his work brings his vision to the world - isn't that a fantastic definition of art ? Have a good Sunday everyone, next post on Wednesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;...Et pour le régal de l'esprit, une librairie où j'ai trouvé ce livre sur &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/RenÃ©_Magritte"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;René Magritte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Sur la couverture du livre qui se reflète dans la rue, cet auto-portrait montre l'artiste prenant pour modèle un oeuf et peignant... un oiseau prenant son envol ! Dans l'oeuf sur le point d'éclore, l'artiste a vu l'oiseau en devenir et son oeuvre reflète sa projection du monde. N'est-ce pas là une fabuleuse définition de l'art ? Bon dimanche à tous ! Prochain message mercredi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7695500021537259194?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7695500021537259194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7695500021537259194&amp;isPopup=true' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7695500021537259194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7695500021537259194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/finding-it-all-in-wahroonga.html' title='Three foods in Wahroonga'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rn5vz-O1ZjI/AAAAAAAABAk/RovugB3Ypqk/s72-c/pain.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6202932662433472887</id><published>2007-06-21T10:10:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T21:49:43.346+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Three takes on autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnnEJuO1ZbI/AAAAAAAAA_k/SCyai9cEIcU/s1600-h/22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078305726145062322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnnEJuO1ZbI/AAAAAAAAA_k/SCyai9cEIcU/s640/22.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What a miserable three days it has been. Rainy, cold, windy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Quel mauvais temps il a fait depuis trois jours : froid, gris, pluvieux...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078307216498714050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnnFgeO1ZcI/AAAAAAAAA_s/I_S-QgNV-Rs/s640/IMG_3899.JPG" border="0" /&gt;but suddenly this morning the sun is out again and autum in a sub-tropical climate explodes in all its contradictions, pink blossoms against golden leaves and bright blue sky;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;mais soudain ce matin il fait beau et l'automne en climat sub-tropical explose dans toutes ses contradictions, floraison rose sur feuilles rousses sur fond de ciel bleu azur;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078482734632232450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnplI-O1ZgI/AAAAAAAABAM/hp-BurlHZ8w/s640/IMG_4363.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;and in a garden of the northern suburb of Wahroonga I found mushrooms that I didn't even know existed in Australia : the mysterious and poisonous &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;amanita muscaria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;! I'd be interested to learn from my local readers if edible mushrooms can be found in country NSW because in my six years of living here I've never heard of anyone going mushrooming the way the French do in the countryside in autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;et dans un jardin du quartier de Wahroonga j'ai trouvé des champignons dont je n'imaginais même pas qu'ils existaient ici, la vénéneuse &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanite_tue-mouches"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;amanite tue-mouches&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ! Ca m'intéresserait de savoir s'il existe dans la campagne australienne des champignons comestibles car depuis six ans que je vis ici je n'ai jamais entendu personne parler d'"aller aux champignons" comme on le fait en France.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6202932662433472887?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6202932662433472887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6202932662433472887&amp;isPopup=true' title='66 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6202932662433472887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6202932662433472887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/three-takes-on-autumn.html' title='Three takes on autumn'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnnEJuO1ZbI/AAAAAAAAA_k/SCyai9cEIcU/s72-c/22.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>66</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-230441953693808649</id><published>2007-06-18T10:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-19T23:37:50.799+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Opera House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Celebrating 300 posts!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnXQIuO1ZYI/AAAAAAAAA_M/_0XfYAQMZy0/s1600-h/webopera2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077193003197883778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnXQIuO1ZYI/AAAAAAAAA_M/_0XfYAQMZy0/s640/webopera2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today I invite you to share in the celebration of 300 daily posts about one of the most celebrated cities in the world. An exceptional location around stunning beaches and a protected harbour, a mild subtropical climate, friendly people and a relaxed lifestyle, it's hard not to fall in love with Sydney. Because today is another rainy day, I pulled out photo from the vault. Very much a cliché I agree, but how can I celebrate this city without showing off once again one of the true architectural wonders of this world, the Opera House?&lt;br /&gt;Using 300 posts as a significant landmark, I have decided that &lt;strong&gt;today I will quit daily posting&lt;/strong&gt; - too time consuming, and I'm sure all of you who have embarked on a daily photo commitment can relate to that. SDS is not closing down, you will still be getting seven photos a week, but instead of daily they will come in groups, probably three or four at a time.&lt;br /&gt;I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support and appreciation. Being part of the city DP community has been such a rewarding (and somewhat addictive) experience that's been really hard to decide to give up. But stay tuned, the adventure isn't over yet - next post on Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Aujourd'hui je vous invite à célébrer avec moi 300 jours de photos quotidiennes de Sydney. Il pleut encore aujourd'hui alors j'ai sorti une photo de ma réserve. Une image facile qui tombe dans le cliché, certes, mais comment fêter cette ville sans exhiber l'une des plus grandes réussites architecturales du monde, l'Opéra de Sydney ?&lt;br /&gt;Je dois aussi vous annoncer que, prenant 300 photos comme point d'orgue, &lt;strong&gt;j'arrête aujourd'hui le caractère quotidien de mes messages&lt;/strong&gt;, trop contraignants pour mon emploi du temps. Tous ceux qui se sont embarqués dans l'aventure de la photo quotidienne me comprendront. SDS ne ferme pas, et vous aurez toujours sept photos par semaine, mais elles sortiront groupées, probablement par trois ou quatre.&lt;br /&gt;Je voudrais vous remercier tous pour votre soutien et la chaleur de vos commentaires. Grâce à vous, faire partie de la communité des Daily Photo et de celle des bloggeurs a été une expérience magnifique. Mais l'aventure continue - prochain message jeudi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-230441953693808649?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/230441953693808649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=230441953693808649&amp;isPopup=true' title='66 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/230441953693808649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/230441953693808649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/celebrating-300-posts.html' title='Celebrating 300 posts!'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnXQIuO1ZYI/AAAAAAAAA_M/_0XfYAQMZy0/s72-c/webopera2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>66</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1838636545905114372</id><published>2007-06-17T17:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-17T17:56:15.076+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Central station'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>The weather today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnTnCOO1ZXI/AAAAAAAAA_E/UcVUfu7tP2w/s1600-h/IMG_3923.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076936705319462258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnTnCOO1ZXI/AAAAAAAAA_E/UcVUfu7tP2w/s640/IMG_3923.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Not much to say about it - just a very rainy Sunday...&lt;br /&gt;I don't mind, I took the kids to the swimming pool (indoor, heated) and I've got a good book to read: &lt;em&gt;Never Let Me Go&lt;/em&gt; by Kazuo Ishiguro (Man Booker Prize 2005). My book club is on Tuesday and I still have a hundred pages to go. I'm going back to it.&lt;br /&gt;(Photo: Chalmers Street near Central Station).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pas grand-chose à en dire, juste un dimanche bien pluvieux...&lt;br /&gt;Ca m'est égal, j'ai emmené les enfants à la piscine (couverte, chauffée) et j'ai un bon livre à lire : Never Let Me Go de Kazuo Ishiguro (Prix Booker 2005). Mon book club est mardi et il me reste encore cent pages à lire, j'y retourne immédiatement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;(Photo : Chalmers Street, près de la gare de Central)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1838636545905114372?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1838636545905114372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1838636545905114372&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1838636545905114372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1838636545905114372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/weather-today.html' title='The weather today'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnTnCOO1ZXI/AAAAAAAAA_E/UcVUfu7tP2w/s72-c/IMG_3923.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6801478810791925073</id><published>2007-06-16T17:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-17T10:27:41.894+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai Lama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>World peace, inner peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnOXCeO1ZWI/AAAAAAAAA-8/FZJsmN-1U7M/s1600-h/dalailama.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076567273707496802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnOXCeO1ZWI/AAAAAAAAA-8/FZJsmN-1U7M/s400/dalailama.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If I finished my post yesterday by the words "Peace be with you" it could well be that I was inspired by the Dalai Lama, whom I'd heard speaking about peace that same afternoon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Dalai Lama was on a &lt;a href="http://www.dalailama.org.au/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;tour of Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from 6-16 June, finishing in Sydney where two free talks were organised: one yesterday afternoon on "Peace through inner peace" and one this morning on "The power of compassion". Both took place at the Domain, a large park in the city. I went over on Friday afternoon. Despite the rain (not very hard but steady) a sea of umbrellas flocked to the scene. Unfortunately I'd left mine at home and after half an hour of standing in a growing puddle, the weather got the better of me and I left. Call me far from enlightened : the power of the mind was not strong enough to make me forget my wet and cold body ! I'm glad I went anyway - the words I heard found resonance in me: Peace in the world goes hand in hand with inner peace. The rain continued all day today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Si j'ai fini mon message d'hier par "la paix soit avec vous" c'est sans doute que j'avais reçu l'inspiration du Dalai Lama, que j'étais allée écouter l'après-midi même.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Dalai Lama était en &lt;a href="http://www.dalailama.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tournée en Australie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; du 6 au 16 juin, finissant par Sydney où il a donné deux conférences gratuites, l'une hier après-midi sur "faire la paix grâce à la paix intérieure", l'autre ce matin sur "le pouvoir de la compassion". Le lieu : le Domain, un grand parc situé en plein centre ville. J'y suis allée vendredi après-midi. Malgré la pluie (pas violente, mais constante) une foule de parapluies se pressait au rendez-vous. J'avais oublié le mien et après une demi-heure debout dans une mare grandissante, la pluie et le froid ont eu raison de moi, je me suis rentrée au chaud. Je suis manifestement loin d'avoir atteint la sérénité qui permet à la force de l'esprit d'oublier les menus inconforts du corps ! Je suis quand même contente d'y être allée. Ce que j'ai entendu a résonné en moi : la paix dans le monde va de pair avec la paix intérieure. La pluie a continué toute la journée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6801478810791925073?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6801478810791925073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6801478810791925073&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6801478810791925073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6801478810791925073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/achieving-inner-peace.html' title='World peace, inner peace'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnOXCeO1ZWI/AAAAAAAAA-8/FZJsmN-1U7M/s72-c/dalailama.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-714674011674575855</id><published>2007-06-15T20:42:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T21:25:32.333+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Redac&apos; du Mois'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Darwin'/><title type='text'>The journey of my dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnFnEeO1ZVI/AAAAAAAAA-0/lTb9NBN_P-k/s1600-h/DRW+MAY06+%28131%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075951581555680594" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnFnEeO1ZVI/AAAAAAAAA-0/lTb9NBN_P-k/s640/DRW+MAY06+%28131%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;15 June is a Theme day for a bunch of French bloggers. Today's theme : The trip of my dreams. What would your dream travel be, dear distant friends? Exotic, sunny, active, relaxing ?&lt;br /&gt;I personally don't have a dream destination: there are so many places I'd be delighted to discover!&lt;br /&gt;But I know how I'd like to travel :&lt;br /&gt;1. I'd head mainly for nature - after a few days in the city, I feel trapped.&lt;br /&gt;2. I'd do a lot on foot - the best speed to open up to what's around me&lt;br /&gt;3. I'd share the adventure - great moments are best lived with loved ones&lt;br /&gt;4. I'd listen to the stories of the locals - elders, women, children. I'd learn about their lives.&lt;br /&gt;5. I'd take my time - time is an important component of travel. Time to become detached, time to become attached.&lt;br /&gt;6. One magic talent: I would be able to speak and understand every language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But in the end, the travel I really dream of is the one I would offer to people who have never had a chance to leave home. The journey of discovery that opens you up to the world, makes you drop your narrow beliefs, generates questioning beyond anything you'd ever imagined. The journey that empowers you and leads to caring and sharing beyond your immediate community. The journey to freedom and fraternity. If you are reading me today, you have probably already embarked on this journey. Peace be with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;15 juin, c'est la Rédac du mois pour un réseau de bloggeurs autour du monde. Le thème : "Le voyage de mes rêves". Quel est-il pour vous, chers amis d'ailleurs, le voyage de vos rêves ? Dépaysant, sportif, exotique, culturel ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour moi, la destination importe peu, il y en a tant que je découvrirais avec bonheur !&lt;br /&gt;Mais j'ai quelques idées sur l'esprit du voyage :&lt;br /&gt;1. J'irais d'abord vers la nature. En ville, au bout de quelques jours j'étouffe.&lt;br /&gt;2. J'irais surtout à pied, la vitesse idéale pour tout absorber autour de moi.&lt;br /&gt;3. Je partagerais l'aventure - les grands moments, je préfère les vivre en compagnie d'être(s) aimé(s).&lt;br /&gt;4. Je ferais parler les gens, ceux qui font corps avec ce pays; les vieux, les femmes, les enfants...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;5. Je partirais longtemps. Le temps est une composante subtile du voyage, il permet de se détacher - et de s'attacher.&lt;br /&gt;6. Donnée magique, je comprendrais et parlerais toutes les langues !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais au fond le voyage qui me fait vraiment rêver, c'est celui que j'offrirais à celui qui n'est jamais parti. Le voyage qui ouvre la tête, fait exploser les étroites certitudes et fait inventer des questions qu'on n'imaginait même pas. Celui dont on revient grandi et enrichi. Celui qui rend vivants les mots de liberté, de partage et de fraternité. Puissiez-vous être en train de faire ce voyage-là. Si vous me lisez aujourd'hui, c'est probablement le cas. Que la paix soit avec vous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Les autres participants :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://loloieg.free.fr/blog/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Laurent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.olivierdemontreal.ca/blogue/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Olivier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nathalie&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://bytournel.free.fr/Blog/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bertrand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://viaggiodinozze.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;JvH&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://couleursreves.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jean-Marc&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://noemagosa.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lady Iphigénia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://teafortwo.over-blog.net/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Isabelle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://hpyl.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hpy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://anne-tranche-de-vie.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://hibiscus.mon-blog.org/index.php/2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hibiscus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://good.mood.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bergere&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://bluelulie.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bluelulie&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.herveauquebec.net/blogue/index.php?2007/06/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hervé&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ervalena.net/categorie-1061344.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ervalena&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007_06_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pho&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://aurelie.neveol.free.fr/blog/2007_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Aurélie N&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://mode-en-russie.over-blog.com/archive-06-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Christophe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-714674011674575855?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/714674011674575855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=714674011674575855&amp;isPopup=true' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/714674011674575855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/714674011674575855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/journey-of-my-dreams.html' title='The journey of my dreams'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnFnEeO1ZVI/AAAAAAAAA-0/lTb9NBN_P-k/s72-c/DRW+MAY06+%28131%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4626494795386018132</id><published>2007-06-14T15:27:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T22:10:10.421+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Cuppa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnDT4eO1ZTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/5nEBssmU-00/s1600-h/PICT8996.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075789747187967282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnDT4eO1ZTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/5nEBssmU-00/s400/PICT8996.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;What horrible weather today! Rainy, coldm you can tell winter's coming. I feel like curling up by a log fire with a good book and a cup of tea. Unfortunately few homes in Sydney are heated or have a fireplace but the cup of tea is easy to make. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Bushells tea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a local brand steeped in Australian history, it existed before the Federation (1901). Old Bushells tea ads, tins or posters make collectible memorabilia that &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Framed-Bushells-Tea-Advertising-Print-3_W0QQitemZ190120540114QQihZ009QQcategoryZ865QQcmdZViewItem"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;now sell on E-Bay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This mural, which I found in Essex Street in the historic quarter of The Rocks, seems freshly repainted. I wonder if there was an original ad here a long time ago?&lt;br /&gt;Note for non English native speakers: a cuppa is a cup of tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Quel temps de chien aujourd'hui ! Froid, pluvieux, on sent arriver l'hiver. Je n'ai plus qu'une envie, m'installer au coin du feu avec un bon livre et une tasse de thé. Malheureusement peu de maisons à Sydney ont du chauffage ou même une cheminée, mais une tasse de thé, oui, c'est facile. &lt;a href="http://www.unilever.com.au/ourbrands/foods/Bushells.asp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Bushells tea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;est une des plus anciennes marques de thé australiennes, elle remonte au début du siècle. Aujourd'hui, les anciennes affiches ou boites à thé Bushells tea &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Framed-Bushells-Tea-Advertising-Print-3_W0QQitemZ190120540114QQihZ009QQcategoryZ865QQcmdZViewItem"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;se revendent sur e-bay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; aux collectionneurs. Cette ancienne publicité peinte trouvée dans Essex street dans le quartier des Rocks est manifestement repeinte de frais. Je me demande si elle était déjà là à l'origine depuis longtemps ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075793453744743746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnDXQOO1ZUI/AAAAAAAAA-s/AH4w9JiEMMQ/s320/bushells.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4626494795386018132?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4626494795386018132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4626494795386018132&amp;isPopup=true' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4626494795386018132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4626494795386018132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/lets-have-cuppa.html' title='Cuppa'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RnDT4eO1ZTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/5nEBssmU-00/s72-c/PICT8996.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7473295327573103485</id><published>2007-06-13T14:59:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T00:14:41.566+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='statue'/><title type='text'>Napoleon?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxAbr-NAnI/AAAAAAAAA6U/HYeIOySZgUw/s1600-h/Napoleon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069998124916605554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxAbr-NAnI/AAAAAAAAA6U/HYeIOySZgUw/s640/Napoleon.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I spy with my little eye... you really need to look very high up to see this statue atop a very tall building in King Street. Is it Napoleon? And if not him, then who? I'd love to know but even my friend Norman who knows Sydney inside out couldn't find anything about him. A Hermes sign placed next to it increases the sense of French connection. Strange...&lt;br /&gt;(note: this is not the &lt;em&gt;Napoleon Bonaparte&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/12/captain-bligh.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Sally showed you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;a couple of weeks ago)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Il faut vraiment lever les yeux très haut pour découvrir cette statue au sommet d'un grand immeuble de King Street, mais mon oeil averti a flashé sur le bicorne. Est-ce Napoléon ? Et sinon, qui est-ce ? Même mon ami Norman, pourtant grand connaisseur de Sydney, n'a pu trouver de renseignements sur lui. Curieusement, une publicité pour Hermès placée juste à côté augmente le sentiment d'une "French connection". Bizarre autant qu'étrange...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;(à noter : et il ne s'agit pas du Napoléon que &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/12/captain-bligh.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sally vous avait montré&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; il y a une quinzaine de jours)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072570767983862754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmVkPOO1Y-I/AAAAAAAAA78/VuonLZjMXqk/s320/napoleon.jpg" border="0" /&gt; C&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;an you see him up there? (if not, click to enlarge the photo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vous le voyez tout là-haut ? (si non, cliquez pour agrandir l'image)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7473295327573103485?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7473295327573103485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7473295327573103485&amp;isPopup=true' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7473295327573103485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7473295327573103485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/napoleon.html' title='Napoleon?'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxAbr-NAnI/AAAAAAAAA6U/HYeIOySZgUw/s72-c/Napoleon.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-291451907999979088</id><published>2007-06-12T13:53:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T22:12:56.028+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Surf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Checking out the surf</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rm0pzeO1ZQI/AAAAAAAAA-M/DFR-Lx9BJcQ/s1600-h/bateaubay.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074758319381767426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rm0pzeO1ZQI/AAAAAAAAA-M/DFR-Lx9BJcQ/s640/bateaubay.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Last weekend's storm left behind some pretty big waves so as soon as the bad weather abated, surfers were out there scouting the best spots. Four guys and a gal came here for an expert assessment. Warning, waves here may appear closer than they are: these guys were perfectly safe where they were.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La tempête de ce week-end a laissé derrière elle quelques belles vagues et dès que le mauvais temps s'est calmé les surfeurs étaient de sortie pour repérer les meilleurs spots. Ici quatre gars et une fille sont venus inspecter la situation. Attention, les vagues ici peuvent apparaître plus proches qu'elles ne sont en réalité : nos observateurs étaient parfaitement en sécurité là où ils étaient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074759431778297106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rm0q0OO1ZRI/AAAAAAAAA-U/y9dn5WKhgqE/s400/bateaubay2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-291451907999979088?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/291451907999979088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=291451907999979088&amp;isPopup=true' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/291451907999979088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/291451907999979088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/checking-out-surf.html' title='Checking out the surf'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rm0pzeO1ZQI/AAAAAAAAA-M/DFR-Lx9BJcQ/s72-c/bateaubay.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1242289642588944239</id><published>2007-06-11T15:05:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T13:29:47.646+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Receeding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmzZreO1ZOI/AAAAAAAAA98/IKt6a-iFEHk/s1600-h/boy+wetfeet.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074670221012591842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmzZreO1ZOI/AAAAAAAAA98/IKt6a-iFEHk/s640/boy+wetfeet.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The sky is back to blue again and water is receeding. We were lucky that contrary to many others, our house was never affected by power shortages, floods or fallen trees. For more images of the flood, see my &lt;a href="http://portraitsdefamille.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Family photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; blog. Today is a public holiday - Queen's Birthday - so plenty of time to clean up.&lt;br /&gt;Talking about Queen's birthday - it's Elizabeth II of course, since Australians are still her faithful subjects. The funny thing is, she was born on a 21st of April yet 'her' public holiday is always in June in NSW. Other Australian states have chosen various dates in May or June. That's a flexible birthday! Sally has all the reasons why: &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/06/happy-birthday-queen.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;read about them here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Le ciel est redevenu bleu et le niveau de l'eau descend. Nous avons eu de la chance : contrairement à beaucoup d'autres, notre maison n'a pas souffert d'inondation, de chute d'arbres ou de coupure d'électricité. Pour d'autres d'images de la crue, voir mon blog &lt;a href="http://portraitsdefamille.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Photos de famille&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Aujourd'hui est un jour férié - Anniversaire de la Reine - et les gens ont du temps pour travailler au nettoyage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;A propos de cet anniversaire, de quelle reine s'agit-il ? D'Elizabeth II Reine d'Angleterre bien sûr, dont les australiens sont toujours les fidèles sujets. Ce qu'il y a d'étonnant c'est qu'elle est née un 21 avril mais son 'anniversaire' tombe toujours un lundi de juin dans le NSW, et les autres états australiens ont chacun choisi une date en mai ou en juin pour ce jour férié. Voilà un anniversaire à géométrie variable ! C'est la même chose en Angleterre, où le choix d'un anniversaire officiel de la Reine distinct de la réalité de l'état-civil est apparemment destiné à profiter d'un temps plus clément pour les parades et défilés officiels. Mais ce qu'il y a d'intéressant c'est que Queen's Birthday est un jour férié en Australie, mais pas en Angleterre !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Sally a fait plein de recherches intéressantes sur le sujet, &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/06/happy-birthday-queen.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;à lire (en anglais) ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074675396448183538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmzeYuO1ZPI/AAAAAAAAA-E/MD9SIgxoXlc/s400/house+reflet.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1242289642588944239?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1242289642588944239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1242289642588944239&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1242289642588944239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1242289642588944239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/receeding.html' title='Receeding'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmzZreO1ZOI/AAAAAAAAA98/IKt6a-iFEHk/s72-c/boy+wetfeet.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-877513893305895119</id><published>2007-06-10T21:23:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T09:36:50.487+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Coping in style</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074396528516621394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmvgweO1ZFI/AAAAAAAAA80/qUmsmhGSi9Q/s640/IMG_4066.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;I spent most of the day riding my bike through my neighbourhood and taking pictures of the flood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;J'ai passé une bonne partie de la journée sur mon vélo à faire le tour du quartier et à prendre des photos des inondations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074417079935132770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmvzcuO1ZGI/AAAAAAAAA88/L9Wtg4HMyyM/s320/IMG_4088.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-877513893305895119?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/877513893305895119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=877513893305895119&amp;isPopup=true' title='127 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/877513893305895119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/877513893305895119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/fun-for-some.html' title='Coping in style'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmvgweO1ZFI/AAAAAAAAA80/qUmsmhGSi9Q/s72-c/IMG_4066.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>127</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3578231666045582575</id><published>2007-06-09T18:12:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-09T22:43:04.228+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Rain rain and more rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmph5uO1ZEI/AAAAAAAAA8s/qhI7h3w_E_o/s1600-h/berowra+truck.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073975574476973122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmph5uO1ZEI/AAAAAAAAA8s/qhI7h3w_E_o/s640/berowra+truck.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pelting rain, strong winds, ferry services to Manly suspended, all beaches closed, a freighter running aground on the beach at Newcastle (see &lt;a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/aground.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Julia's photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), flash floodings, cars floating around in carparks, flooded homes, felled trees and power lines acrossroads and railroad tracks, thousands of homes without electricity, and seven feared drowned when their cars were swept away by creeks gone wild... oh what a day has yesterday been! The Premier of NSW has declared the state of natural disaster for the regions of the Hunter valley and the Central Coast (where I live). See the Sydney Morning Herald's &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/06/08/1181089304334.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;excellent photo gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div&gt;I was one the thousands of commuters who were left stranded in the city last night after our train line was cut by a landslide. I had already spent an hour on the train when we were advised that the train was not going any further. I turned back and made a second attempt to get home this morning. Trains, still inoperative, were replaced by bus services. This is what the freeway looked like this morning during a stop in between two squalls. I am glad to be home now because a new low is forecast to hit the coast at around 3 pm today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pluies diluviennes, vents violents, ferries pour Manly suspendus, toutes les plages fermées, un cargo jeté à la côte sur la plage de Newcastle (voir &lt;a href="http://newcastlephoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/aground.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;chez Julia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), des ruisseaux transformés en torrents, des maisons inondées, des arbres et des lignes électriques tombés en travers des routes, des milliers de foyers sans électricité et sept morts dont les voitures ont été emportées par les crues... quelle journée nous avons eu hier. Le premier ministre du NSW a déclaré l'état de catastrophe naturelle pour les deux régions de la Hunter Valley et de la Central Coast (où j'habite). Regardez &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/06/08/1181089304334.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;l'excellente galerie photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; du Sydney Morning Herald.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai fait partie des milliers de gens qui n'ont pas pu rentrer chez eux vendredi soir quand notre ligne de train a été coupée par des rochers tombés sur la voie. Nous avions déja roulé pendant une heure quand on nous a annoncé que le train n'irait pas plus loin. Je suis rentrée en ville et ai refait une tentative ce matin. Les trains, toujours bloqués, étaient remplacés par des bus. Voilà à quoi ressemblait l'autoroute ce matin durant une éclaircie. Je suis heureuse d'être rentrée chez moi car on annonce une nouvelle dépression sur les côtes vers 15h cet après-midi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3578231666045582575?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3578231666045582575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3578231666045582575&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3578231666045582575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3578231666045582575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/rain-rain-and-more-rain.html' title='Rain rain and more rain'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmph5uO1ZEI/AAAAAAAAA8s/qhI7h3w_E_o/s72-c/berowra+truck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6930565320671125274</id><published>2007-06-08T13:59:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-09T19:13:25.911+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Recess / Recreation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxP1b-NArI/AAAAAAAAA60/n2JtEx1FSsc/s1600-h/OLR+RUN.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070015059972653746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxP1b-NArI/AAAAAAAAA60/n2JtEx1FSsc/s640/OLR+RUN.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I meant to continue on the theme of religions today but alas - so much to write, so little time... Will have to wait till the weekend, so I'll call for a recess.&lt;br /&gt;As soon as you leave the CBD (city business district), most Sydney schools have large grounds for children to run and play at recess. How I envy them: school playgrounds in France are generally small courtyards with four or five plane trees, full stop. Photo taken on Tuesday morning at the school near my home. Couldn't have taken it today, the weather is dreadful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;J'aurais aimé continuer sur le thème d'hier, mais il y a tant à écrire et si peu de temps. Ca devra attendre le week-end. Alors je déclare que c'est l'heure de la récréation.&lt;br /&gt;Sauf dans le coeur du centre ville, toutes les écoles de Sydney ont de vrais espaces verts où les enfants peuvent courir à la récré. Quelle différence avec les cours d'école goudronnées de mon enfance, avec leur quatre ou cinq platanes ou maronniers, ça me fait rêver !  (photo prise mardi matin à l'école de mon quartier. Je n'aurais pas pu la prendre aujourd'hui, il pleut des trombes !)&lt;br /&gt;---------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Late evening update: the weather is worse than dreadful; it's a real catastrophy. Pounding rains have flooded the area where I live, the train line was cut by a landslide and I am stranded in the city for the night. Will try to make it home tomorrow morning. Have a look at this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/06/08/1181089304334.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;fantastic photo gallery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;of the storm published by the Sydney Morning Herald.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mise à jour vendredi soir: Il pleut des trombes oui, au point que la région où j'habite a souffert de graves inondations. La ligne de train que je devais prendre pour rentrer chez moi a été coupée par des rochers tombés sur la voie, je suis contrainte de passer la nuit en ville. Je réessayerai de rentrer chez moi demain matin.  Voir les magnifiques &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/06/08/1181089304334.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;photos de la tempête&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; publiées par le Sydney Morning Herald.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6930565320671125274?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6930565320671125274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6930565320671125274&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6930565320671125274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6930565320671125274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/recess-recreation.html' title='Recess / Recreation'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxP1b-NArI/AAAAAAAAA60/n2JtEx1FSsc/s72-c/OLR+RUN.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4271899815297709704</id><published>2007-06-07T14:17:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-08T08:25:31.207+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michel Onfray'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>The Atheist Manifesto, religions deconstructed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmf8m-O1ZCI/AAAAAAAAA8c/U5XFB5hdFTY/s1600-h/glebe2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073301251726599202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmf8m-O1ZCI/AAAAAAAAA8c/U5XFB5hdFTY/s640/glebe2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last Thursday I attended a conference at the Alliance Française de Sydney by French writer and philosopher Michel Onfray. He spoke about one of his latest books, &lt;em&gt;The Atheist Manifesto: the case against Christianity, Judaism and Islam&lt;/em&gt;, recently translated into English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Michel Onfray, a vibrant man in his late forties dressed all in black as suits a French intellectual, is a prolific author of over 40 books who lives in Paris and teaches philosophy at the Free University of Caen, in Normandy. He's such a well known figure in France I wouldn't have missed a chance to listen to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Manifesto-Against-Christianity-Judaism/dp/1559708204"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt; presents the book in the following terms: "This tightly argued, hugely controversial work convincingly demonstrates how the world's three major monotheistic religions -Christianity, Judaism, and Islam- have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure and desire, often condemning nonbelievers to death. If Nietzsche proclaimed the "Death of God," Onfray starts from the premise that not only is God still very much alive, but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the human race. Documenting the ravages caused by religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for demanding faith, belief, obedience and submission, and for extolling the "next life" at the expense of the here and now. A groundbreaking and explosive questioning the role of the world's dominant religions. "&lt;br /&gt;In his speech, Michel Onfray explained that his work was about deconstructing religions, i.e. finding out how they had been constructed, much in the way you take out each part of a Meccano set to retrace the building process. Involving extensive research in archeology and history, his work aims at replacing beliefs and faith by facts and knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;Can I say I enjoyed the evening tremendously? Much of what he said appeared to me to be plain common sense backed up by serious methodology. More about this tomorrow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Note: Michel Onfray also spoke at the Sydney's Writers Festival : read more about it &lt;a href="http://www.openintegral.net/blog/?p=191"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Jeudi dernier je suis allée à l'Alliance Française de Sydney écouter le bouillant et célèbre philosophe et écrivain français Michel Onfray. La quarantaine inspirée, habillé tout de noir comme il sied à un intellectuel français, cet auteur prolifique (plus de quarante livres à son actif) venait parler de son Traité d'Athéologie, récemment traduit en anglais. Je n'allais pas rater ça !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://perso.orange.fr/michel.onfray/traitedatheologie.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Son site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;présente le livre en ces termes :" Les trois monothéismes, animés par une même pulsion de mort généalogique, partagent une série de mépris identiques : haine de la raison et de l'intelligence ; haine de la liberté ; haine de tous les livres au nom d'un seul ; haine de la vie ; haine de la sexualité, des femmes et du plaisir ; haine du féminin ; haine des corps, des désirs, des pulsions. En lieu et place de tout cela, judaïsme, christianisme et islam défendent : la foi et la croyance, l'obéissance et la soumission, le goût de la mort et la passion de l'au-delà, l'ange asexué et la chasteté, la virginité et la fidélité monogamique, l'épouse et la mère, l'âme et l'esprit. Autant dire la vie crucifiée et le néant célébré... "&lt;br /&gt;Notre époque, ajoute Michel Onfray, voit le retour de Dieu dans tout ce qu'il a de plus dangereux, d'où l'urgence selon lui d'un athéisme argumenté, construit, solide et militant.&lt;br /&gt;Dans sa courte conférence il nous a expliqué que l'objet de son travail avait été la déconstruction des trois grandes religions monothéistes, judaîsme, christianisme et islam, en remplaçant systématiquement foi et croyances par une démarche scientifique étayée par de sérieuses recherches en archéologie et en histoire.&lt;br /&gt;Puis-je dire que j'ai beaucoup apprécié la soirée ? Beaucoup de ce qu'il a dit ne m'a semblé relever que du simple bon sens doublé d'un solide étayage scientifique. Je continue sur ce sujet demain...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072951649978639362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rma-peO1ZAI/AAAAAAAAA8M/fYuyDG-STzI/s320/MichelOnfray.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4271899815297709704?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4271899815297709704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4271899815297709704&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4271899815297709704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4271899815297709704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/atheist-manifesto-religions.html' title='The Atheist Manifesto, religions deconstructed'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rmf8m-O1ZCI/AAAAAAAAA8c/U5XFB5hdFTY/s72-c/glebe2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5567963774571920210</id><published>2007-06-06T13:19:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-07T07:12:56.366+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Town hall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Black people on the red earth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmVJkeO1Y8I/AAAAAAAAA7s/yxviFxGvk3k/s1600-h/IMG_3731.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072541446242132930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmVJkeO1Y8I/AAAAAAAAA7s/yxviFxGvk3k/s640/IMG_3731.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Aboriginal flag was flown over Sydney's Town Hall this week to celebrate &lt;a href="http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp?page=97"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Reconciliation Week&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Red, black, yellow, this flag symbolises the black people on the red earth under the yellow sun. A very powerful image I believe. &lt;div&gt;This year, activists chose to draw public attention on the appalling difference in life expectancy between Aborigines and other Australians : At age 56 for males and 65 for females, Aboriginal life expectancy is around 17 years lower than that of other Australians. The Aboriginal infant mortality rate is 2.5 times that of the rest of Australia, with the rate in the Northern Territory four times the national average (source: &lt;a href="http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/Factbook2006-1~factbook2006-ch6-introduction~chapter6-sect-3"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Australian Department of Health&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Poor socio-economic conditions and difficulty in access to health care for remote communities are to blame. More on Aboriginal history on &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06459567597804197579"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Sally's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;excellent post about &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-day.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Sorry Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Much remains to be done in the way Australia treats its indigenous people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jours-ci le drapeau aborigène a flotté sur le toit de l'Hôtel de Ville de Sydney pour fêter la &lt;a href="http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp?page=97"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Semaine de la Réconciliation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Rouge, noir, jaune, ce drapeau que je trouve magnifique symbolise le peuple noir sur la terre rouge sous le soleil jaune.&lt;br /&gt;Cette année les manifestants ont choisi d'attirer l'attention du public sur la différence effarante d'espérance de vie entre les Aborigènes et les autres australiens : de 56 ans pour les hommes et 65 pour les femmes, l'espérance de vie des Aborigènes est en moyenne de 17 ans inférieure celle du reste de la population. La mortalité à la naissance est 2 fois et demie plus élevée chez les aborigènes et dans le Territoire du Nord elle est même quatre fois plus élevée que chez le reste de la population (source : &lt;a href="http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/Factbook2006-1~factbook2006-ch6-introduction~chapter6-sect-3"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Ministère de la santé australien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Les causes en sont bien sûr les mauvaises conditions socio-économiques et le problème d'accès aux services de santé pour les communautés reculées. Pour en savoir plus sur l'histoire aborigène, voir l'excellent post de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06459567597804197579"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Sally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sur &lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-day.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Sorry Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Il reste tant à faire pour améliorer les relations que l'Australie entretient avec son peuple premier...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072546948095239122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmVOkuO1Y9I/AAAAAAAAA70/TiqhBnooyNk/s320/IMG_3718.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Roof of Sydney's Town Hall (detail)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Toit de l'Hotel de Ville de Sydney (détail)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5567963774571920210?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5567963774571920210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5567963774571920210&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5567963774571920210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5567963774571920210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/black-people-on-red-earth.html' title='Black people on the red earth'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmVJkeO1Y8I/AAAAAAAAA7s/yxviFxGvk3k/s72-c/IMG_3731.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-687517357136284064</id><published>2007-06-05T12:45:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-05T20:45:16.932+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city rangers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Do not trust this man</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rlw83L-NAmI/AAAAAAAAA6M/38lDw7tikBc/s1600-h/ranger.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069994199316496994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rlw83L-NAmI/AAAAAAAAA6M/38lDw7tikBc/s400/ranger.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Do you think this guy has a lovely smile? Don't be fooled, he's a nasty ;-)&lt;br /&gt;He's a City Ranger and he's the one who will write you a ticket if you park in the wrong spot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ne vous fiez pas à son bon sourire, ce jeune homme est un "méchant" : c'est un City Ranger et c'est lui qui vous mettra un PV si vous êtes mal garé ! L'équivalent de nos pervenches ou de nos aubergines en quelque sorte... Moralité : ne pas confondre les rangers des villes et les rangers des parcs nationaux qui, eux, sont là pour protéger l'environnement !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-687517357136284064?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/687517357136284064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=687517357136284064&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/687517357136284064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/687517357136284064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/do-not-trust-this-smile.html' title='Do not trust this man'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rlw83L-NAmI/AAAAAAAAA6M/38lDw7tikBc/s72-c/ranger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4708337719751532922</id><published>2007-06-04T08:51:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-05T08:51:07.202+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>An unusual pet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rkzdq7-NARI/AAAAAAAAA3k/-iDsC3AwQKY/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065667410607800594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rkzdq7-NARI/AAAAAAAAA3k/-iDsC3AwQKY/s640/Picture+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As a rule, dogs are not allowed on Sydney beaches. However the northern end of Shelly beach is a &lt;em&gt;dog beach&lt;/em&gt; where you can take your pet for a walk - provided you pick up after him. On Sunday I made an unusual encounter there. He is called Stinks and loves to bury his head in the sand. He was fun to watch! Want to know what animal that is ? &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret#Ferrets_as_pets"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This very active animal loves exploring, with more curiosity than common sense: he is very good at getting into holes in walls, doors, cupboards, or in or behind household appliances such as dishwashers, fans and other dangerous items which will get him into all sorts of trouble. Also this distant cousin of the polecat has a fairly strong body odor. This exclusively carnivorous animal can be quite nippy as a kit but properly trained should rarely bite the human hand, and being very playful, is (I have read) really fun to have around. Would you enjoy having one as a pet ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;En général les chiens sont interdits sur les plages de Sydney mais la partie nord de Shelly Beach est une plage à chiens, où vous pourrez promener votre animal - à condition de ramasser ses besoins. Dimanche j'y ai fait une drôle de rencontre : il s'appelle Stinks et adore enfoncer son nez dans le sable. Savez-vous ce que c'est ? Pour le savoir, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furet"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;cliquer ici&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Faisant preuve de plus de curiosité que de bon sens, cet animal adore farfouiller et explorer, ce qui l'entraine parfois dans des recoins inaccessibles dont on a du mal à le sortir (trous dans les murs, les portes, les placards, gaines, gouttières, ventilateurs etc). Par ailleurs ce cousin du putois a une odeur corporelle assez forte. Enfin ce carnivore adore mordiller, et l'animal doit être bien dressé pour ne pas décourager son maitre par ses morsures. Moyennant ces précautions, c'est un animal joueur et très amusant ! Ca vous tenterait comme petit compagnon ? &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vv&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068124445433725378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlWYVL-NAcI/AAAAAAAAA48/0wKTWBgiRAs/s400/Picture+003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4708337719751532922?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4708337719751532922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4708337719751532922&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4708337719751532922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4708337719751532922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/another-cute-pet.html' title='An unusual pet'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rkzdq7-NARI/AAAAAAAAA3k/-iDsC3AwQKY/s72-c/Picture+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5239446646588944126</id><published>2007-06-03T15:29:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-03T21:16:15.808+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Home and Garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxJOL-NApI/AAAAAAAAA6k/jNdY0HeogM4/s1600-h/rosebery1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070007788593021586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxJOL-NApI/AAAAAAAAA6k/jNdY0HeogM4/s640/rosebery1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070010653336208034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxL07-NAqI/AAAAAAAAA6s/91oPRBX1sss/s400/rosebery4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071703746624160530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmJPr7-NAxI/AAAAAAAAA7k/9cuqIxKigc4/s400/rosebery8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;My friends J. and Emma are currently house sitting a place in the suburb of Rosebery which I visited on Sunday. Very trendy and sure to impress, it could readily feature in a Home and Garden magazine. But Emma says the house is crammed with stupid details that demonstrate a focus on showing-off rather than comfort of living. Despite these drawbacks, could you picture yourself living there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mes amis J. et Emma gardent actuellement une maison d'amis d'amis dans le quartier de Rosebery, et dimanche je suis allée leur rendre visite. Complètement tendance et très haut de gamme, voilà une maison qu'on dirait tout droit sortie d'un magazine Maison et Jardin. Mais Emma dit que le lieu est froid, impersonnel et plein de détails imbéciles qui démontrent le souci de paraître plutot que celui du vrai confort de vie. Malgré ça, ça vous dirait d'habiter là ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5239446646588944126?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5239446646588944126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5239446646588944126&amp;isPopup=true' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5239446646588944126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5239446646588944126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/modern-house.html' title='Home and Garden'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxJOL-NApI/AAAAAAAAA6k/jNdY0HeogM4/s72-c/rosebery1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-2551365672545643066</id><published>2007-06-02T09:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-02T12:13:43.807+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>View from my bedroom #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmCoOb-NAvI/AAAAAAAAA7U/TthPefYVhzM/s1600-h/station+service.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071238146399470322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmCoOb-NAvI/AAAAAAAAA7U/TthPefYVhzM/s640/station+service.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thank you all for your many kind comments yesterday. Congratulations to Kristi for her critical thinking when she wrote "&lt;em&gt;Let me understand (...) looking at your other photos I understood you lived in a more rural seaside area."&lt;/em&gt; Here's my double life exposed! Yes Kristi, my photo yesterday was a view from my bedroom but I only stay there two days a week when I come to work in the city. My main residence is on the north coast in one of Sydney's extended suburbs. So today is a view from my other bedroom, at home. I live in a house and over the wall that separates the garden from the street I can see.... this. Fun, eh? The explanation comes with the second photo below, taken from the street. I live in a leafy suburb and the service station across from our place put up some christmas decorations eighteen months ago... which they never took down! The neon sign under the coconut tree says Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Merci à tous pour vos commentaires d'hier qui m'ont fait très plaisir. Bravo à la perspicace Kristi qui a écrit "&lt;/em&gt;Je ne comprends pas (...) j'avais cru comprendre d'après tes autres photos que tu vivais dans un environnement rural au bord de la mer&lt;em&gt;". Voilà ma double vie révélée. Ma photo d'hier a bien été prise depuis le balcon de ma chambre mais je ne dors là que deux nuits par semaine, quand je viens travailler en ville. Le reste du temps, je vis sur la côte nord dans la grande banlieue de Sydney. Voilà donc aujourd'hui la vue que j'ai depuis ma chambre ici. J'habite dans une maison et au-dessus du mur qui sépare le jardin de la rue, je vois...ça. Marrant, hein ? L'explication se trouve dans la photo ci-dessous, prise depuis la rue. Je vis dans un quartier très vert et la station service en face de chez nous a monté des décorations de Noël il y a dix-huit mois... et ne les a jamais enlevées. Le néon en dessous du cocotier orange dit Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071244137878848258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmCtrL-NAwI/AAAAAAAAA7c/sTFJ0csrJI4/s400/shellystation.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-2551365672545643066?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/2551365672545643066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=2551365672545643066&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2551365672545643066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2551365672545643066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/view-from-my-bedroom-2.html' title='View from my bedroom #2'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RmCoOb-NAvI/AAAAAAAAA7U/TthPefYVhzM/s72-c/station+service.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6110571236141502988</id><published>2007-06-01T01:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T07:38:10.234+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>From my balcony</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RcmxzjaYuqI/AAAAAAAAAW0/dF3oOh_P9N4/s1600-h/sunsetfrombalcony.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028745958173227682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RcmxzjaYuqI/AAAAAAAAAW0/dF3oOh_P9N4/s640/sunsetfrombalcony.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; June 1st Theme Day is &lt;em&gt;View from your bedroom&lt;/em&gt;. I took this photo from my balcony on the fifth floor a few months ago. There had been a huge storm all afternoon with deep black skies and driving rain but just before the end of the day the sun pulled out of nowhere and striked an incredible flash of gold - I grabbed my camera and rushed out to the balcony, bingo ! This building, a 4 star hotel - &lt;a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/fourpoints/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=1305"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the Four Points by Sheraton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Darling Harbour - is usually a sparkling white but on that day it turned to gold! Neither contrast or saturation were pushed on this photo, it's all nature's work.&lt;br /&gt;PS - Can you spot &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/02/if-i-had-magic-wand.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;my magic wand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the scenery?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;1er juin, le Thème du Mois est "vue depuis votre chambre". J'ai pris cette photo il y a quelques mois depuis mon balcon au 5ème étage. Tout l'après-midi, un énorme orage nous avait noyés sous un ciel d'encre et une pluie torrentielle. Et puis juste avant de se coucher, le soleil s'est extrait des nuées pour nous jouer ses adieux avec emportement, ors, drames et trémolos. J'ai saisi mon appareil et foncé sur le balcon, jackpot ! L'immeuble voisin, normalement d'un blanc éblouissant, a tourné à l'or pendant quelques minutes. C'est un hôtel 4 étoiles, le &lt;a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/fourpoints/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=1305"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Four Points by Sheraton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Darling Harbour. Je n'ai poussé ni le contraste ni la saturation sur cette photo, elle est entièrement naturelle.&lt;br /&gt;PS - retrouverez-vous &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/02/if-i-had-magic-wand.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;ma baguette magique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; dans le paysage ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;View other participating entries around the world / &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;les autres participants&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seattle (WA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Albuquerque (NM), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; 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- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.discoverpa.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bellefonte (PA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Melbourne, Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stockholm, Sweden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Grenoble, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://lubbockdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lubbock (TX), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Boston (MA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Arradon, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hyde, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Joplin (MO), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kyoto, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tokyo, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kansascitydailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kansas City (MO), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Naples (FL), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stavanger, Norway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://jonemo.de/thedailylondonphoto/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;London, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chandler (AZ), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nelsondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nelson, New Zealand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hamburgdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hamburg, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secret-tenerife.com/photos/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tenerife, Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://moscowdailyshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Moscow, Russia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lyondailyphotoblog.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lyon, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Villigen, Switzerland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://andersondailyphoto.wordpress.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Anderson (SC), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://oslodailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Oslo, Norway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Evry, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hayledailyphotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hayle, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mumbaidailysnapshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Mumbai, India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kitakami, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wassenaardailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Menton, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Monte Carlo, Monaco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Los Angeles (CA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cypressdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cypress (TX), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.antiguadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;La Antigua, Guatemala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://paderborndailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Paderborn, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sandiego-dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;San Diego (CA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ampangdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://madriddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Madrid, Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://citylyon.free.fr/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lyon, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Selma (AL), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shanghai, China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pabdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Baziège, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://colognedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cologne (NRW), Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://northbayphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;North Bay (ON), Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydayrotterdam.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Rotterdam, Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stayton (OR), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sharon (CT), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://austintexasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Austin (TX), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hong Kong, China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://usnp.de/trierdailyphoto/new/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Trier, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://joensuudailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Joensuu, Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Paris, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Greenville (SC), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Wailea (HI), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.budapestdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Budapest, Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://corkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cork, Ireland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bastiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bastia, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dailyphotovancouver.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Vancouver, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Brookville (OH), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jakarta, Indonesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Mainz, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://minneapolisdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Minneapolis (MN), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6110571236141502988?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6110571236141502988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6110571236141502988&amp;isPopup=true' title='51 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6110571236141502988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6110571236141502988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/06/from-my-balcony.html' title='From my balcony'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RcmxzjaYuqI/AAAAAAAAAW0/dF3oOh_P9N4/s72-c/sunsetfrombalcony.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>51</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-610907170144979514</id><published>2007-05-31T07:06:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T23:22:44.449+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Room with a view</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rl1sx7-NAsI/AAAAAAAAA68/_yysud6qQ0Q/s1600-h/edgecliff3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070328360657027778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rl1sx7-NAsI/AAAAAAAAA68/_yysud6qQ0Q/s640/edgecliff3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Along Edgecliff Road, a ground floor apartment with city views.&lt;br /&gt;No, I'm not one day early in posting on our 1st of June theme, &lt;em&gt;View from your bedroom.&lt;/em&gt; This isn't my place, and I wouldn't want to live there either: it's a noisy street and the large fig tree provides too much shade, the interior must be very dark. The lift-up window and brick work are typical of the numerous English-designed apartment blocks built in Sydney after the war. Now if you haven't registered to participate in tomorrow's Theme Day, rush out to your window to take a pic and rush back in to enrol!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sur Edgecliff road, fenêtre au rez-de-chaussée avec vue sur la city. Non je n'ai pas grillé le Thème du Mois de demain 1er juin,&lt;/em&gt; Vue depuis votre chambre&lt;em&gt; car ce n'est pas chez moi. Je n'aimerais pas vivre là : la rue est bruyante et l'énorme ficus qui pousse devant les fenêtres fait trop d'ombre, l'intérieur doit être très sombre. La fenêtre à guillotine et la brique sont typiques de toute une génération d'immeubles construits à Sydney après la guerre sur le modèle anglais.&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant si vous n'êtes pas encore inscrits pour le Thème du mois, foncez sur votre balcon faire une photo et revenez vous inscrire !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Room with a view #2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070473324393202402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rl3wn7-NAuI/AAAAAAAAA7M/CDorXxmSRDw/s640/aug06+165.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Taking the liberty of a second photo on the same theme today. Same type of apartment block, in Bellevue Hill this time. Quiet street, sunny balcony, much better living! The rent is probably double, too :-(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Une fois n'est pas coutume, je prends la liberté d'une deuxième photo sur le même thème aujourd'hui. Même type d'immeuble, mais à Bellevue Hill cette fois. Rue calme, balcon ensoleillé, bien plus agréable à vivre ! Mais le loyer est probablement le double :-(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-610907170144979514?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/610907170144979514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=610907170144979514&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/610907170144979514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/610907170144979514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/room-with-view.html' title='Room with a view'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rl1sx7-NAsI/AAAAAAAAA68/_yysud6qQ0Q/s72-c/edgecliff3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5671848238663030655</id><published>2007-05-30T01:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T08:08:29.662+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Tall gum trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxE9r-NAoI/AAAAAAAAA6c/Px3FfuS8fBg/s1600-h/IMG_3633.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070003107078668930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxE9r-NAoI/AAAAAAAAA6c/Px3FfuS8fBg/s640/IMG_3633.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I drive through this forest twice a week on my way to work. I am always amazed by these tall gum trees, they are so beautiful. Before settlers started clearing the land for grazing 219 years ago (&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/grazing.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;see last week's pasture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), the region was covered with them.&lt;br /&gt;The generic term eucalyptus comprises more than seven hundred species of trees (and a few shrubs), which dominate the Australian native landscape. Eucalyptus can be found in almost every region of the Australian continent, having adapted to all of its climatic conditions; in fact, no other continent is so characterised by a single genus of tree as Australia is by its eucalypts.&lt;br /&gt;They are often called &lt;em&gt;gum trees&lt;/em&gt; because many species of the family (but not all) exude copious sap from any break in their bark. Unfortuately the gum can't be used to make tyres or chewing-gum!&lt;br /&gt;And one very important thing: eucalypts are not deciduous trees, they are evergreen. I took this photo yesterday but it would look identical at any time of the year. This is why autumn is so unconspicuous here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je passe par ici deux fois par semaine pour aller travailler. Je suis toujours épatée par ces grands eucalyptus. Avant que la terre ne commence à être défrichée par les premiers colons il y a 219 ans (résultat : &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/grazing.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;le pâturage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de la semaine dernière), la région en était couverte.&lt;br /&gt;Le terme générique d'eucalyptus comprend plus de 750 variétés d'arbres (et quelques buissons) qui dominent le paysage australien. S'étant adaptés à toutes les conditions climatiques, les eucalyptus sont présents dans toutes les régions d'Australie; de fait, aucun autre continent au monde ne peut caractérisé par une unique espèce d'arbre comme l'Australie l'est par ses eucalyptus. Les locaux les appellent souvent "gum trees" (arbres à gomme) à cause de la sève qui s'écoule abondamment de toute blessure de l'écorce. Mais celle-ci ne sert à faire ni des pneus, ni du chewing-gum !&lt;br /&gt;Ah, et un détail important : les eucalyptus ne sont pas des arbres à feuilles caduques, ils restent verts toute l'année. Alors j'ai pris cette photo hier mais j'aurais pu la faire à l'identique à n'importe quelle époque de l'année. C'est pourquoi l'automne se voit peu ici.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5671848238663030655?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5671848238663030655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5671848238663030655&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5671848238663030655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5671848238663030655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/tall-gum-trees.html' title='Tall gum trees'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlxE9r-NAoI/AAAAAAAAA6c/Px3FfuS8fBg/s72-c/IMG_3633.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-408529149549466834</id><published>2007-05-29T12:47:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T00:45:04.128+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney&apos;s writers festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Customs House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Naked crowd</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlriRb-NAkI/AAAAAAAAA58/1CZlUFFmUHY/s1600-h/nus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069613119753224770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlriRb-NAkI/AAAAAAAAA58/1CZlUFFmUHY/s640/nus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday saw the opening of &lt;a href="http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Sydney's Writers Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;From Monday 28 May to Sunday 3 June, hundreds of Australian and international writers converge to Sydney to celebrate the written word and the power of storytelling. See &lt;a href="http://www.swf.org.au/index.php?option=com_events&amp;task=view_day&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;year=2007&amp;month=05&amp;amp;day=29&amp;Itemid=141"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;today's programme here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. As I walked past Customs House on Friday night I saw big preparations being made for the opening function. I was surprised however to find that the crowd was naked.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it's about words stripped bare exposing the naked truth? &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Sydney's Writers Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;le festival des écrivains, s'est ouvert hier à Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;Durant une semaine passionnante du 28 mai au 3 juin, Sydney va vivre au rythme de la littérature contemporaine. Des centaines d'auteurs australiens et étrangers convergent ici pour une grande fête de l'écrit et une célébration du pouvoir des mots. Voir &lt;a href="http://www.swf.org.au/index.php?option=com_events&amp;amp;task=view_day&amp;amp;amp;year=2007&amp;month=05&amp;amp;day=29&amp;Itemid=141"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;le programme d'aujourd'hui ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Vendredi soir en passant devant Customs House, l'ancien bureau des douanes devenu centre culturel, je suis tombée sur les préparatifs de la cérémonie d'ouverture. La foule se pressait déja mais j'ai été surprise de la trouver nue.&lt;br /&gt;Peut-être est-ce le pouvoir des mots sans fard d'exposer notre vérité toute nue ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069619841377043026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlroYr-NAlI/AAAAAAAAA6E/LhT-5qEYOow/s400/IMG_3350.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vvvvv&lt;/span&gt; Captive audience or captivated? Sydney's Writers Festival, a city transformed by words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;vv &lt;/span&gt;Auditoire captif ou captivé ? Festival des écrivains de Sydney, les mots transforment la ville.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-408529149549466834?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/408529149549466834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=408529149549466834&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/408529149549466834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/408529149549466834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/naked-crowd.html' title='Naked crowd'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlriRb-NAkI/AAAAAAAAA58/1CZlUFFmUHY/s72-c/nus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-9217261822854737881</id><published>2007-05-28T13:16:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T23:17:00.291+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sailing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>For Alice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlpLyb-NAiI/AAAAAAAAA5s/0O0g3Xj_9MQ/s1600-h/mossman.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069447660433113634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlpLyb-NAiI/AAAAAAAAA5s/0O0g3Xj_9MQ/s640/mossman.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;On my way to Manly yesterday afternoon I stopped here in Mosman. Isn't Sydney harbour beautiful? Suddenly it reminded me of the southern coast of Brittany in France, a unique region where land and sea meet in an intricate and beautiful pattern of islands, gulfs and rias. I sailed extensively along that coast as a youngster and left a piece of my heart there. Alice of &lt;a href="http://arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Arradon Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; lives there and I really enjoy my regular visits to her site. Precisely yesterday Alice posted &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/ile-bodic.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;this view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: can you see the similarities? All right, the coast is higher here and there are no gum trees over there, but still: this one's to you Alice, with love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En route vers Manly hier après-midi, je me suis arrêtée à Mosman pour admirer la vue sur la baie de Sydney. N'est-ce pas magnifique ? Soudain ce paysage de voiliers au mouillage dans une ria paisible m'a fait penser à la Bretagne sud et au golfe du Morbihan, une région où j'ai beaucoup navigué et que j'adore. Alice nous en envoie des images quotidiennes sur &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Arradon Daily Photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; et c'est toujours un plaisir pour moi de lui rendre visite. Et précisément hier Alice nous a montré &lt;a href="http://arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/ile-bodic.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ce paysage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Y voyez-vous des ressemblances ? C'est vrai, la côte est plus haute ici et il n'y a pas d'eucalyptus là-bas, mais quand même Alice je te dédie cette photo, avec une bise !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-9217261822854737881?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/9217261822854737881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=9217261822854737881&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9217261822854737881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9217261822854737881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/for-alice.html' title='For Alice'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlpLyb-NAiI/AAAAAAAAA5s/0O0g3Xj_9MQ/s72-c/mossman.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4736856022885541768</id><published>2007-05-27T21:08:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T11:45:03.020+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Surf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Manly today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RllpUb-NAhI/AAAAAAAAA5k/3OZUX2xQO30/s1600-h/manly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069198655409160722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RllpUb-NAhI/AAAAAAAAA5k/3OZUX2xQO30/s640/manly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Shelly beach, Manly, this afternoon 3:30 pm.&lt;br /&gt;Weather report: Fine, sunny, water temperature 20°C (68°F), air temperature 22°C (72°F).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=3500&amp;state=NSW&amp;amp;t=9:10:40%20PM"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Surf report&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: "Very close to dead flat, with the occasional 1 foot set every now and then. Not really surfable at all". The surf has been small for weeks and the forecast isn't optimistic : "The outlook for early next week holds no chance of any significant improvement. Flat to tiny surf is anticipated to persist through to Wednesday/ Thursday".&lt;br /&gt;There were still a number of surfers trying their luck on Manly's main beach but Shelly beach here is a protected cove offering much safer swimming conditions for families with young children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shelly beach, Manly, cet après-midi à 15h30.&lt;br /&gt;Bulletin météo : Beau temps, ciel bleu, température de l'eau 20°C, température de l'air 22°C.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=3500&amp;state=NSW&amp;amp;t=9:10:40%20PM"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Bulletin surf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;: "Mer presque parfaitement plate, avec quelques séries de vagues de 30 cm par ci par là. Quasiment&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;impossible à surfer". Ca fait des semaines que les vagues sont toutes petites et la météo ne prévoit aucune amélioration dans les jours à venir... pauvres surfeurs !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ils étaient quand même quelques-uns à tenter leur chance sur la grande plage de Manly mais Shelly Beach ici est une anse surtout fréquentée par les familles avec de jeunes enfants car généralement abritée des grosses vagues. C'était particulièrement vrai aujourd'hui !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4736856022885541768?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4736856022885541768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4736856022885541768&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4736856022885541768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4736856022885541768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/manly-today.html' title='Manly today'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RllpUb-NAhI/AAAAAAAAA5k/3OZUX2xQO30/s72-c/manly.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5086425130044585930</id><published>2007-05-26T09:54:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T18:22:27.850+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rainbow lorikeets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Food, glorious food</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rld9vb-NAgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/PP7jFI8P2iQ/s1600-h/lorik5c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068658159544762882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rld9vb-NAgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/PP7jFI8P2iQ/s640/lorik5c.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh the rainbow lorikeets, they are so gorgeous. And with autumn yielding all sorts of fruits and bays, they are all over the gardens, rowdy groups screeching loudly in an unmistakable way. On this Saturday morning I can hear them now from my computer desk!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ah ces loriquets arc-en-ciel, ce qu'ils sont beaux ! Et avec l'automne qui apporte toutes sortes de fruits et de baies, ils sont partout dans les jardins, se déplaçant en bandes, poussant des cris perçants qu'on reconnait instantanément. En ce samedi matin je les entends là maintenant, alors que je suis devant mon ordinateur. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5086425130044585930?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5086425130044585930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5086425130044585930&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5086425130044585930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5086425130044585930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/food-glorious-food.html' title='Food, glorious food'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rld9vb-NAgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/PP7jFI8P2iQ/s72-c/lorik5c.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7493213410097780787</id><published>2007-05-25T07:10:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-25T20:49:49.015+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Grazing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlWe1r-NAdI/AAAAAAAAA5E/rjn8T8A_r08/s1600-h/Picture+049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068131600849240530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlWe1r-NAdI/AAAAAAAAA5E/rjn8T8A_r08/s640/Picture+049.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;A common landscape outside Sydney (except not everyone gets up at dawn to catch that early morning light).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Un paysage ordinaire quand on sort de Sydney (sauf que tout le monde ne se lève pas à l'aube pour capter cette lumière-là...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7493213410097780787?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7493213410097780787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7493213410097780787&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7493213410097780787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7493213410097780787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/grazing.html' title='Grazing'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlWe1r-NAdI/AAAAAAAAA5E/rjn8T8A_r08/s72-c/Picture+049.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6537547805572413999</id><published>2007-05-24T06:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-24T23:12:59.707+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ice cream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Peter's then and now</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlQaeb-NAaI/AAAAAAAAA4s/rAuInUbkv8s/s1600-h/peters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067704590905704866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlQaeb-NAaI/AAAAAAAAA4s/rAuInUbkv8s/s400/peters.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067705127776616882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlQa9r-NAbI/AAAAAAAAA40/trcbNxjtRF4/s400/peters2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;An old painted ad in Gloucester Street in the Rocks; a new display sign at the beach kiosk. Peter's ice cream is still here, but how things have changed!&lt;br /&gt;Founded in Sydney in 1910, Peter's only made vanilla ice cream until the 1940's. In the fifties they introduced 'rainbow', chocolate and strawberry flavours as well as the first ice cream on stick (read the &lt;a href="http://www1.pbfoods.com.au/history.asp"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;full history here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Today the brand belongs to Nestlé and the range has increased dramatically: Lifesavers, Billa Bong, Maxibon, Icy Pole, Dixie, Drumstick, Frosty Fruits, Hava Heart, Milo Scoop Shake, Smarties push-ups... Mmmmh I'd love to do a study on globalisation according to Nestlé : can you find the same ice creams in your country, do they bear the same names?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Une vieille publicité peinte dans Gloucester Street (quartier des Rocks), un nouveau panneau publicitaire au kiosque de la plage : les glaces Peter's existent toujours mais ont bien évolué !&lt;br /&gt;Fondée à Sydney en 1910, la maison Peter's n'a fait que du parfum vanille jusque dans les années quarante. Dans les années cinquante sont venus les parfums chocolat, fraise et 'arc-en-ciel', ainsi que la première glace en bâton (lire &lt;a href="http://www1.pbfoods.com.au/history.asp"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;tout l'historique ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Aujourd'hui la marque est une filiale de Nestlé.&lt;br /&gt;Tiens, je ferais bien une étude sur la mondialisation selon Nestlé : Lifesavers, Billa Bong, Maxibon, Icy Pole, Dixie, Drumstick, Frosty Fruits, Hava Heart, Milo Scoop Shake, Smarties push-ups, ces noms et ces produits se retrouvent-ils chez vous, peut-être adaptés ou traduits ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6537547805572413999?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6537547805572413999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6537547805572413999&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6537547805572413999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6537547805572413999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/peters-then-and-now.html' title='Peter&apos;s then and now'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlQaeb-NAaI/AAAAAAAAA4s/rAuInUbkv8s/s72-c/peters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6352072961228829186</id><published>2007-05-23T15:13:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T15:55:04.259+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='State library of NSW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Lunch time in the city</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlPPKL-NAZI/AAAAAAAAA4k/0pI7Ej53Qvc/s1600-h/Picture+125.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067621779641270674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlPPKL-NAZI/AAAAAAAAA4k/0pI7Ej53Qvc/s640/Picture+125.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lunch hour on an ordinary weekday in the city:&lt;br /&gt;One man jogging (a common lunchtime practice for those who wish to remain fit)&lt;br /&gt;One well-dressed lady walking (black is the standard dress code here)&lt;br /&gt;One bus shelter (by JC Decaux, like all Sydney's urban furniture)&lt;br /&gt;And one ad for a great exhibition at the State Library of NSW: World Press Photo 07, this year's world's best press photos, a powerful collection of stunning shots. I just saw it during my lunch hour, and it's on in Sydney until the 31th of May, but the exhibition moves on to many other locations around the world (see &lt;a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_calendar&amp;task=view&amp;amp;catid=95&amp;selectedItem=162&amp;amp;Itemid=83#162"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;list of venues here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). If it comes to your city, make sure you go, it's a must-see for anyone who has an interest in photography. More about &lt;a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=999&amp;Itemid=158&amp;amp;bandwidth=high"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;the 12 winners here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Un jour ordinaire en ville à l'heure du déjeuner :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Un homme qui court (pratique fréquente pour ceux qui souhaitent rester en forme)&lt;br /&gt;Une femme bien habillée (dans tous les bureaux de la city la couleur de base c'est le noir)&lt;br /&gt;Un abribus (par JC Decaux, qui a raflé le marché de tout le mobilier urbain de Sydney)&lt;br /&gt;Et une affiche pour une magnifique expo qui a lieu jusqu'au 31 mai à la Bibliothèque du NSW et que je viens d'aller voir (précisément pendant mon heure de déjeuner) :&lt;br /&gt;World Press Photo 07, les meilleures photos de presse de l'année écoulée. Si cette expo passe chez vous (je sais qu'elle circule dans le monde, &lt;a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_calendar&amp;task=view&amp;amp;catid=95&amp;selectedItem=162&amp;amp;Itemid=83#162"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;voir la liste ici&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;), allez-y : pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la photographie c'est à voir. &lt;a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=999&amp;Itemid=158&amp;amp;bandwidth=high"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Liste des 12 lauréats ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6352072961228829186?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6352072961228829186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6352072961228829186&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6352072961228829186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6352072961228829186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/lunch-time-in-city.html' title='Lunch time in the city'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlPPKL-NAZI/AAAAAAAAA4k/0pI7Ej53Qvc/s72-c/Picture+125.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5773307225992425430</id><published>2007-05-22T08:44:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T22:40:58.676+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><title type='text'>This morning, 7:30</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlInDr-NAYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/WI0csFwAbdU/s1600-h/wyongriver.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067155475041943938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlInDr-NAYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/WI0csFwAbdU/s640/wyongriver.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This photo is just an hour old. Each Tuesday I drive my husband to the station for the 7:18 train and on the way back I almost always take a little detour along the river. It's peaceful and the morning light is usually beautiful. I love the peeling bark of this large gum tree and if you look closely you'll see a duck perched up there. See, it's not that rare! (remember &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-crowds-here.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this one&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Cette photo date d'il y a une heure. Le mardi je conduis mon mari à la gare pour le train de 7h18 et quand je reviens je fais presque toujours un petit détour par ce bord de rivière. C'est paisible et la lumière du matin est généralement magnifique. J'aime l'écorce qui pèle de ce grand eucalyptus et si vous regardez bien vous verrez un canard perché sur l'une des branches. Vous voyez, ce n'est pas si rare ! (souvenir de &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-crowds-here.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;cette photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5773307225992425430?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5773307225992425430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5773307225992425430&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5773307225992425430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5773307225992425430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-morning-730.html' title='This morning, 7:30'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlInDr-NAYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/WI0csFwAbdU/s72-c/wyongriver.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6270921034220115024</id><published>2007-05-21T09:18:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T16:03:47.746+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la Guillotine'/><title type='text'>La guillotine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlDvX7-NAXI/AAAAAAAAA4U/MjOjEJs0fW4/s1600-h/guillotine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066812775306428786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlDvX7-NAXI/AAAAAAAAA4U/MjOjEJs0fW4/s640/guillotine.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kent Street, Monday morning. On the corner on the right is &lt;a href="http://www.laguillotine.com.au/1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;La Guillotine French restaurant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (see name on the red awning in the back alley). A rather sinister name for a place that advertises itself as 'oh so romantic' with a lovely Parisian atmosphere, don't you think? Perhaps not all everyone knows &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;what the guillotine is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;? Or perhaps rolling heads and dripping blood is their idea of sexy... Anyway reviews for this restaurant are &lt;a href="http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2006/06/la-guillotine-sydney_21.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;very good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with an average rating of 8/10. Shall we book a virtual table and have a bloggers' meal together? They serve great bistro dishes such as Chateaubriand béarnaise or tournedos Rossini. Other specials include traditional onion soup, omelets, escargots (snails) and moules marinière (mussels). Have a &lt;a href="http://www.laguillotine.com.au/5.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;look at the menu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: what are you having?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Kent Street, lundi matin. Au coin à droite, c'est le &lt;a href="http://www.laguillotine.com.au/1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;restaurant français La Guillotine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, dont on voit le nom sur l'auvent rouge dans la ruelle. Je me demande vraiment comment ils ont pu choisir un nom pareil ? Mais peut-être que tout le monde ici ne sait pas ce que c'est que la guillotine ? Moi, guillotine pour un resto, ça me fait penser à coup de bambou - chacun ses associations d'idées ! Mais &lt;a href="http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2006/06/la-guillotine-sydney_21.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;la critique&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;est bonne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (note moyenne : 8/10) et une fois la terrasse ouverte l'atmosphère est plutot sympa. Et si on se réservait une table virtuelle pour une réunion de bloggeurs ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Attendez-vous à de la bonne cuisine de bistro, pas à du super créatif : les spécialités sont le Chateaubriand béarnaise, le tournedos Rossini, mais aussi la soupe à l'oignon, les escargots, les omelettes et les moules marinière. En même temps il faut croire que les valeurs sûres durent, ce resto tient la route depuis plus de 20 ans. Jetez un &lt;a href="http://www.laguillotine.com.au/5.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;coup d'oeil au menu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; : qu'est-ce que vous prenez ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6270921034220115024?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6270921034220115024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6270921034220115024&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6270921034220115024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6270921034220115024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='La guillotine'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlDvX7-NAXI/AAAAAAAAA4U/MjOjEJs0fW4/s72-c/guillotine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5498737218533171681</id><published>2007-05-20T15:01:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T09:05:19.726+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clovelly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Cliff at Clovelly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlADQr-NAVI/AAAAAAAAA4E/EFQsaTwzK3Q/s1600-h/cliff2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066553166008222034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlADQr-NAVI/AAAAAAAAA4E/EFQsaTwzK3Q/s640/cliff2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cliff at Clovelly, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. I'm afraid of heights so I could never sit on the ledge the way this girl does, could you? This picture is dedicated to Abraham of &lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brooksville Daily Photo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, wonderful portraiturer of wildlife (if you don't know him already you MUST visit his site) who is kind enough to leave frequent comments here and who yesterday wrote: "Where I live is flat as a pancake and the only water around is what comes out of the faucets (...) and it only gets as deep as the bathtub". Here's for a change of scenery Abraham and Patty, with a smile and a hug!&lt;br /&gt;By the way, today was &lt;a href="http://halfmarathon.smh.com.au/gallery.asp"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Sydney's half marathon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; but alas, I didn't run it and have no photos :-( &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La falaise de Clovelly, quartier Est de Sydney. J'ai le vertige et jamais je ne serais capable de m'asseoir au bord du vide comme cette demoiselle, et vous ? Je dédie cette photo à Abraham de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brooksville Daily Photo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;, extraordinaire photographe animalier (si vous ne connaissez pas encore son site, allez-y vite) qui a la gentillesse de souvent laisser des commentaires ici. Hier il écrivait "Là où je vis c'est plat comme une crêpe, la seule eau est celle qui sort des robinets et elle n'est jamais plus profonde que la baignoire". Voici un changement d'air, Abraham et Patty, avec toute mon amitié.&lt;br /&gt;PS qui n'a rien à voir: c'était le &lt;a href="http://halfmarathon.smh.com.au/gallery.asp"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;semi-marathon de Sydney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; aujourd'hui mais non, je ne l'ai pas couru et je n'ai pas de photos :-(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5498737218533171681?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5498737218533171681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5498737218533171681&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5498737218533171681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5498737218533171681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/coast-at-clovelly.html' title='Cliff at Clovelly'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RlADQr-NAVI/AAAAAAAAA4E/EFQsaTwzK3Q/s72-c/cliff2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-814884721951017303</id><published>2007-05-19T19:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T11:36:49.118+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Surf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Surf's up!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rk7FBL-NASI/AAAAAAAAA3s/vGXEl2fiNSo/s1600-h/IMG_3171.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066203255022616866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rk7FBL-NASI/AAAAAAAAA3s/vGXEl2fiNSo/s640/IMG_3171.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Nine months that I'm showing Sydney off and not once did I post a surfing photo. It's about time! This afternoon at Bronte beach was just divine. Although the waves weren't very big, they were nice and clean with a very light offshore breeze that kept the seas flat - just long lines of swell rising as they neared the shore - the sky a uniform blue, the air just warm... What a delightful Saturday afternoon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Neuf mois que je vous envoie de bons baisers de Sydney et pas une fois encore je n'ai montré de surfeurs. Il serait temps ! Cet après-midi à la plage de Bronte était vraiment parfaite. Sans être bien grosses, les vagues étaient belles, bien nettes, avec une très légère brise de terre qui gardait la mer plate - juste les longues lignes de houle qui se levaient l'une après l'autre - un ciel d'un bleu d'azur, un air tiède... quel beau samedi après-midi !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;xx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066207605824487746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rk7I-b-NAUI/AAAAAAAAA38/BMxVi-WVFtA/s400/surf3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-814884721951017303?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/814884721951017303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=814884721951017303&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/814884721951017303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/814884721951017303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/surfs-up.html' title='Surf&apos;s up!'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rk7FBL-NASI/AAAAAAAAA3s/vGXEl2fiNSo/s72-c/IMG_3171.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3827886246695104247</id><published>2007-05-18T08:36:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T20:50:31.279+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour'/><title type='text'>Fog lifting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkzcF7-NAQI/AAAAAAAAA3c/8_-JQk3apCM/s1600-h/2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065665675441012994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkzcF7-NAQI/AAAAAAAAA3c/8_-JQk3apCM/s640/2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It's raining today so rather than showing you the grey and wet Sydney, I'll follow up on yesterday's post. This is Circular Quay at the moment the fog just started to lift. The ferries (faint yellow spots at the foot of the buildings) were still grounded but just about to set out. Beautiful moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Il pleut aujourd'hui alors plutot que de vous montrer Sydney gris et mouillé, je m'étends sur le brouillard d'hier. Voici Circular Quay, le quai des ferries, juste au moment où la brume a commencé à se lever. Les ferries, petites taches jaune pâle au pied des immeubles, sont toujours consignés à quai mais ne vont pas tarder à s'élancer. Joli moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3827886246695104247?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3827886246695104247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3827886246695104247&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3827886246695104247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3827886246695104247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/fog-lifting.html' title='Fog lifting'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkzcF7-NAQI/AAAAAAAAA3c/8_-JQk3apCM/s72-c/2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-9123762502451065283</id><published>2007-05-17T14:18:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T08:36:31.614+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour Bridge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour'/><title type='text'>Fog this morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkwtJ7-NANI/AAAAAAAAA3E/BQrcf2_0tQc/s1600-h/fog170507.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065473329625628882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkwtJ7-NANI/AAAAAAAAA3E/BQrcf2_0tQc/s640/fog170507.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Heavy fog over Sydney Harbour this morning, your faithful reporter was there. The bottom shots were taken around 8 am when the fog was so thick there was nothing much to see, the top one much later when it had almost cleared up. All ferry services were suspended until 9 am, think of the mess for the thousands of commuters who use the ferry every day. What you're missing here is the sound, the fog horn mooing at the foot of the bridge - eerie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ce matin la baie de Sydney était noyée sous un épais brouillard. Votre fidèle reporter vous en rapporte des images mais il vous manque la bande son, la corne de brume beuglant au pied du pont - fantomatique !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Les photos du bas ont été prises à 8h quand la brume était si épaisse qu'il n'y avait quasiment rien à voir... le cliché du haut beaucoup plus tard, à 9h, quand les bateaux ont pu recommencer à circuler. Toutes les rotations de ferries ont été suspendues jusqu'à 9h, il y a dû y avoir du monde en retard au travail ce matin ! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065496453729550578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkxCL7-NAPI/AAAAAAAAA3U/VOHJ6lToypo/s640/blanc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-9123762502451065283?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/9123762502451065283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=9123762502451065283&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9123762502451065283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9123762502451065283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/fog-this-morning.html' title='Fog this morning'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkwtJ7-NANI/AAAAAAAAA3E/BQrcf2_0tQc/s72-c/fog170507.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1382886395243435196</id><published>2007-05-16T13:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-17T00:34:50.566+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rock art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rocks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Art in nature, the nature of art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RbC5lrl64eI/AAAAAAAAAOI/MGPjDdtcgOQ/s1600-h/beach+rocks2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021717641526174178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RbC5lrl64eI/AAAAAAAAAOI/MGPjDdtcgOQ/s400/beach+rocks2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday is the day the Art Gallery of NSW remains open till late (9 pm) for ART AFTER HOURS. I'll most probably be going. Looking at modern art, which explores all avenues of creation, often prompts me to ask myself what can be called art. Is it enough for the author to proclaim it is art or must there be something else? I took this photo on the rock platforms at my beach. No editing, my work was only about framing the composition. Please also look at &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/09/bondi-art-is-everywhere.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this photo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/02/rock-art-yesterday-afternoon.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;this one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I also took around Sydney's rock platforms : would you say it's art ? And why or why not ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Le mercredi c'est Art After Hours, le jour où le Musée des beaux-arts du NSW reste ouvert jusqu'à 21h. J'irai très probablement. Quand je regarde de l'art moderne, qui explore tous les axes de la création, je me pose souvent des questions sur la nature de l'art. Suffit-il que l'auteur proclame que c'est de l'art ou doit-il y avoir autre chose ?&lt;br /&gt;J'ai pris cette photo dans les rochers de ma plage. Je ne l'ai pas transformée, je n'ai travaillé que sur le cadrage. Retrouvez aussi &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/09/bondi-art-is-everywhere.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;cette photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/02/rock-art-yesterday-afternoon.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;celle-ci&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, également prises dans les rochers du bord de mer à Sydney. Est-ce de l'art ? Si oui ou si non, pourquoi ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1382886395243435196?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1382886395243435196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1382886395243435196&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1382886395243435196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1382886395243435196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/art-in-nature-nature-of-art.html' title='Art in nature, the nature of art'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RbC5lrl64eI/AAAAAAAAAOI/MGPjDdtcgOQ/s72-c/beach+rocks2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5223288494667783548</id><published>2007-05-15T00:13:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-15T21:59:35.167+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='croc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reptile park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Cute pet!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkhrLKtIdZI/AAAAAAAAA20/NV1MRqTuxSw/s1600-h/TE+freshwater.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064415620574508434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkhrLKtIdZI/AAAAAAAAA20/NV1MRqTuxSw/s640/TE+freshwater.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16691699331129121806"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Isabella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Naples, Florida DP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; regularly posts &lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2007/05/peek-boo.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;photos of alligators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the most spectacular of which is &lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2007/04/alligator-101.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;this one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Australia has no shortage of dangerous creatures, many of which are shown at Sydney's &lt;a href="http://www.reptilepark.com.au/animals.asp?catID=8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Reptile Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; : The ranger here is explaining the differences between the two types of crocodiles found in Australia : the freshwater crocodile or "freshie" he's holding here is generally smaller (about 2-3 metres) with thin jaws, won't eat anything much bigger than a chicken and won't attack man except if it's a female defending her nest. The estuarine or saltwater crocodile, the "saltie", is the dangerous one: with its large powerful jaws it would have no trouble dragging a cow down under - or a human for that matter, and accidents are usually fatal. They can reach 6 to 7 metres in length and can jump to great heights to grab their prey, as I saw on a &lt;a href="http://www.jumpingcrocodile.com.au/gallery_index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Jumping Croc cruise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a few kilometres out of Darwin, Northern Territory, last year - see my photos below ( they use pork chops as bait). But relax, this was thousands of kilometres away from here and crocs don't roam free in Sydney harbour (although a baby one was &lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1576726.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;sighted last year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16691699331129121806"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Isabella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Naples DP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; en Floride poste régulièrement des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2007/05/peek-boo.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;photos d'alligators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;, dont la plus spectaculaire est &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2007/04/alligator-101.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;celle-ci&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; L'Australie est elle aussi bien pourvue en sales bestioles qu'on peut admirer au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reptilepark.com.au/animals.asp?catID=8"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Reptile Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; de Sydney. Le ranger ici est en train d'expliquer la différence entre les deux types de crocodiles présents en Australie : le croc d'eau douce ou "freshie" qu'il tient à la main, plus petit (autour de 2 à 3 mètres) et à la machoire fine, ne mange pas de proies bien plus grosses qu'un poulet et ne s'attaque pas à l'homme, sauf s'il s'agit d'une femelle défendant son nid. En revanche le crocodile d'eau de mer est celui qu'il faut craindre : il peut atteindre 6 à 7 mètres et avec ses mâchoires puissantes peut entraîner sous l'eau une vache (et à plus forte raison un humain). Les accidents sont généralement mortels. Ils sont capables de bondir hors de l'eau pour saisir leur proie comme je l'ai constaté lors d'une &lt;a href="http://www.jumpingcrocodile.com.au/gallery_index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;croisière crocodiles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; près de Darwin l'année dernière - voir photos ci-dessous (ils utilisent des côtes de porc comme appât).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mais pas de panique, c'était à des milliers de kilomètres d'ici et il n'y a pas de crocodiles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;dans la baie de Sydney (encore que...on en a &lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1576726.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;trouvé un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;l'année dernière&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; !)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064427547698689442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rkh2BatIdaI/AAAAAAAAA28/dGPS-MqZX8w/s640/crocfinal.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Aujourd'hui comme tous les quinze du mois c'est la "Rédac' du mois", et le thème était "Les animaux de compagnie". J'ai choisi une approche assez extrême de la question, j'espère que vous ne m'en voudrez pas ! Pour lire la prose de mes petits camarades, cliquez sur leurs noms :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://loloieg.free.fr/blog/index.php?2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Laurent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.olivierdemontreal.ca/blogue/index.php?2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Olivier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://exilinterieur.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Alcib&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://lugnetochfred.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Fred&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaleidoscope.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Lady Iphigénia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://good.mood.over-blog.com/archive-05-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Bergere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bytournel.free.fr/Blog/index.php?2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Bertrand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://teafortwo.over-blog.net/archive-05-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Isabelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://viaggiodinozze.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Jojo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://couleursreves.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Jean-Marc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bluelulie.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;bluelulie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://hibiscus.mon-blog.org/index.php/2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;hibiscus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ervalena.net/categorie-1061344.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Ervalena&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://anne-tranche-de-vie.over-blog.com/archive-05-15-2007.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Anne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://hpyl.blogspot.com/2007_05_15_archive.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Hpy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.herveauquebec.net/blogue/index.php?2007/05/15/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Hervé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bonne lecture, et n'oubliez pas que si vous souhaitez y participer le mois prochain, vous pouvez me contacter pour vous inscrire !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5223288494667783548?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5223288494667783548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5223288494667783548&amp;isPopup=true' title='38 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5223288494667783548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5223288494667783548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/cute-pet.html' title='Cute pet!'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkhrLKtIdZI/AAAAAAAAA20/NV1MRqTuxSw/s72-c/TE+freshwater.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>38</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-2594481973181256964</id><published>2007-05-14T08:26:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T22:46:51.610+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bondi Junction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Fashion</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkeQ9atIdXI/AAAAAAAAA2k/FQUG1fWkfnA/s1600-h/firemen3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064175690816451954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkeQ9atIdXI/AAAAAAAAA2k/FQUG1fWkfnA/s640/firemen3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Matching colours in Bondi Junction.&lt;br /&gt;I was in Oxford Street at lunch time when I heard a siren and a fire engine approaching. Then two firemen got off the truck and started walking briskly up the street. I followed them, not wanting to miss out on the action: you tend to develop a paparazzi instinct when you aim to come up with one interesting photo a day! But to my surprise, the two quickly slowed down, one took his helmet off (handsome guy!), all sense of urgency seemed to disappear and I figured they were probably just out to buy some lunch! As they were patiently waiting at the curb for the pedestrians light to turn to green, I spotted the girl's matching skirt - that's how  my burning action report became a fashion shot !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Couleurs assorties à Bondi Junction. J'étais dans Oxford street à l'heure du déjeuner quand j'ai entendu la sirène des pompiers. Puis j'ai vu le camion arriver et ces deux pompiers descendre. Marchant d'un pas vif, ils ont enfilé la rue piétonne. Je les ai suivis par curiosité - on tend à devenir paparazzi quand on essaye de sortir une photo intéressante par jour !... mais à ma grande surprise ils ont ensuite ralenti l'allure, celui de gauche à enlevé son casque (beau garçon !), tout sentiment d'urgence avait disparu et je me suis demandé s'ils n'allaient pas tout simplement s'acheter un sandwich pour le déjeuner ! Alors qu'ils attendaient au croisement que le feu passe au vert pour les piétons j'ai repéré la jupe jaune de la dame... et hop, mon reportage d'actualité brûlante est devenu photo de mode !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-2594481973181256964?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/2594481973181256964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=2594481973181256964&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2594481973181256964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2594481973181256964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/fashion.html' title='Fashion'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkeQ9atIdXI/AAAAAAAAA2k/FQUG1fWkfnA/s72-c/firemen3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7468250658316124382</id><published>2007-05-13T12:54:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-13T23:10:15.240+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='avoca beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>You must read this!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkW7JKtIdWI/AAAAAAAAA2c/MFxLQJKD-EM/s1600-h/anisha.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063659122214860130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkW7JKtIdWI/AAAAAAAAA2c/MFxLQJKD-EM/s400/anisha.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Please answer this little test: 1. When you discovered this photo, did you immediately think of McDonald's? 2. How long did it take you to realise you were wrong?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sign belongs to an Indian restaurant called &lt;a href="http://www.centralcoastaustralia.com.au/directory_details.asp?ID=3841"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Anisha's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, located in Avoca, a beautiful beach north of Sydney. When it opened a few years ago, the owner was immediately sued by McDonald's for copying their logo. Well, this is a real David against Goliath story - Anisha's WON! The restauranteur successfully argued :&lt;br /&gt;- that the name Anisha's didn't in any way resemble McD's&lt;br /&gt;- that his was an Indian restaurant, not a take-away therefore confusion was impossible&lt;br /&gt;- that his logo has one arch only, not two, and that red and gold, two very popular colours in India, were culturally justified. &lt;div&gt;He kept the name and the sign, and he is now opening a second restaurant in Terrigal, a few kilometres away. This revenge on the super-size giant delights me. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--- &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dites-moi : 1. Quand la photo s'est ouverte, avez-vous immédiatement pensé à MacDo ?&lt;br /&gt;2. combien de temps avez-vous mis à réaliser que ce n'était pas le cas ?&lt;br /&gt;C'est l'enseigne d'un restaurant indien nommé &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.centralcoastaustralia.com.au/directory_details.asp?ID=3841"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Anisha's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; situé à Avoca, une plage du nord de Sydney. Quand il a ouvert il y a environ 3 ans, Mac Do a porté plainte pour copie de logo. Eh bien c'est une fabuleuse histoire de David contre Goliath, Mac Do a PERDU son procès !&lt;br /&gt;Le restaurateur a démontré avec succès que :&lt;br /&gt;- le nom Anisha's n'avait vraiment rien de commun avec McDonald's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;- il servait de la cuisine indienne, pas des hamburgers, donc aucune confusion possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;- son logo ne comporte qu'une arche, pas deux, et les couleurs or et rouge, très populaires en Inde, sont culturellement justifiées.&lt;br /&gt;Il a gardé son enseigne, son restaurant marche très bien et il est sur le point d'en ouvrir un deuxième à Terrigal, à quelques kilomètres de là. Cette histoire me réjouit fort !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7468250658316124382?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7468250658316124382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7468250658316124382&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7468250658316124382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7468250658316124382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/you-must-read-this.html' title='You must read this!'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkW7JKtIdWI/AAAAAAAAA2c/MFxLQJKD-EM/s72-c/anisha.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1305064508717165848</id><published>2007-05-12T07:45:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-12T20:55:05.884+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrace houses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Back to front</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkTlEKtIdTI/AAAAAAAAA2E/R2Ia-74NrlE/s1600-h/balcony1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063423740827170098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkTlEKtIdTI/AAAAAAAAA2E/R2Ia-74NrlE/s640/balcony1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Back of the house yesterday, front today.&lt;br /&gt;This has to be the prettiest of all terrace houses I have come across in Sydney. I have to confess that my friend Photofiltre and I have edited this photo to remove the very ugly power line spanning across the façade. I just couldn't live with it. By the way I can't tell you the exact address of this house: the day I found it I was lost - &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/08/secret-garden.html"&gt;read about it here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of these houses' charm comes from their cast-iron balconies (often wrongly referred to as wrought-iron). For all your renovation needs the &lt;a href="http://www.terracehousefactory.com.au/Cast%20Iron/Cast%20Iron.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terrace House Factory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has a huge selection of original decorative lace and columns. A fun place to shop for antique pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Devant derrière : l'arrière des maisons hier, le devant aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;Cette maison en terrasse est sans aucun doute la plus jolie que je connaisse à Sydney. Mais j'ai une confession à vous faire : mon ami Photofiltre et moi avons effacé l'immonde ligne électrique qui défigurait la façade. Je ne la supportais pas. Par ailleurs je suis incapable de vous donner l'adresse exacte de cette maison : le jour où je l'ai trouvée j'étais perdue. &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/08/secret-garden.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;Lire l'histoire ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Le charme de ces maisons vient en grande partie de leur balcons ouvragés en fonte (et non en fer forgé comme on le dit souvent par erreur). Ceux qui s'intéressent à la restauration connaissent sûrement &lt;a href="http://www.terracehousefactory.com.au/Cast%20Iron/Cast%20Iron.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Terrace House Factory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, un bon endroit où chiner des éléments décoratifs anciens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063481765835339090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkUZ1qtIdVI/AAAAAAAAA2U/LNC1CZYVV2g/s400/balcony.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bonus photo: anoter balcony I particularly like - &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; bonus : un autre balcon que j'adore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1305064508717165848?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1305064508717165848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1305064508717165848&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1305064508717165848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1305064508717165848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/back-to-front.html' title='Back to front'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkTlEKtIdTI/AAAAAAAAA2E/R2Ia-74NrlE/s72-c/balcony1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3877549037766666558</id><published>2007-05-11T14:49:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T20:15:17.907+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St Vincent&apos;s hospital'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='darlinghurst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Rooftops and backyards</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkP2LqtIdSI/AAAAAAAAA18/gaiQ2MAUzB0/s1600-h/rooftops.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063161086397150498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkP2LqtIdSI/AAAAAAAAA18/gaiQ2MAUzB0/s640/rooftops.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In the suburb of Darlinghurst, just below &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/10/hospital.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;St Vincent's hospital&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the rooftops and backyards of old terrace houses. The neat renovations show how expensive this quiet suburb located just steps away from the city has become. None of the messy scruffy backyards you could see in less fortunate areas. See here what a similar suburb &lt;a href="http://libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/ENQ/PM/FULL1?200050,I"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;looked like in 1938&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (document from the State Library of NSW)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Dans le quartier de Darlinghurst, juste en-dessous de &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/10/hospital.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;l'hôpital Saint Vincent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, les toits et arrière-cours d'une série de petites maisons en terrasse début XIXe. Ce quartier paisible mais situé à deux pas du centre ville est devenu cher et recherché, comme le montrent ces façades impeccablement rénovées. Rien à voir avec les arrière-cours crasseuses et encombrées que l'on peut voir dans des quartiers moins huppés. Pour un peu d'Histoire, voir ici la photo d'un &lt;a href="http://libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/ENQ/PM/FULL1?200050,I"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;quartier similaire en 1938&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (document Bibliothèque de l'Etat du NSW) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3877549037766666558?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3877549037766666558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3877549037766666558&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3877549037766666558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3877549037766666558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/rooftops-and-backyards.html' title='Rooftops and backyards'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkP2LqtIdSI/AAAAAAAAA18/gaiQ2MAUzB0/s72-c/rooftops.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-104131443597322423</id><published>2007-05-10T08:22:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T08:03:54.469+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St Vincent&apos;s hospital'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>European flag</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkMeCKtIdRI/AAAAAAAAA10/1dy81RgZhwI/s1600-h/roue2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062923428676793618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkMeCKtIdRI/AAAAAAAAA10/1dy81RgZhwI/s640/roue2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wheel of a very old truck parked behind &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/10/hospital.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;St Vincent's Hospital&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I read yesterday in &lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;PHO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Peter Olson's blog in Paris, that yesterday 9th of May was Europe Day, a day to commemorate the European Union's first steps in 1950. To my surprise, France 2's &lt;a href="http://jt.france2.fr/20h/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;French TV news&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (which I regularly &lt;a href="http://jt.france2.fr/20h/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;watch on the internet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) did not mention it at all. Nor was Europe a major theme in the French presidential elections campaign which ended last Sunday. Looks like Europe is stalling - and that's not good news. This rusty wheel reminds me of the ring of stars of &lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/05/european-flag.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;our poor European flag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Still at PHO's I was very moved to read &lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/05/presidential-elections-last-time.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Seda's fervent plea&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;for Turkey's entry into the EU. Thanks Seda (of &lt;a href="http://istanbulphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Istambul DP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), your words helped me understand your country's unique cultural position. Perhaps this is what draws me to the community of city DP : our photos are just a first step towards a better understanding of each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Roue d'un très vieux camion garé derrière &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/10/hospital.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;l'hôpital St Vincent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; à Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai lu hier chez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;PHO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; le blog de Peter Olson à Paris, que le 9 mai était la Journée de l'Europe. A ma grande surprise, le journal télévisé de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://jt.france2.fr/20h/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;France 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; (que je regarde régulièrement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://jt.france2.fr/20h/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;en vidéo sur internet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;n'en a pas soufflé mot; et le thème de Europe a été largement absent de la campagne pour les élections présidentielles. On le savait, mais l'Europe va mal... reconnaîtrez-vous ici la couronne d'étoiles rouillées de &lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/05/european-flag.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;notre malheureux drapeau européen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Toujours chez PHO, j'ai été émue de lire le &lt;a href="http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2007/05/presidential-elections-last-time.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;fervent plaidoyer de Seda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://istanbulphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;d'Istambul DP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) pour l'entrée de la Turquie dans l'Europe. Merci Seda de m'avoir permis de mieux comprendre la position culturelle très spécifique de la Turquie. C'est sans doute ce qui m'attire dans la communauté des city DP - en commençant par des photos, apprendre à mieux nous connaître.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-104131443597322423?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/104131443597322423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=104131443597322423&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/104131443597322423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/104131443597322423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/european-flag.html' title='European flag'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkMeCKtIdRI/AAAAAAAAA10/1dy81RgZhwI/s72-c/roue2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1673970346061731941</id><published>2007-05-09T18:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-10T07:12:59.655+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Blossoming (girls and trees)</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062153020126641378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkBhWfNRvOI/AAAAAAAAA1E/lg1Dbq026LA/s400/tibouchino.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062161240694045970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkBo0_NRvRI/AAAAAAAAA1c/KWdi90G6RZ8/s400/IMG_0918.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062155189085125874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkBjUvNRvPI/AAAAAAAAA1M/Rdct9U41RKA/s400/tibouchino.JPG" border="0" /&gt; As autumn gains ground, one tree remains in full bloom: the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibouchina"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;tibouchina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a tree about five metres tall originally from South America, which for weeks now has been treating us to lavish splashes of pure purple pleasure (love my &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliteration"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;alliteration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;em&gt;pure purple pleasure&lt;/em&gt; !). Tibouchinas are all around town but this one I photographed in front of one of Sydney's oldest and most famous girls' private schools, &lt;a href="http://www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;Abbotsleigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Founded in 1885, it is located in Wahroonga, one of Sydney's posh northern suburbs. Blossoming young ladies in the shade of blossoming trees, I guess...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Alors que l'automne avance, les floraisons sont encore partout dans les jardins. C'est le cas pour le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibouchina"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;tibouchina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;, un arbre d'environ 5 mètres de haut originaire d'Amérique du sud, très bien implanté ici, qui depuis plusieurs semaines nous régale de ses lumineuses explosions de violet. Des tibouchinas, j'en ai vu partout, mais celui-ci se trouve juste devant l'une des plus anciennes et plus prestigieuses écoles de filles de Sydney, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;Abbotsleigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;. Cette école fondée en 1885 est située à Wahroonga, dans les beaux quartiers du nord de Sydney. Jeunes filles en fleur à l'ombre des arbres en fleur, en quelque sorte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1673970346061731941?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1673970346061731941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1673970346061731941&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1673970346061731941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1673970346061731941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/blossoming-girls-and-trees.html' title='Blossoming (girls and trees)'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RkBhWfNRvOI/AAAAAAAAA1E/lg1Dbq026LA/s72-c/tibouchino.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-115940916199695330</id><published>2007-05-07T12:03:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-08T21:30:46.512+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='street art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Street'/><title type='text'>Riot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj8NHPNRvNI/AAAAAAAAA08/gEZi1h3v4_o/s1600-h/riot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061778924180192466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj8NHPNRvNI/AAAAAAAAA08/gEZi1h3v4_o/s640/riot.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; AUGUST 1929 . KELLETT STREET&lt;br /&gt;RIOT . SLY GROG TRADERS&lt;br /&gt;KATE LEIGH V's TILLY DEVINE&lt;br /&gt;RIVAL GANGS IN VIOLENT STOUSH&lt;br /&gt;RAZORS GUNS BOTTLES STONES&lt;br /&gt;WOUNDED DO NOT IDENTIFY&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;ATTACKERS TO POLICE &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found a piece of History set in stone and told on the exact spot of the event on the corner of Bayswater Road and Kellett Street. The suburb of Kings Cross remains a fairly rough one today. When I took this photo at dawn the other day, the only living beings around were a few red-eyed junkies finishing off a wild night and half a dozen seagulls as feral as the rival gangs mentioned here.&lt;br /&gt;Click to learn more about &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Divine"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Matilda "Tilly" Devine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Leigh"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Kate Leigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, two prominent madams and flamboyant underworld figures of the 1920's. They would have been colourful characters I bet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-------------&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;AOUT 1929 . KELLETT STREET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;EMEUTE . TRAFIQUANTS D'ALCOOL VEREUX &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;KATE LEIGH CONTRE TILLY DEVINE&lt;br /&gt;GANGS RIVAUX EN UN VIOLENT AFFRONTEMENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;RASOIRS ARMES A FEU BOUTEILLES PIERRES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;LES BLESSES NE DENONCENT PAS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;LEURS ATTAQUANTS A LA POLICE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;,,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;J'ai trouvé la mémoire d'un moment de l'Histoire gravée au sol sur le lieu même de l'évènement, au coin de Bayswater Road et Kellett Street. Aujourd'hui encore le quartier de Kings Cross a mauvaise réputation. Quand j'ai pris cette photo à l'aube l'autre jour, je n'y ai croisé que quelques junkies aux yeux rouges qui finissaient au radar une nuit allumée et une demi-douzaine de mouettes aussi agressives que les gangs rivaux mentionnés ici.&lt;br /&gt;Cliquez pour en savoir plus sur &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Leigh"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Kate Leigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Divine"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Matilda "Tilly" Devine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, deux reines du 'milieu' du Sydney des années vingt, gérantes de maisons closes, trafiquantes de drogue et d'alcool violemment rivales - deux personnages hauts en couleur à n'en pas douter !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-115940916199695330?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/115940916199695330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=115940916199695330&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/115940916199695330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/115940916199695330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2006/09/riot_28.html' title='Riot'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj8NHPNRvNI/AAAAAAAAA08/gEZi1h3v4_o/s72-c/riot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7790376288045773486</id><published>2007-05-07T08:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-08T09:15:43.712+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pub'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Street cleaning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj5cRfNRvLI/AAAAAAAAA0s/7WkGAzbZnhU/s1600-h/karcher.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061584486715735218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj5cRfNRvLI/AAAAAAAAA0s/7WkGAzbZnhU/s640/karcher.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So France's new president is Nicolas Sarkozy. Hardly surprising as polls always gave him as the winner. Remembering the declaration he made back in 2005 when he was Interior Minister, promising to perform a Kärcher cleaning of Paris's suburbs (a figurative image meaning ridding the area of its unruly elements) - a declaration that inflamed the youth and generated weeks of riots, I thought appropriate, on the first day after his election, to show how Sydney's streets are cleaned.&lt;br /&gt;This photo was taken last Friday at 8:30 a.m. Notice on the right the young boy on his way to school in his blue and black uniform. At the back is the &lt;a href="http://www.sydneypubguide.net/pubs/Harlequin.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Harlequin Inn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, "Australia's greatest rugby pub".  As a general rule would you rather talk sports or politics?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;C'est donc Nicolas Sarkozy, sans surprise puisque les sondages l'ont toujours donné vainqueur. En souvenir de la promesse que notre nouveau président de la république, à l'époque ministre de l'intérieur, avait fait en 2005 de nettoyer les banlieues au Kärcher, j'ai eu envie de montrer comment les rues de Sydney sont nettoyées. Il est 8h30 du matin, noter à droite le jeune garçon en route pour l'école dans son uniforme bleu et noir . A l'arrière plan on distingue le &lt;a href="http://www.sydneypubguide.net/pubs/Harlequin.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Harlequin Inn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, un grand pub pour amoureux de rugby.  En général vous préférez parler sport ou politique ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061587158185393346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj5es_NRvMI/AAAAAAAAA00/J3beio1fwqw/s320/Harlequin+Inn.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7790376288045773486?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7790376288045773486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7790376288045773486&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7790376288045773486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7790376288045773486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/street-cleaning.html' title='Street cleaning'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj5cRfNRvLI/AAAAAAAAA0s/7WkGAzbZnhU/s72-c/karcher.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4885140126083055840</id><published>2007-05-06T09:40:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T08:30:15.547+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Wedding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj0XSvNRvFI/AAAAAAAAAz8/L_Lqj4YZ93E/s1600-h/IMG_2694.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061227166911544402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj0XSvNRvFI/AAAAAAAAAz8/L_Lqj4YZ93E/s640/IMG_2694.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yesterday, 5 pm, on the jetty at Long Jetty. The weather was balmy, calm, beautiful - perfect day for a wedding. Do you remember your own wedding photos? Or if you're not married, how do you imagine them? For girls who are interested, the 'in' wedding gown here in Sydney has to be of the strapless bustier type. And planning for the 'big day' seems phenomenally important - more so than selecting the spouse or working on the marriage, say some.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;BTW - today is the second round of the French presidential elections. The French will decide who they will be married to for the next five years... For us in Sydney, the result will be announced at 4 am on Monday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Hier soir, 17h, sur le ponton de Long Jetty. Le temps était tiède, calme, magnifique. Journée parfaite pour un mariage. Vous souvenez-vous de vos propres photos de mariage ? Ou si vous n'êtes pas marié(e), comment les imaginez-vous ? Pour les filles que ça intéresse, la robe de mariée à la mode ici en Australie c'est la robe bustier sans bretelles, et la préparation du grand jour semble un sujet phénoménalement important. Plus que le choix du partenaire et l'effort pour réussir son mariage au long cours, disent les mauvaises langues.&lt;br /&gt;PS - aujourd'hui, deuxième tour des élections présidentielles : les français vont choisir avec qui ils seront mariés pendant les cinq prochaines années. Pour nous à Sydney, les résultats tomberont lundi à 4h du matin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4885140126083055840?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4885140126083055840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4885140126083055840&amp;isPopup=true' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4885140126083055840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4885140126083055840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/wedding.html' title='Wedding'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rj0XSvNRvFI/AAAAAAAAAz8/L_Lqj4YZ93E/s72-c/IMG_2694.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1785457591295334104</id><published>2007-05-05T13:55:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T09:30:04.393+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Toowoon Bay clean winner</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjwBt_NRvEI/AAAAAAAAAz0/jojz_RKR6KM/s1600-h/toowoon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060921970830457922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjwBt_NRvEI/AAAAAAAAAz0/jojz_RKR6KM/s640/toowoon.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This photo was taken this morning, just a few hours ago. Magic moment: not an ounce of breeze, sea so calm it would drive a surfer nuts, and water still warm - summer isn't that far behind us.&lt;br /&gt;This beach, Toowoon Bay north of Sydney, has just been named Australia's cleanest beach in the annual 2007 &lt;em&gt;Keep Australia Beautiful&lt;/em&gt; awards. With a new modern and eco-friendly surf club, clean amenities, ample parking, mitilingual signs, a pleasant park offering playground and great picnic and barbecue facilities, Toowoon Bay performed well across all the award criteria. But on this saturday morning, fame hasn't affected my local beach, which remains delightfully quiet. Have a good weekend everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Cette photo a été prise ce matin, il y a quelques heures à peine. Moment magique : pas un souffle de vent, une mer plate à désespérer un surfeur, et une eau encore chaude - l'été n'est pas encore bien loin derrière nous.&lt;br /&gt;Cette plage, Toowoon Bay au nord de Sydney, vient de remporter le titre annuel de plage la plus propre d'Australie décerné par le label 'Keep Australia Clean'. Avec un tout nouveau surf club respectueux de l'environnement, des toilettes et des douches impeccables, des panneaux multilingues, un grand parking, un parc offrant des jeux pour enfants, des tables de pique-nique et des barbecues électriques, Toowoon Bay a marqué des points sur l'ensemble des critères du label. Mais en ce samedi matin, la célébrité n'a pas encore affecté ma plage locale, qui reste délicieusement tranquille. Bon week-end à tous.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1785457591295334104?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1785457591295334104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1785457591295334104&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1785457591295334104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1785457591295334104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/toowoon-bay-clean-winner.html' title='Toowoon Bay clean winner'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjwBt_NRvEI/AAAAAAAAAz0/jojz_RKR6KM/s72-c/toowoon.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-530251980590916401</id><published>2007-05-04T14:43:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T14:41:26.358+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aborigines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='State library of NSW'/><title type='text'>Sequel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rifp_8vWb0I/AAAAAAAAAu0/9zp7-9CAX-4/s1600-h/statelibEYRE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055266391592431426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rifp_8vWb0I/AAAAAAAAAu0/9zp7-9CAX-4/s400/statelibEYRE.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember my &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/handsome-native-boy.html"&gt;young man drinking&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/zoom-in.html"&gt;zoom in post&lt;/a&gt; about the doors of the &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/zoom-in.html"&gt;State Library of NSW&lt;/a&gt; last month? There's a sequel to it, and of major importance. If the two side doors depict scenes of Aboriginal life, the centre door, the main entrance, features portraits of prominent figures of New South Wales' early settlement: &lt;a href="http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/eyre/edward.htm"&gt;Eyre&lt;/a&gt; pictured above (explorer of much of southern Australia, pictured above), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mitchell"&gt;Mitchell &lt;/a&gt;(Surveyor General of NSW from 1827-1855), Philip, Sturt, Leichardt, Stuart...&lt;br /&gt;Think of the culture clash exposed on these doors, well dressed Englishmen vs. naked indigenous people.&lt;br /&gt;Think of the symbolism of these three doors, Aboriginies moved aside as the British rulers in the centre show the way to the new order, culture and knowledge (this is a State Library, remember). An imagery seen by the masters of the time as perfectly appropriate. One that shaped all consequent relationships with Australia's indigenous people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Vous vous souvenez de mon &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/handsome-native-boy.html"&gt;jeune aborigène buvant&lt;/a&gt; et de mon &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/zoom-in.html"&gt;zoom sur les grandes portes&lt;/a&gt; de la &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/zoom-in.html"&gt;Bibliothèque d'état du NSW&lt;/a&gt; ? Eh bien il y a un épilogue, et d'importance majeure. Car si les deux portes latérales dépeignent bien des scènes de la vie aborigène, la porte centrale, l'entrée principale elle, porte en bas-relief des portraits des grands personnages de la colonie naissante de l'état de Nouvelles Galles du Sud : &lt;a href="http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/eyre/edward.htm"&gt;Eyre&lt;/a&gt; (ci-dessus), explorateur d'une grande partie du sud de l'Australie, Mitchell (gouverneur général du NSW de 1827 à 1855), Philip, Sturt, Leichhardt, Stuart...&lt;br /&gt;Pensez au clash des cultures représenté par ces portes : hommes anglais bien habillés face aux aborigènes nus. Pensez à leur symbolisme évident : peuples indigènes s'effaçant à droite et à gauche devant le nouvel ordre, la culture et la connaissance (n'oublions pas qu'il s'agit de la grande Bibliothèque d'Etat). Une imagerie qui semblait tout à fait normale aux colons anglais de l'époque. Elle affecte encore aujourd'hui les relations que l'Australie entretient avec son peuple premier. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rifm3svWbzI/AAAAAAAAAus/fD4UIuQl4TY/s1600-h/stateeng.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055262951323627314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rifm3svWbzI/AAAAAAAAAus/fD4UIuQl4TY/s400/stateeng.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-530251980590916401?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/530251980590916401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=530251980590916401&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/530251980590916401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/530251980590916401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/sequel.html' title='Sequel'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rifp_8vWb0I/AAAAAAAAAu0/9zp7-9CAX-4/s72-c/statelibEYRE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5103823439418125028</id><published>2007-05-03T14:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T08:55:35.897+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Making friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhGSfNRu2I/AAAAAAAAAyE/0uym2hFsxl4/s1600-h/bbs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059871464779529058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhGSfNRu2I/AAAAAAAAAyE/0uym2hFsxl4/s640/bbs.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have been away for a few days last week, came crashing home just in time for Tuesday's Theme day. Thanks to all of you who kindly visited my blog during that time, sorry I wasn't able to reciprocate. If my absence went unnoticed, I owe it to my good friend bv who kindly pushed the button for me every day. &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Many thanks &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecri2lagrenouille.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;bv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;! (if you can read French, make sure you read his excellent Thursday weekly posts) &lt;div&gt;Here's a picture I took on the plane on my way back. These two babies, unrelated to each other, took great delight in making friends over the row of seats. Australia is such a huge country, long haul flights are common here. If you've travelled by plane, how do you feel when you see parents with very young children taking a seat near you:&lt;br /&gt;- you think: my trip is ruined, the brats will scream all the way&lt;br /&gt;- you pull out your earplugs and eyemask&lt;br /&gt;- you ask the flight attendant if you can change seats&lt;br /&gt;- you roll scary eyes at the baby to silence her&lt;br /&gt;- you feel sorry for the parents and smile at them compassionately&lt;br /&gt;- you load the parents with advice, your own kids were always quiet&lt;br /&gt;- youre delighted, smile at the baby and engage in a friendly chat with the parents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La semaine dernière je suis partie à Nouméa pendant quelques jours, c'est là que j'ai pris la photo de la petite Lili. Merci à vous tous qui avez continué à me rendre visite, désolée de n'avoir pas pu vous avoir rendu la pareille. Je rattrape petit à petit. Si SDS a survécu à mon absence, c'est grâce à &lt;a href="http://www2.blogger.com/profile/03496861400550703454"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;mon fidèle ami bv&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;qui a eu la gentillesse de pousser le bouton pour moi tous les jours. Merci encore, bv ! Si vous ne connaissez pas encore ses &lt;a href="http://lecri2lagrenouille.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;savoureuses chroniques du jeudi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; c'est le moment, la grenouille vient de pousser son nouveau cri ce matin même !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quant à moi, je vous livre une photo prise dans l'avion à mon retour. Ces deux bébés qui ne se connaissaient pas ont pris grand plaisir à se découvrir mutuellement. L'Australie est un continent si immense, et si loin de tout, que les vols long courrier sont fréquents ici. Si vous avez eu l'occasion de voyager en avion, comment réagissez-vous quand vous voyez des parents avec de très jeunes enfants s'installer près de vous :&lt;br /&gt;- vous pensez : mon voyage est foutu, ils vont hurler tout le temps&lt;br /&gt;- vous sortez vos boules Quiès et votre masque pour les yeux&lt;br /&gt;- vous demandez à l'hotesse si vous pouvez changer de place&lt;br /&gt;- vous faites les gros yeux au bébé pour qu'il se tienne tranquille&lt;br /&gt;- vous êtes plein(e) de commisération pour les pauvres parents&lt;br /&gt;- vous abreuvez les parents de conseils, vos enfants à vous étaient toujours sages&lt;br /&gt;- vous êtes ravi(e), souriez au bébé et bavardez avec les parents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5103823439418125028?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5103823439418125028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5103823439418125028&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5103823439418125028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5103823439418125028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/making-friends.html' title='Making friends'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhGSfNRu2I/AAAAAAAAAyE/0uym2hFsxl4/s72-c/bbs.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5822723635784186937</id><published>2007-05-02T18:06:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T21:29:56.849+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Citizen of the world</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhH_PNRu3I/AAAAAAAAAyM/BGPVGrc4tEg/s1600-h/citizen.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059873333090302834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhH_PNRu3I/AAAAAAAAAyM/BGPVGrc4tEg/s640/citizen.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Lili, part Melanesian, part French, her parents' delight, little citizen of the world. Photo taken last weekend. I love the shadow of her eyelashes on her cheek. (this post echoes yesterday's)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Lili, mi mélanésienne mi française, bonheur de ses parents, petite citoyenne du monde. Photo prise ce week-end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;J'aime l'ombre de ses cils sur sa joue. (ce message fait écho à celui d'hier)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5822723635784186937?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5822723635784186937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5822723635784186937&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5822723635784186937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5822723635784186937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/citizen-of-world.html' title='Citizen of the world'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjhH_PNRu3I/AAAAAAAAAyM/BGPVGrc4tEg/s72-c/citizen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4232862531263196565</id><published>2007-05-01T11:55:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T15:20:59.735+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city daily photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>A city not my own</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjaebvNRu1I/AAAAAAAAAx8/rGSiJgvxxSc/s1600-h/tour+eiffel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059405430763141970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjaebvNRu1I/AAAAAAAAAx8/rGSiJgvxxSc/s640/tour+eiffel1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A little known aspect of Sydney's waterfront? Mmm, what do you think?&lt;br /&gt;First of May: with this month's theme "a city other than your own", city daily photo bloggers are playing a huge game of musical chairs, isn't that fun? So where are we here? One clue will suffice: my shot was taken from the first floor of the Eiffel tower.&lt;br /&gt;But the theme is twisted for me: Sydney isn't MY city anyway. After six years here, I'm still a foreigner and not even close to getting the permanent visa that would make me a local. So - which city could I call my own? I'd be hard pressed to answer that one. Paris, above ? I was born and raised there, apart from three years in Singapore, but since the age of 21 only ever came back as a tourist. I've lived for a year in Costa Rica, six years in Tahiti, ten years in Avignon in Provence and now six years in Sydney. While I think fondly of each of these places, is there one I could call mine? Not sure. Sometimes I find this frightening, sometimes I think I'm just a true citizen of the world...&lt;br /&gt;But no time to be sentimental, we're off around the world: 75 cities are participating, see list below. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Un bras peu connu de la baie de Sydney ? Qu'en pensez-vous ? En ce 1er mai,  le thème du mois étant "une ville autre que la vôtre", les bloggeurs du réseau City Daily Photo entreprennent un immense jeu de chaises musicales en vous envoyant voir ailleurs; ça devrait être amusant ! Reconnaîtrez-vous cette ville célèbre ? Oui, bien sûr ! Ma photo a été prise depuis le premier étage de la tour Eiffel !&lt;br /&gt;Mais le thème pour moi est troublant : une ville autre que la vôtre ? Mais Sydney n'est pas MA ville ! Après six ans ici, je suis toujours une étrangère et pas près d'obtenir le visa permanent qui me donnerait une légitimité quelconque. Alors, quelle est la ville que je pourrais considérer comme mienne ?Je n'en vois pas. Paris, ci-dessus ? J'y suis née et y ai grandi, sauf pour un intermède de trois ans à Singapour, mais depuis l'âge de 21 ans je n'y retourne qu'en touriste. J'ai vécu un an au Costa Rica, six ans à Tahiti, dix ans à Avignon et maintenant six ans à Sydney. Bien que j'aie gardé avec chacune de ces villes des liens affectifs forts, il y en a-t-il une dont je pourrais dire que c'est chez moi ? Je ne crois pas. Quelquefois ça me fait peur, quelquefois je me dis que je suis juste une vraie citoyenne du monde... Mais trève d'états d'âme, un tour du monde nous attend, 75 villes participent ce mois-ci :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;75 blogs participating in this theme day:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monte-carlo-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Monte Carlo, Monaco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;London, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://keropokman.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secret-tenerife.com/photos/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tenerife, Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydayrotterdam.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Rotterdam, Netherlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://jonemo.de/thedailylondonphoto/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;London, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://montrealdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Montréal (QC), Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://melbourneinphotos.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Melbourne, Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Naples (FL), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bastiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bastia, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hongkongdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hong Kong, China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kate-mazatlanmexico.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Mazatlan, Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.akworld.net/webblog/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Buenos Aeres, Argentina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.maniladailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arradondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Arradon, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://madisonwidailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Madison (WI), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://evry-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Evry, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://seouldailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seoul, Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shanghai, China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bucaramangadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sequimwadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sequim (WA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.singaporedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Singapore, Singapore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.budapestdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Budapest, Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pabdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Baziège, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hamburgdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hamburg, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Toruń, Poland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nelsondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nelson, New Zealand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://madisondailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Madison (WI), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://vantaadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Vantaa, Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kualalumpurdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mainzdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Mainz, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dubaidailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Dubai, UAE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Saint Paul (MN), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://corkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cork, Ireland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://stockholmdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stockholm, Sweden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Menton, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telaviv2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tel Aviv, Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.albuquerquedailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Albuquerque (NM), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kitakami, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://staytondailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stayton (OR), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://szentesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Szentes, Hungary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://stavangerphotobytanty.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Stavanger, Norway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://grenobledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Grenoble, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://basedinvilligen.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Villigen, Switzerland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Paris, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hyde, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://moscowdailyshot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Moscow, Russia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://joplinphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Joplin (MO), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://jakartadailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jakarta, Indonesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenvilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Greenville (SC), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cape Town, South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ashevilledailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Asheville (NC), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattledailyphoto.wordpress.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seattle (WA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn2.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kyoto, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofjpn3.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tokyo, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://madriddailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Madrid, Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aucklanddailyphoto.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Auckland, New Zealand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ouludailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Oulu, Finland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://lubbockdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lubbock (TX), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://tuzladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://brdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Baton Rouge (LA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sydney, Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mrdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Maple Ridge (BC), Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dailyphotovancouver.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Vancouver, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seattle (WA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://selmaala.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Selma (AL), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chandler (AZ), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sharonctdailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sharon (CT), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mayniladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Manila, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lyondailyphotoblog.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lyon, France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://nyc2dailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;New York City (NY), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ladailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Los Angeles (CA), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Brookville (OH), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://hayledailyphotos.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hayle, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://waileadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Wailea (HI), USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (remember that due to time differences, some may only be visible later today)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4232862531263196565?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4232862531263196565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4232862531263196565&amp;isPopup=true' title='38 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4232862531263196565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4232862531263196565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/05/city-not-my-own.html' title='A city not my own'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RjaebvNRu1I/AAAAAAAAAx8/rGSiJgvxxSc/s72-c/tour+eiffel1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>38</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3842557655615969025</id><published>2007-04-30T08:03:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T00:04:35.088+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prostitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Adult work opportunity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgkjQ5LMlhI/AAAAAAAAAnw/dHWU6ebeY90/s1600-h/adult.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046603630578013714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgkjQ5LMlhI/AAAAAAAAAnw/dHWU6ebeY90/s400/adult.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the classifieds of The Daily Telegraph, under 'Personal/Your business', in the 'Adult Work Opportunities' section, saw this ad:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;$$$ ABOUT TIME TO GET SERIOUS $$$&lt;br /&gt;Are you sick and tired of sitting around waiting for clients? We have 700 clients weekly.&lt;br /&gt;♥ Established over 25 years, huge client base&lt;br /&gt;♥ 5 star luxury establishment&lt;br /&gt;♥ Minimum 6-8 clients per shift&lt;br /&gt;♥ High pay rates, no deductions&lt;br /&gt;♥ Chose your own hours to work&lt;br /&gt;♥ See all clients first on camera&lt;br /&gt;♥ No experience required, full training&lt;br /&gt;♥ Clothing and footwear supplied&lt;br /&gt;♥ One minute from train station and CBD&lt;br /&gt;Nowhere else will you earn this kind of money. We guarantee it! Phone Helen or Michael...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Australia, prostitution and brothels are legal. How do you feel about it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Je vous le livre tel que je l'ai lu : dans les petites annonces du Daily Telegraph, à la section "Personal/Your Business" dans la rubrique 'Adult Work Opportunities' , l'annonce suivante :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$$$ PASSEZ AUX CHOSES SERIEUSES $$$&lt;br /&gt;Vous en avez assez de perdre votre temps à attendre le client ? Nous avons 700 clients par semaine.&lt;br /&gt;♥ Etablis depuis 25 ans, importante clientèle&lt;br /&gt;♥ Etablissement de luxe 5 étoiles&lt;br /&gt;♥ Minimum 6-8 clients par jour&lt;br /&gt;♥ Excellente paye, pas de déductions&lt;br /&gt;♥ Choisissez vos horaires de travail&lt;br /&gt;♥ Voyez d'abord les clients par vidéo&lt;br /&gt;♥ Aucune expérience nécessaire, formation assurée&lt;br /&gt;♥ Vêtements et chaussures fournis&lt;br /&gt;♥ A une minute de la gare et du centre ville&lt;br /&gt;Nulle part ailleurs vous ne gagnerez autant d'argent, garanti ! Téléphonez à Helen ou Michael...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Australie, la prostitution est légale et les bordels aussi. Qu'en pensez-vous ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3842557655615969025?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3842557655615969025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3842557655615969025&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3842557655615969025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3842557655615969025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/03/adult-work-opportunity.html' title='Adult work opportunity'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgkjQ5LMlhI/AAAAAAAAAnw/dHWU6ebeY90/s72-c/adult.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8214880991890192561</id><published>2007-04-29T08:25:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-30T22:06:31.397+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coca cola'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Surfing and Scrapbooking</title><content type='html'>&lt;table id="HB_Mail_Container" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="100%" width="100%" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;td id="HB_Focus_Element" valign="top" width="100%" background="" height="250" unselectable="off"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057018927227760802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4j68vWcKI/AAAAAAAAAxk/Cu8RrRDKjTE/s640/beachcoke.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr unselectable="on" hb_tag="1"&gt;&lt;td style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div id="hotbar_promo"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;blockquote id="c59fd984"&gt;It's been a while since I've photographed a Coke ad. Here they are tackling the surf culture. Of course it's a reflection again, I love the shadow of the passer-by on the left. There's a scrapbooking shop across the street - is &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapbooking"&gt;scrapbooking&lt;/a&gt; all the rage in your country too? Here it's pretty big! Have a good Sunday everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ca faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas photographié une pub Coca Cola. Ici la marque s'est adaptée à l'esprit surf ! Il s'agit bien sûr d'un reflet, on devine l'ombre d'un passant à gauche, et aussi un magasin de scrapbooking de l'autre côté de la rue. C'est à la mode en France aussi, le &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapbooking"&gt;&lt;em&gt;scrapbooking&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; ? Je veux dire les albums photos décorés avec des collages en tous genres&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;? &lt;em&gt;En Australie c'est un loisir créatif très "in".&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Que vous fassiez du surf ou scrapbooking, je vous souhaite un bon dimanche ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-8214880991890192561?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/8214880991890192561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=8214880991890192561&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8214880991890192561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8214880991890192561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/surfing-and-scrapbooking.html' title='Surfing and Scrapbooking'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4j68vWcKI/AAAAAAAAAxk/Cu8RrRDKjTE/s72-c/beachcoke.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6845776798223235865</id><published>2007-04-28T10:13:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-30T22:07:40.327+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newcastle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coal exports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Coal exports</title><content type='html'>&lt;table id="HB_Mail_Container" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="100%" width="100%" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;td id="HB_Focus_Element" valign="top" width="100%" background="" height="250" unselectable="off"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056998831075782738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4RpMvWcFI/AAAAAAAAAw8/6fuNBEsa3Fk/s640/new.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr unselectable="on" hb_tag="1"&gt;&lt;td style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div id="hotbar_promo"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;blockquote id="86c4b3f"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shelly Beach, 7:30 am. There used to be cows watching trains go by. Now there are crows watching trains of freighters go by. In fact this is not a crow, it's a magpie. The cargo ships you see lined up on the horizon are waiting to be loaded with export coal in Newcastle, two hours north of Sydney. At times there are as many as 40, 50 or 60 ships anchored out there along the coast, waiting to be loaded. The port of Newcastle is &lt;strong&gt;the world's largest&lt;/strong&gt; export coal port. With coal rich and plentiful in the region and Asia's booming need for energy, coal exports are not about to stop. In fact they keep reaching new heights. Who said Global warming? Dirty word, Australia's wealth rides on mining! &lt;a href="http://www.newportcorp.com.au/page_default.aspx?pageID=105"&gt;More info&lt;/a&gt; about the port of Newcastle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Shelly Beach, 7h30 du matin. Il fut un temps où les vaches regardaient passer les trains, aujourd'hui ce sont les pies qui regardent passer les bateaux. Tous les cargos que l'on voit à l'horizon attendent au large du port de Newcastle un chargement de charbon à exporter. Ils sont souvent jusqu'à 40, 50, 60 bateaux au mouillage le long de la côte en attente de chargement. Newcastle, à deux heures au nord de Sydney, est le plus gros port d'exportation de charbon &lt;strong&gt;au monde&lt;/strong&gt;. Avec un minerai riche et abondant dans la région et les énormes besoins d'une Asie en pleine croissance, l'exportation n'est pas près de ralentir. Qui a dit "effet de serre"? Rabat joie, les mines c'est la richesse de l'Australie ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newportcorp.com.au/page_default.aspx?pageID=105"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;En savoir plus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; sur le port de Newcastle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6845776798223235865?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6845776798223235865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6845776798223235865&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6845776798223235865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6845776798223235865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/coal-exports.html' title='Coal exports'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4RpMvWcFI/AAAAAAAAAw8/6fuNBEsa3Fk/s72-c/new.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5997401857969488652</id><published>2007-04-27T00:50:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-27T08:51:18.288+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Would you like to live there?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4gJcvWcJI/AAAAAAAAAxc/41VAl_Yy6kk/s1600-h/sdv+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057014778289352850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4gJcvWcJI/AAAAAAAAAxc/41VAl_Yy6kk/s400/sdv+003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Would you like to live in a cathedral?&lt;br /&gt;That's what on offer on 9, York Street. "Now Selling - Historic Cathedral Conversion" says a sign on the corner. Tempted ? Only the first few floors are old however. The building has been topped up in a strikingly different and modern architecture. What do you think of the conversion, do you like it? Would you want to live there? And if so, rather on the top or bottom floors?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Aimeriez-vous vivre dans une cathédrale ?&lt;br /&gt;C'est ce qu'on vous propose au 9 York Street. Un panneau au coin indique "Appartements à vendre, conversion de cathédrale historique". Cependant seuls les quelques premiers étages sont anciens, l'immeuble a été complété en hauteur par une architecture ultra moderne (les stores orange !). Que pensez-vous de cette conversion, la trouvez-vous réussie ? Aimeriez-vous habiter là, et si oui, plutôt dans la partie ancienne ou moderne ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057014503411445890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4f5cvWcII/AAAAAAAAAxU/z7Ngk5B7NxQ/s400/york.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5997401857969488652?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5997401857969488652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5997401857969488652&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5997401857969488652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5997401857969488652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/would-you-like-to-live-there.html' title='Would you like to live there?'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4gJcvWcJI/AAAAAAAAAxc/41VAl_Yy6kk/s72-c/sdv+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1697491280634058779</id><published>2007-04-26T08:57:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T08:57:20.193+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4C0MvWcEI/AAAAAAAAAw0/6xXvUHjf40Q/s1600-h/paix.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056982527379927106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4C0MvWcEI/AAAAAAAAAw0/6xXvUHjf40Q/s640/paix.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After remembering the atrocities of war, how not to dream of peace? White hand stretching out to black hand, black hand ready to hold white hand, background of flying doves. It's only a mural on the corner of Park and Pitt Streets, but it's up to us to look up to it for inspiration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Après les souvenirs des atrocités de la guerre hier, comment ne pas rêver de paix ? Main blanche et main noire se tendant l'une vers l'autre, sur fond de colombes s'envolant... ce n'est qu'une peinture murale au coin de Park et Pitt Streets, mais il nous appartient de lever les yeux pour y puiser l'espoir et l'énergie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1697491280634058779?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1697491280634058779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1697491280634058779&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1697491280634058779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1697491280634058779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/26-april-peace.html' title='Peace'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri4C0MvWcEI/AAAAAAAAAw0/6xXvUHjf40Q/s72-c/paix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5372469780432501369</id><published>2007-04-24T21:48:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-25T09:15:50.505+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hyde park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anzac Memorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anzac day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Sacrifice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri3vrcvWb_I/AAAAAAAAAwM/00HSWu5bPvo/s1600-h/sacrifice.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056961486335143922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri3vrcvWb_I/AAAAAAAAAwM/00HSWu5bPvo/s640/sacrifice.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anzac Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; today, a day of commemoration. Inside the &lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anzac War Memorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Hyde Park (built in 1934) is this amazing sculpture called "&lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sacrifice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;". It depicts the recumbent figure of a young warrior who has made the supreme sacrifice; his naked body lies upon a shield which is supported by three women(not visible here) - his best loved Mother, Wife and Sister and in the arms of one is a child, the future generations for whom the sacrifice has been made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group rises from symbolic flames of sacrifice, which radiate from its base. Placed centrally in the ‘Hall of Silence’ (lower level), this piece is only visible from the ‘Hall of Memory’ (top circular gallery), so that all who gaze upon the group must bow their heads in acknowledgement of the self-sacrifice engendered by war. Full details about this piece &lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To tell you the truth, I'm not very comfortable with this representation: the naked soldier, arms outstretched on a sword, evidently resembles a Christ on the cross. Is there a parallel to be drawn between a man who gives his life to save his country and the one who gave his to save all men? I'm afraid it doesn't work for me. Associating war and religion is dangerous, as has been seen many times in history. Unfortunately it's a string that is still pulled today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Anzac Day aujourd'hui, journée du souvenir. A l'intérieur de &lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;l'Anzac War Memorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de Hyde Park (construit en 1934) se trouve cette étonnante sculpture, "Le Sacrifice" représentant un jeune soldat nu émergeant des flammes du sacrifice, faisant barrage de son corps pour protéger son pays et en payant le prix de sa vie. &lt;a href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Lire toute la symbolique ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, très intéressante (en anglais).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour tout dire je ne me sens pas à l'aise avec cette représentation : le soldat nu, bras étendus sur une épée, ressemble furieusement à un Christ en croix. Peut-on faire un parallèle entre un homme qui donne sa vie pour son pays et celui qui a donné la sienne pour tous les hommes ? Ca ne fonctionne pas pour moi. Associer guerre et religion a déjà eu dans l'histoire les effets désastreux que l'on sait. Malheureusement, c'est une ficelle qui est encore souvent tirée aujourd'hui. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri39_cvWcBI/AAAAAAAAAwc/x9I8S2rHjyg/s1600-h/anzacmonument.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056977223095316498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri39_cvWcBI/AAAAAAAAAwc/x9I8S2rHjyg/s400/anzacmonument.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5372469780432501369?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5372469780432501369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5372469780432501369&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5372469780432501369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5372469780432501369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/sacrifice.html' title='Sacrifice'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri3vrcvWb_I/AAAAAAAAAwM/00HSWu5bPvo/s72-c/sacrifice.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-1611456717182859212</id><published>2007-04-24T08:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-25T00:13:37.452+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife World'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>It's a wild world</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri0u-cvWb-I/AAAAAAAAAwE/uyjN3Jud0Qg/s1600-h/wildlifepark+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056749607008497634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri0u-cvWb-I/AAAAAAAAAwE/uyjN3Jud0Qg/s640/wildlifepark+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another rainy morning, this time over Darling Harbour. Behind the large catamarans ready to take you on a harbour cruise (but who would be tempted on such a yukky day?), the Aquarium and the recently opened Wildlife World, which infuriates me every time I look at it (which is often because my office overlooks it, I can see it from my window as I write). Wildlife? How wild? Stuck between the water and the CBD, with not one tree to be seen, and engulfed in constant heavy traffic noise? Admittedly birds fly free under the large netting whose arches you can see on the left, and beautifully painted murals do a great job of showing the animals' various natural environments, but when you think of it, it's nothing more than paint on walls. Yes it's a wild world...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Encore un matin de pluie, cette fois sur Darling Harbour. Derrière les grands catamarans prêts à vous emmener en croisière dans la baie (mais combien seront tentés par un temps aussi affreux ?), on découvre l'Aquarium et le Wildlife World, ouvert il y a quelques mois et qui me hérisse à chaque fois que je le regarde (ce qui est souvent car il se trouve sous les fenêtres de mon bureau, je le regarde en écrivant ces lignes). Wildlife ? Vie sauvage ? On se moque de qui ? Coincé en plein centre ville, sans un arbre visible de l'extérieur, et constamment soumis à un intense bruit de circulation ! C'est vrai, les oiseaux volent librement dans la grande volière dont on devine les arcades sur la gauche, et de très belles peintures murales vous font imaginer les divers environnements naturels d'où viennent ces animaux, mais quand on y pense, ce n'est rien d'autre que de la peinture sur les murs... Oui, ce monde est sauvage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-1611456717182859212?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/1611456717182859212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=1611456717182859212&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1611456717182859212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/1611456717182859212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-wild-world.html' title='It&apos;s a wild world'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ri0u-cvWb-I/AAAAAAAAAwE/uyjN3Jud0Qg/s72-c/wildlifepark+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7412196400855663948</id><published>2007-04-23T18:16:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-24T01:50:28.105+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anzac day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='martin place'/><title type='text'>Lest we forget</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rixr48vWb8I/AAAAAAAAAv0/o0Fpl9Aa41M/s1600-h/lest+weforget.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056535107751800770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rixr48vWb8I/AAAAAAAAAv0/o0Fpl9Aa41M/s640/lest+weforget.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's been a grey and rainy day. Next Wednesday, 25th of April, will be a public holiday. It's Anzac Day, a day of remembrance for the men and women of New Zealand and Australia who gave their lives for their countries. There will be flowers, marches and moving speeches. But today is still an ordinary day on Martin Place, and people walk by...&lt;br /&gt;I usually spare a thought for world peace when I pass here. World Peace?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;nnn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Mercredi prochain, 25 avril, sera férié en Australie et en Nouvelle-Zélande : ce sera Anzac Day, jour du souvenir des morts pour la patrie. On déposera des gerbes, il y aura des défilés et des discours, mais aujourd'hui est un jour ordinaire devant le monument aux morts de Martin Place et les passants passent leur chemin...&lt;br /&gt;J'ai souvent une petite pensée pour la paix dans le monde quand je passe ici. "Plus jamais ça" qu'ils disaient... ah oui ? Tiens, des bandes molletières, j'en avais oublié jusqu'au nom, et je n'ai aucune idée comment ça se dit en anglais. Mais j'ai découvert &lt;a href="http://lepoiludelamarne.free.fr/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=14305"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ici&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;comment les enrouler correctement à la manière des poilus de la Marne...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7412196400855663948?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7412196400855663948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7412196400855663948&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7412196400855663948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7412196400855663948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/lest-we-forget.html' title='Lest we forget'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rixr48vWb8I/AAAAAAAAAv0/o0Fpl9Aa41M/s72-c/lest+weforget.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6500338881844333351</id><published>2007-04-22T20:13:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-22T21:19:15.353+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French presidential elections 2007'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French consulate in Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Market street'/><title type='text'>Meet the French!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ris10cvWb2I/AAAAAAAAAvE/pT2V4CvPWew/s1600-h/qvb+reflet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056194181837778786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ris10cvWb2I/AAAAAAAAAvE/pT2V4CvPWew/s640/qvb+reflet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you ever were interested in meeting the French community of Sydney, your best opportunity was today, right here, across from the QVB on the corner of Market and York streets. A long queue ran here all day long. What for? The French presidential elections of course! The voting took place from 8am to 6pm at the French Consulate on the 26th floor of St Martins Tower, 31 Market street, but just getting to the 26th floor was a feat. The crowds were such that the queue started at the bottom of the elevators, ran across the large hall, through the building doors, along Market Street and then way round the corner into York. Average waiting time : 1 hour and 30 minutes! A participation rate never seen before! But the crowd chatted through the wait good humoredly. I went in to accompany my husband (&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/ill-go-fishing.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;I don't vote, remember ?)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;and had a great time catching up with friends. Now all we can do is wait for the results, which due to the time difference will only be available at 4 am on Monday. Wonder if I'll be up?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pour rencontrer la communauté française de Sydney, le meilleur moyen était de se poster aujourd'hui ici, en face du QVB, au coin de Market et de York street. C'était la foule ! Eh oui, l'élection présidentielle bien sûr : le bureau de vote était situé au consulat, au 26ème étage de St Martins Tower, au 31 Market street -mais encore fallait-il y arriver, au 26ème étage ! La queue commençait au pied des ascenseurs, traversait le hall, continuait dans Market Street, tournait le coin et se poursuivait jusqu'ici dans York Street. Temps moyen d'attente : une heure et demie ! On peut dire que la mobilisation a été forte; le consulat, avec son unique urne, a manifestement été débordé... mais enfin, l'ambiance dans la queue était plutot gaie et bon enfant. J'y ai accompagné mon homme (&lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/ill-go-fishing.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;je ne vote pas, vous vous rappelez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ?) et retrouvé de vieux amis, finalement passé une très bonne après-midi à papoter...&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant ne reste plus qu'à attendre les résultats, mais avec le décalage horaire nous ne les aurons qu'à 4h du matin lundi... je me demande si je serai debout ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6500338881844333351?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6500338881844333351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6500338881844333351&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6500338881844333351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6500338881844333351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/meet-french_5321.html' title='Meet the French!'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ris10cvWb2I/AAAAAAAAAvE/pT2V4CvPWew/s72-c/qvb+reflet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-9144853462168937495</id><published>2007-04-21T15:08:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-22T10:23:01.146+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Four mile beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rimcv8vWb1I/AAAAAAAAAu8/bhJPLHHP2Zo/s1600-h/TE+surfclub.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055744404272607058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rimcv8vWb1I/AAAAAAAAAu8/bhJPLHHP2Zo/s640/TE+surfclub.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saturday afternoon on Four mile beach, north of Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;Can you feel with me the pleasure of being here?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a good weekend everyone.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Samedi après-midi sur Four mile beach, au nord de Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ressentez-vous avec moi le bonheur d'être là ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bon week-end à tous.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-9144853462168937495?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/9144853462168937495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=9144853462168937495&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9144853462168937495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9144853462168937495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/four-mile-beach.html' title='Four mile beach'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rimcv8vWb1I/AAAAAAAAAu8/bhJPLHHP2Zo/s72-c/TE+surfclub.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7849885944824409512</id><published>2007-04-20T18:27:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-21T15:14:05.223+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>On the pier</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ridum8vWbvI/AAAAAAAAAuM/Kx_phzB2WGA/s1600-h/oct06+122.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055130722165485298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ridum8vWbvI/AAAAAAAAAuM/Kx_phzB2WGA/s640/oct06+122.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Still at the fish market, but on the pier this time.&lt;br /&gt;Isn't it amazing that some people spend their days working in front of a computer in air-conditioned offices while others physically experience the wind, the waves and the pain in their arms of going out at sea fishing? It's a strange world we live in. My salute goes to the men to whom I owe the good fish in my plate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Toujours au marché au poisson, mais sur le quai cette fois.&lt;br /&gt;Ca ne vous étonne pas, vous, qu'il y ait des gens qui travaillent toute la journée devant un ordinateur dans un bureau climatisé à moquette grise tandis que d'autres en pêche passent leurs jours en mer à ressentir physiquement le vent, les vagues et l'effort de leurs bras ? Nous vivons dans un drôle de monde. Mon salut à ces hommes à qui je dois le bon poisson dans mon assiette.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7849885944824409512?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7849885944824409512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7849885944824409512&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7849885944824409512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7849885944824409512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-pier.html' title='On the pier'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ridum8vWbvI/AAAAAAAAAuM/Kx_phzB2WGA/s72-c/oct06+122.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-2145568731349346813</id><published>2007-04-19T19:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T23:01:06.800+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Fish in the bush</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ric4yMvWbuI/AAAAAAAAAuE/TeyREgY6NEw/s1600-h/final.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055071541811113698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ric4yMvWbuI/AAAAAAAAAuE/TeyREgY6NEw/s400/final.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sydney's fish market is an amazing place to watch: early morning it is buzzing with activity. I enjoyed walking around and taking pictures of the many refrigerated trucks parked there. Here's a collage of the many logos I found. Sometime it's the name that's evocative: Fish in the Bush, The one that got away, Manly Fish Cafe, Royal Tasmanian Salmon... sometimes it's the logo that's colourful, creative or humorous. Click on the photo to enlarge it and enjoy the tour! But make sure you come early: by 7:30, most of the trucks have already left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Le marché au poisson est un lieu passionnant à observer. Tôt le matin, il bourdonne d'activité. Je me suis amusée&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; à faire le tour du parking et à photographier les camions réfrigérés garés là, puis je vous ai fait un collage des logos que j'ai trouvés. Quelquefois c'est le nom qui est évocateur: Poisson dans le Bush, Celui qui s'en est sorti, Manly Fish Café, Saumon Royal de Tasmanie... quelquefois c'est le dessin qui est créatif, coloré ou humoristique. Si vous cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir, vous apprécierez mieux la visite. Mais il faut venir tôt : à 7h et demie, la plupart des camions sont déjà partis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-2145568731349346813?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/2145568731349346813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=2145568731349346813&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2145568731349346813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/2145568731349346813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/fish-in-bush.html' title='Fish in the bush'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Ric4yMvWbuI/AAAAAAAAAuE/TeyREgY6NEw/s72-c/final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-8124158371072023913</id><published>2007-04-18T17:07:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T23:05:08.365+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Men at work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Fish market - Men at work #4</title><content type='html'>At Sydney's fish market some work hard, some take a break, and some little ones come to work with daddy ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/ReQRWMiGifI/AAAAAAAAAfk/GJp85j4uFR8/s1600-h/fishmarket.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036169356326111730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/ReQRWMiGifI/AAAAAAAAAfk/GJp85j4uFR8/s640/fishmarket.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiXWl0nxbMI/AAAAAAAAAt0/0Wc5w3e6x3Y/s1600-h/oct06+156.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054682102062214338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiXWl0nxbMI/AAAAAAAAAt0/0Wc5w3e6x3Y/s400/oct06+156.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054682952465738962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiXXXUnxbNI/AAAAAAAAAt8/mNrkw29_peI/s320/oct06+166.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Au marché au poisson de Sydney, certains travaillent dur, certains font la pause, et certains petits viennent au travail avec papa :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-8124158371072023913?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/8124158371072023913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=8124158371072023913&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8124158371072023913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/8124158371072023913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/men-at-work.html' title='Fish market - Men at work #4'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/ReQRWMiGifI/AAAAAAAAAfk/GJp85j4uFR8/s72-c/fishmarket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-9007701611920772494</id><published>2007-04-17T13:59:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T09:28:38.835+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunapark'/><title type='text'>Self portrait at Luna Park</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rev4g1gHWaI/AAAAAAAAAg8/tXgbOtYjRqI/s1600-h/lunapark+Nat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038393851145312674" style="" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rev4g1gHWaI/AAAAAAAAAg8/tXgbOtYjRqI/s640/lunapark+Nat.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Remember I was at the Luna park a few days ago? I took this self-portrait in the deforming mirrors there. Don't be fooled by what you see. In real life I have a loooong drooopy face with a very looooong nose, no neck at all but an exteeeended body and then very short legs followed by huuuuge feet. The deforming mirror actually does me a favour by making me look almost normal.&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;eebbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;J'ai pris cet auto-portrait dans les miroirs déformants du Luna Park. Si vous le trouvez agréable, sachez que c'est uniquement grâce aux capacités déformantes du miroir. En vrai, j'ai un looooong visage et un très looooong nez, pas de cou mais un tronc qui n'en fiiiiinit pas, et puis de très courtes jambes suivies de pieds immeeeenses. Je fais partie des gens à qui les miroirs déformants permettent d'avoir l'air presque normal...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;ce genre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;vv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A propos de portrait marrant, il faut aller sur le site de &lt;a href="http://votezplus.canalplus.fr/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Canal Plus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt; : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Aucun candidat de &lt;strong&gt;l'élection présidentielle&lt;/strong&gt; ne vous satisfait vraiment ? &lt;strong&gt;Vous rêvez du candidat idéal&lt;/strong&gt; qui répondrait à tous vos critères ? Répondez à dix questions et l'ordinateur vous sortira le portrait robot du candidat qui vous correspond le mieux, c'est hilarant ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Allez-y et revenez me dire si ça vous plu. Mais si votre candidat idéal s'appelle Philippe de Sarkolepen, ne vous sentez pas obligé de me le dire, ça me ferait de la peine. Bon vote !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-9007701611920772494?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/9007701611920772494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=9007701611920772494&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9007701611920772494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/9007701611920772494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-portrait-at-luna-park.html' title='Self portrait at Luna Park'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rev4g1gHWaI/AAAAAAAAAg8/tXgbOtYjRqI/s72-c/lunapark+Nat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7926514453849696843</id><published>2007-04-16T21:48:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-16T23:23:18.867+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Royal Easter Show'/><title type='text'>Ready for the Royal Easter Show?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiNj8_t8XYI/AAAAAAAAAsE/PIHp671y6fM/s1600-h/cows.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053993106387262850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiNj8_t8XYI/AAAAAAAAAsE/PIHp671y6fM/s400/cows.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Currently on in Sydney, and finishing on Wednesday, is the &lt;a href="http://www.eastershow.com.au/home.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Sydney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Royal Easter Show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. With over one million visitors each year it is the largest event in Australia. Its aim is to showcase Australian agricultural excellence and promote the country's rural heritage. Here you will find animals on show, rides, live country music, activities for kids, stage shows, food and wine, genuine Aussie cowboy hats, rodeos... and hopefully fun for all. To tell you the truth, I've never been there, I'm not a huge fan of crowds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But talking about cattle competition, don't you think these two would deserve a go? I'd never seen such clearly striped patterns in a cow before. Have you? All right, they're not Aussie: I found them in Rotorua, New Zealand, last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Moitié salon de l'agriculture, moitié foire du trône, le &lt;a href="http://www.eastershow.com.au/home.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Sydney &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastershow.com.au/home.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Royal Easter Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;se tient en ce moment et se termine mercredi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;. Avec plus d'un million de visiteurs par an, c'est le plus grand évènement australien. On y trouve des animaux de compétition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; bien sûr, de la musique country "live", des manèges et des activités pour les enfants, du vin et des produits de la ferme... et bien sûr aussi de vrais chapeaux de cowboy australien. On peut même y voir des rodéos !&lt;br /&gt;Pour tout dire, je n'y suis jamais allée : je n'ai pas d'affinités avec la foule compacte. Mais j'offre au jury ce bétail d'exception : rayé noir et blanc comme ça, je n'en avais jamais vu avant - et vous ? Cergie ? Maxime, dans le Limousin ? OK, je triche, ils ne sont pas australiens, mes boeufs. Je les ai trouvés la semaine dernière en Nouvelle Zélande, près de Rotorua.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7926514453849696843?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7926514453849696843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7926514453849696843&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7926514453849696843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7926514453849696843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/kiwi-cows.html' title='Ready for the Royal Easter Show?'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiNj8_t8XYI/AAAAAAAAAsE/PIHp671y6fM/s72-c/cows.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3507471337926316552</id><published>2007-04-15T08:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T23:02:01.629+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake Tuggerah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French presidential elections 2007'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>I'll go fishing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiC2Cft8XXI/AAAAAAAAAr8/D9N8S62jvZU/s1600-h/hybridesunset.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053238935899889010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiC2Cft8XXI/AAAAAAAAAr8/D9N8S62jvZU/s640/hybridesunset.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fishing boats at sunset over Tuggerah Lake, north of Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;The lake produces mullet, luderick, whiting, bream and flathead as well as delicious prawns. It also hosts a wide variety of birdlife and many of my bird shots were taken here. A cycling/walking path follows the lake's edge over several kilometres. It's a very peaceful place. This photo would deserve a larger format...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today being the 15th, below is my "story of the month", on the theme of the &lt;strong&gt;French presidential elections&lt;/strong&gt; to be held next Sunday. Nicolas Sarkozy the liberal or Ségolène Royal the socialist? Will I get political ? Ah there's nothing the French love more than a hot debate, but this time I won't vote. Desillusioned with politics? Couldn't be bothered? It's not that. Simply the French Consulate in Sydney 'forgot' to put me on the electoral lists. Ironically, I was the one who filled in the forms for all four of us in our household: my husband, my son and daughter (both voting for the first time) and myself. All three of them are on the list, I'm not. Why ? A plain administrative stuff-up. No reason, explanation or excuses given, I'm not on the list, that's all. Below is the full story in French, but sorry not in English. It was painful enough to write, I didn't feel like going through it twice. I'll let you imagine: I'm sure you can relate to similar dealings with bureaucracy in your own country?&lt;br /&gt;Of people who don't vote my mother always says they "go fishing" instead. Next Sunday, I'll "go fishing", hence the photo and title. Plus this peaceful scene, taken last night, is just what I need to soothe my mind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;JE NE VOTERAI PAS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Aujourd'hui 15 avril, c'est "la Rédac' du mois". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Et le thème est la Campagne présidentielle française. Ah, voilà un beau sujet d'actualité, c'est dimanche prochain qu'on vote !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je dis "on vote" mais moi je ne voterai pas. Je m'en-foutisme ? Désillusion ? Manque d'enthousiasme pour les candidats ? Rien de tout ça, encore que... Non. Je ne voterai pas parce que... je ne suis pas inscrite sur les listes électorales ! Ah, imparable, hein ? Et pourquoi je suis pas inscrite ? A cause d'une bureaucratie comme on les aime. Je vous raconte, faut repartir du début.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;En octobre dernier, je vais au Consulat de France à Sydney retirer les formulaires pour faire renouveler le passeport de notre fils. La dame au guichet me demande au passage si on est inscrits comme français de l'étranger auprès du consulat. - "Bien sûr, fais-je, c'est la première démarche qu'on a faite en arrivant ici il y a six ans." Elle vérifie sur son ordinateur : noms, prénoms, monsieur, madame, les enfants..."Vous habitez toujours 23 SB Road ?" - Voui, madame. - Bon, c'est parfait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Trois semaines plus tard, c'est l'homme de ma vie qui à son tour s'en va au Consulat avec notre même fils retirer ledit passeport. En rentrant il m'annonce fièrement qu'il en a profité pour faire renouveler notre inscription auprès du consulat, car nous n'étions plus inscrits. Les bras m'en tombent. Et alors, ce qu'on me dit à moi, ça compte pour du beurre ??? Je doute soudain de notre système administratif. Mais non, c'est pas grave, puisque c'est réparé !&lt;br /&gt;Mon homme, ravi, ajoute qu'il en a profité pour nous faire inscrire sur les listes électorales ici. Excellente initiative : depuis six ans qu'on habite ici on continuait à voter par procuration à Avignon, pas vraiment le plus simple. Maintenant on votera ici tous les quatre : lui, moi, et nos jumeaux tout juste majeurs qui voteront pour la première fois. Il a inscrit tout le monde. J'applaudis, bravo mon chéri ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En novembre, je reçois la lettre électronique mensuelle du Consulat : "Un rappel, élections présidentielles en 2007 : Si ce n'est déjà fait, pensez à vous faire inscrire sur les listes électorales avant le 31 décembre 2006, envoyez-nous par e-mail vos noms, prénoms, numéro de passeport, bla bla bla...". Forte de mon expérience précédente et deux précautions valant mieux qu'une, je refais un bel e-mail au consulat en remplissant pour chacun de nous quatre tous les détails demandés. Quatre paragraphes bien clairs bien propres. Je m'implique, je suis responsable. Contente de moi, je dors sur mes deux oreilles. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Fin février, ma fille qui se prépare à s'envoler pour Paris s'en va d'un pas allègre au consulat déposer un formulaire de vote par procuration. Pour son premier vote, elle ne mettra pas elle-même le bulletin dans l'urne mais tient à remplir son devoir de citoyenne. Je serai son bras. Mais au guichet, c'est le choc : "Désolée Mademoiselle, vous ne pouvez pas donner procuration à une personne qui n'est pas elle-même inscrite sur les listes électorales ! " C'est ainsi que j'apprends que le Consulat m'a "oubliée". Mon fils, ma fille, mon mari, tous les trois sont inscrits, mais moi non. Balayée, rayée de l'électorat par un trait de négligence administrative. Je n'existe pas. Je ne voterai pas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Evidemment, j'y suis allée pour protester. La guichetière, madame je vous aime, n'a aucune explication à donner pour cette mystérieuse omission. Ne me parle même pas de regrettable erreur. Ne me dit même pas que j'ai (rayer les mentions inutiles) 1/ oublié de signer 2/manqué de fournir un papier 3/ mal rempli un formulaire, ou n'importe quoi d'autre, non. Simplement je ne suis pas inscrite, voilà. C'est un fait. Sans cause et sans responsabilité. Mais, soucieuse de m'aider, elle m'indique que je peux toujours écrire au Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris pour faire valoir mon cas. Et me glisse dans la main un petit papier avec l'adresse du tribunal. Mais, je lui fais, on est à un mois des élections, c'est foutu non ? Oh, me dit-elle, si vous vous dépêchez, vous avez peut-être une chance de voter quand même. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Je n'ai pas écrit au Tribunal. Je n'écrirai pas. Je ne vois pas pourquoi ce serait à moi de rassembler des pièces à conviction (lesquelles ???) pour demander aux tribunaux de &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;rattraper les bourdes d'une bureaucratie indigente.&lt;br /&gt;Dimanche prochain, je ne voterai pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merci l'administration. Vive la France.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;J'ai choisi pour illustrer mon texte ces bateaux de pêche sur le lac Tuggerah situé au nord de Sydney, tout près de chez moi. On y pêche de grosses crevettes et plein de poisson. Ma maman dit toujours de ceux qui ne vont pas voter qu'ils vont "à la pêche". Association d'idées. C'est un endroit très paisible, ce lac. Un sentier partagé piétons/vélos en fait le tour sur plusieurs kilomètres, beaucoup de mes photos d'oiseaux ont été prises ici. Tout à fait le lieu qu'il me faut pour m'apaiser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;Le 15 de chaque mois, les blogueurs qui le souhaitent choisissent d'écrire sur un même sujet. Si vous avez envie de participer le mois prochain, contactez-moi, on vous inscrira ! Pour ce mois-ci sur le sujet "la campagne présidentielle", allez donc lire la prose de mes petits camarades : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://loloieg.free.fr/"&gt;Laurent en Italie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.olivierdemontreal.ca/"&gt;Olivier de Montreal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://aurelie.canalblog.com/"&gt;Aurélie V&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.herveauquebec.net"&gt;Hervé au Quebec&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://kaleidoscope.blogspirit.com"&gt;Lady Iphigénia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://good.mood.over-blog.com"&gt;Bergere&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ervalena.over-blog.com"&gt;Ervalena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://bytournel.free.fr"&gt;Bernard&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://teafortwo.over-blog.net"&gt;Isabelle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://viaggiodinozze.blogspot.com"&gt;Jojo à Trieste&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://couleursreves.blogspot.com"&gt;Jean-Marc&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://bluelulie.wordpress.com"&gt;Bluelulie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://hibiscus.mon-blog.org"&gt;Hibiscus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;... mais patience : à cause du décalage horaire, certains ne seront visibles qu'en fin de journée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3507471337926316552?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3507471337926316552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3507471337926316552&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3507471337926316552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3507471337926316552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/ill-go-fishing.html' title='I&apos;ll go fishing'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RiC2Cft8XXI/AAAAAAAAAr8/D9N8S62jvZU/s72-c/hybridesunset.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3142865562176231834</id><published>2007-04-14T11:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-14T21:02:12.726+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunapark'/><title type='text'>Makeover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rhzecft8XLI/AAAAAAAAAqg/jdSlObkGFB4/s1600-h/lunapark2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052157463134756018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rhzecft8XLI/AAAAAAAAAqg/jdSlObkGFB4/s400/lunapark2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;nnn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhzhN_t8XMI/AAAAAAAAAqo/ng-Xtw8Y-Mg/s1600-h/Lunapark.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052160512561536194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhzhN_t8XMI/AAAAAAAAAqo/ng-Xtw8Y-Mg/s400/Lunapark.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;During the Easter holidays many Sydneysiders will take their kids to &lt;a href="http://www.lunaparksydney.com/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Luna Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This amusement park located right at the foot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is also very popular with tourists. Did any of you take some pictures of the friendly giant at the gate? If so, they are history now. He has undergone a makeover: his blue eyes have turned to green! The top picture is before (taken a month ago), underneath is after (taken last week). Do you like it? I'm not convinced. Is that a proof of my resistance to change?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;bbbbbbvvv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pendant les vacances de Pâques, beaucoup de parents emmèneront leurs enfants au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lunaparksydney.com/index.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Luna Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;. Ce parc d'attractions situé au pied du pont de Sydney est également très apprécié des touristes. Si lors de votre dernière visite vous avez pris des photos du gentil géant de l'entrée, elles appartiennent désormais à l'histoire : le géant a changé de look, ses yeux bleus ont viré au vert ! En haut, avant (photo prise il y a un mois), en bas, après (la semaine dernière). Vous aimez ? Moi pas du tout : est-ce une preuve de ma résistance au changement ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3142865562176231834?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3142865562176231834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3142865562176231834&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3142865562176231834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3142865562176231834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/makeover.html' title='Makeover'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rhzecft8XLI/AAAAAAAAAqg/jdSlObkGFB4/s72-c/lunapark2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-523385159200865591</id><published>2007-04-13T08:09:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T20:40:07.685+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bondi Junction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pub'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Friday morning delivery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rh6uhPt8XVI/AAAAAAAAArs/qA6qHYDkbYk/s1600-h/tooheyspubBJ.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052667718134422866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rh6uhPt8XVI/AAAAAAAAArs/qA6qHYDkbYk/s400/tooheyspubBJ.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Friday morning beer delivery at one of Bondi Junction's oldest pubs, on Bronte Rd. Friday nights after work are always a busy time in pubs, so better stock up! I don't drink beer and pubs are not part of my culture, but I've come to regard Tooheys, Fosters, VB (Victoria Bitter) or XXXX (pronouce Fourex) as familiar names that I think of fondly. What's your favourite Aussie beer?&lt;br /&gt;And to start the weekend with a smile, I suggest you go and have a look at the &lt;a href="http://wilburyfamily.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Wilbury Family Album&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Isn't that fun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;beer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Vendredi matin : livraison de bière pression devant le plus vieux pub de Bondi Junction. Le vendredi après le boulot, les pubs sont toujours pleins alors c'est le moment de refaire les stocks. Je n'aime pas la bière, je n'en bois jamais et les pubs ne font pas partie de ma culture. Mais Tooheys, Fosters, VB (Victoria Bitter), ou XXXX (prononcer forex) sont maintenant des noms familiers que je reconnais avec plaisir. Vous aimez la bière australienne ? Quelle est votre préférée ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Et pour commencer le week-end avec le sourire, allez jeter un coup d'oeil à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://wilburyfamily.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;l'album de famille des Wilbury&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; - drôle et super bien fait !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;nnn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052668328019778914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rh6vEvt8XWI/AAAAAAAAAr0/c5H53QHlqs0/s320/tooheys.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-523385159200865591?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/523385159200865591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=523385159200865591&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/523385159200865591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/523385159200865591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/friday-morning-delivery.html' title='Friday morning delivery'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rh6uhPt8XVI/AAAAAAAAArs/qA6qHYDkbYk/s72-c/tooheyspubBJ.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7305669489600417548</id><published>2007-04-12T09:14:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T16:58:16.381+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney Harbour Bridge'/><title type='text'>Looking up, looking down</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVFWewscBI/AAAAAAAAAjE/jmtVqy4lgno/s1600-h/SHB+flag2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041011610427879442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVFWewscBI/AAAAAAAAAjE/jmtVqy4lgno/s400/SHB+flag2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Looking up in Sydney, surely you know where we are ?&lt;br /&gt;But looking down, did you know the pathway looked like this ? Of course you have to prevent people from jumping or falling off the bridge, but I dream of something less invasive that would give passerbys unobstructed views over Sydney's magnificent harbour. Something like the glass panels of the &lt;a href="http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com/home.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Grand Canyon Skywalk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that opened a couple of weeks ago? Now that would be nice! (if you're not already familiar with the Skywalk, make sure you &lt;a href="http://techno-science.net/illustration/Architecture/Skywalk/skywalk-grand-canyon-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;click here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;for a photo, it's awesome!).&lt;br /&gt;I'm always fascinated by the different views a photographer standing in the same place can show, depending on where he decides to point his camera. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;eeee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;En levant le nez, je suis sûre que vous devinez où nous sommes ?&lt;br /&gt;Mais saviez-vous que le trottoir en bas ressemblait à ça ? Bien sûr qu'il faut empêcher les gens de sauter ou de tomber du pont, mais je rêve de quelque chose de plus discret qui offrirait aux passants une vue non obstruée sur la sublime baie de Sydney. Une paroi en verre comme sur le &lt;a href="http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&amp;news=3874"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Skywalk du Grand Canyon&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;qui vient d'ouvrir il y a quinze jours ? Ca, ce serait bien ! (si vous n'avez jamais vu de photo du skywalk, &lt;a href="http://techno-science.net/illustration/Architecture/Skywalk/skywalk-grand-canyon-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;cliquez ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, c'est renversant !)&lt;br /&gt;Je suis toujours fascinée par les différentes vues qu'un photographe placé au même endroit peut montrer en fonction de la direction dans laquelle il choisit d'orienter son appareil. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041012658399899682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVGTewscCI/AAAAAAAAAjM/03gBlSLtpX8/s320/SHB+pietons.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7305669489600417548?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7305669489600417548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7305669489600417548&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7305669489600417548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7305669489600417548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/looking-up-looking-down.html' title='Looking up, looking down'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVFWewscBI/AAAAAAAAAjE/jmtVqy4lgno/s72-c/SHB+flag2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3726095237425623821</id><published>2007-04-11T11:36:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T23:03:37.370+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Westpac foodcourt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Half n'half</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhxJXft8XJI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/7k9n9FFjhVE/s1600-h/halflunch.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051993550002871442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhxJXft8XJI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/7k9n9FFjhVE/s640/halflunch.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lunch hour nap on the lawn at the bottom of the Westpac tower. On this very hot day, the rest of the crowd was sitting in the shade, but this guy chose the half-half approach. He made me laugh. Click on the photo to enlarge it, you'll see his shoes and water bottle neatly packed next to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;nnnn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Sieste à l'heure du déjeuner sur la pelouse au pied de la tour Westpac. Par cette journée très chaude, tout le monde était assis à l'ombre. Ce jeune homme a choisi de faire moitié-moitié. Il m'a fait rire. Cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir, vous verrez ses chaussures et sa bouteille d'eau soigneusement rangés à côté de lui.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052019543144946850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhxhAft8XKI/AAAAAAAAAqY/zeXOzgqrcxk/s320/halflunch2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3726095237425623821?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3726095237425623821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3726095237425623821&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3726095237425623821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3726095237425623821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/half-half.html' title='Half n&apos;half'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhxJXft8XJI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/7k9n9FFjhVE/s72-c/halflunch.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-7817995432007618288</id><published>2007-04-10T00:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-10T06:56:58.155+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tezuka'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mangas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art gallery of NSW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Near miss</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgBPRp8vg4I/AAAAAAAAAmw/okfJqJfvxfs/s1600-h/hitnmiss.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044118747391951746" style="" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgBPRp8vg4I/AAAAAAAAAmw/okfJqJfvxfs/s400/hitnmiss.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you realise ? Just a few centimetres lower and this poor guy would have been hit in the head by the Astro Boy! Ah life in the city is dangerous! Are you a fan of mangas? I'm not, I just can't relate to these Japanese fighting stories. But if you are, there's an exhibition currently on at the Art Gallery of NSW that you might want to see. It's called &lt;a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/tezuka/"&gt;Tezuka&lt;/a&gt;, and it's on un&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;til 29 April. Tezuka Osamu (1928-1989), an icon of the Japanese manga movement, is acknowledged in Japan as an artistic master and revered as the figurehead of the manga and anime industries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Vous vous rendez compte ? Quelques centimètres plus bas et l'Astro Boy filait à ce brave passant un coup de poing en pleine tête ! Ah les dangers de la ville ! Etes-vous un fan de mangas ? Moi pas du tout, ces combats japonais n'ont aucun sens pour moi. Mais si ça vous inspire, il y a une expo temporaire intitulée &lt;a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/tezuka/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Tezuka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; à la galerie d'art du NSW jusqu'au 29 avril. Tezuka Osamu (1928-1989), créateur de plus de 700 mangas, est reconnu au Japon comme un maître de cet art. C'est une figure phare du mouvement manga.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-7817995432007618288?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/7817995432007618288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=7817995432007618288&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7817995432007618288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/7817995432007618288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/near-miss.html' title='Near miss'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RgBPRp8vg4I/AAAAAAAAAmw/okfJqJfvxfs/s72-c/hitnmiss.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-6738271825968599042</id><published>2007-04-09T00:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T06:25:52.139+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nELSON BAY'/><title type='text'>A great weekend destination</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWOxG6k_VI/AAAAAAAAAp4/90Qhe6yZ9co/s1600-h/tomareehead.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050099531486920018" style="" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWOxG6k_VI/AAAAAAAAAp4/90Qhe6yZ9co/s400/tomareehead.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portstephens.org.au/visitstephens.asp"&gt;Port Stephens&lt;/a&gt;, a small seaside resort located two hours north of Sydney, is in my opinion one of the most picturesque stretches of the coast of NSW. The climb to the top of Tomaree Head is a steep half-hour walk, but the reward is... THIS! Well worth the effort, don't you think? &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portstephens.org.au/visitstephens.asp"&gt;Port Stephens&lt;/a&gt;, une petite station balnéaire située à deux heures de route au nord de Sydney, est à mon avis c'est un des plus jolis coins de la côte du NSW. Monter au sommet de Tomaree Head, c'est une bonne grimpette d'une demi-heure bien raide à pied, mais la récompense c'est ça ! Ca vaut l'effort, non ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-6738271825968599042?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/6738271825968599042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=6738271825968599042&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6738271825968599042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/6738271825968599042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/9-april-great-weekend-destination.html' title='A great weekend destination'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWOxG6k_VI/AAAAAAAAAp4/90Qhe6yZ9co/s72-c/tomareehead.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-3928519987532517551</id><published>2007-04-08T00:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T06:25:34.927+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>HAPPY EASTER !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhVvWG6k_UI/AAAAAAAAApw/luFqkxpzfbc/s1600-h/eastereggs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050064982769990978" style="" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhVvWG6k_UI/AAAAAAAAApw/luFqkxpzfbc/s400/eastereggs.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Easter Sunday: will there be an egg hunt around your place? We've always had one in our garden. Not this year since the family is dispersed, but here are the eggs the kids and I painted last year. Click to enlarge and you'll see lots of lovely details. The frangipani flowers are from our garden. Have a lovely Easter everyone - with lots of chocolate ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;nnn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"&gt;Dimanche de Pâques. Y aura-t-il une chasse à l'oeuf du côté de chez vous ? Nous en avons toujours fait une dans notre jardin. Pas cette année puisque la famille est dispersée, alors je vous présente les oeufs que les enfants et moi avons peint l'année dernière. Cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir, vous verrez plein de charmants détails. Les fleurs de frangipanier viennent de notre jardin. Joyeuses Pâques à tous - avec plein de chocolat ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-3928519987532517551?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/3928519987532517551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=3928519987532517551&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3928519987532517551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/3928519987532517551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/8-avril-happy-easter.html' title='HAPPY EASTER !'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhVvWG6k_UI/AAAAAAAAApw/luFqkxpzfbc/s72-c/eastereggs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4618372141103085755</id><published>2007-04-07T10:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T06:25:10.199+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Trying harder</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWTOG6k_WI/AAAAAAAAAqA/Sf7Cr-gwKL0/s1600-h/fleurs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050104427749637474" style="" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWTOG6k_WI/AAAAAAAAAqA/Sf7Cr-gwKL0/s400/fleurs.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;After my poor performance of &lt;a href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-sky-autumn-hey.html"&gt;two weeks ago&lt;/a&gt;, another attempt at showing you the colours of autumn in my suburb. This time the same tree in the background has really turned a golden yellow, but there are still flowers everywhere ! Oh I love Sydney's subtropical climate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Après ma performance peu convaincante d'il &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-sky-autumn-hey.html"&gt;y a quinze jours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, une autre tentative pour vous montrer l'automne dans mon quartier. Cette fois l'acacia à l'arrière plan a vraiment viré au jaune - mais il y a toujours des fleurs partout. J'adore le climat subtropical de Sydney !&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4618372141103085755?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4618372141103085755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4618372141103085755&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4618372141103085755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4618372141103085755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/7-avril-trying-harder.html' title='Trying harder'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhWTOG6k_WI/AAAAAAAAAqA/Sf7Cr-gwKL0/s72-c/fleurs.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4563886777684792769</id><published>2007-04-06T12:17:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T11:07:07.616+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australian flag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='postcards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Aussie Aussie Aussie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rf_fp58vg1I/AAAAAAAAAmY/SmSxrv3Eeu4/s1600-h/airport.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043996018701468498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rf_fp58vg1I/AAAAAAAAAmY/SmSxrv3Eeu4/s400/airport.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Both Good Friday and Easter Monday being public holidays in Australia, we're at the start of a long weekend here. We're flying off to New Zealand for a few days and I found these postcards at the airport. I find them outrageously funny. What do you think ?&lt;br /&gt;Please excuse me if I can't visit your blogs during my few days away. I hope to be able to continue posting regularly but if not, I'll leave you in the company of this handsome young Aussie. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;VVVV&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Le vendredi saint et le lundi de Pâques étant tous deux fériés en Australie, nous entamons aujourd'hui un long week-end. Nous nous envolons cet après-midi pour quelques jours en Nouvelle Zélande. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;J'ai trouvé ces cartes postales dans une boutique de l'aéroport : j'adore ce genre d'humour australien. Et vous ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Veuillez me pardonner si je visite pas vos blogs durant ma courte absence. J'espère pouvoir continuer à poster un message chaque jour mais si je n'y arrive pas, je vous laisse en compagnie de ce charmant jeune australien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4563886777684792769?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4563886777684792769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4563886777684792769&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4563886777684792769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4563886777684792769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/aussie-aussie-aussie.html' title='Aussie Aussie Aussie'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/Rf_fp58vg1I/AAAAAAAAAmY/SmSxrv3Eeu4/s72-c/airport.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-5959706634832035267</id><published>2007-04-05T13:51:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-05T16:55:13.044+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4WD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Horsepower</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVNJOwscGI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Rl4Kl9sFRiA/s1600-h/horses.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041020178887635042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVNJOwscGI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Rl4Kl9sFRiA/s400/horses.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Aye, things ain't what they used to be, mate...&lt;br /&gt;Are four wheel drives all the rage in your city too?&lt;br /&gt;It seems to me that here they are mainly used to take the kids to school! &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Ah les choses ont bien changé ! Aujourd'hui les chevaux sont sous le capot. Les 4x4 sont-ils chez vous comme ici LE véhicule dans  lequel il faut se montrer ? J"ai l'impression qu'ici on s'en sert surtout pour emmener les enfants à l'école.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-5959706634832035267?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/5959706634832035267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=5959706634832035267&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5959706634832035267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/5959706634832035267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/horsepower.html' title='Horsepower'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecve4NUySqU/TXZq2wpZIFI/AAAAAAAAHq4/42boPjY1YBk/s220/pnatsouriresepia.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RfVNJOwscGI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Rl4Kl9sFRiA/s72-c/horses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33308540.post-4134710760211785812</id><published>2007-04-04T21:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-06-07T14:43:07.172+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aborigines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='State library of NSW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sydney'/><title type='text'>Zoom in</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhI6V5ciFDI/AAAAAAAAApQ/tfLYS_zmQMA/s1600-h/statelibr.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049162280107906098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhI6V5ciFDI/AAAAAAAAApQ/tfLYS_zmQMA/s400/statelibr.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhI74JciFEI/AAAAAAAAApY/VT-Ty7c_WQ0/s1600-h/statedoorabo.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049163968030053442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhI74JciFEI/AAAAAAAAApY/VT-Ty7c_WQ0/s400/statedoorabo.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhNne26k_TI/AAAAAAAAApo/nZ6rMdX_naA/s1600-h/abo4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049493387047402802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_up5KYlMU_XQ/RhNne26k_TI/AAAAAAAAApo/nZ6rMdX_naA/s400/abo4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;The State Library of NSW is a fantastic place to do some research on Australian history, and always has some great temporary exhibitions. Under the porch, three large doors. Let's zoom in to the right hand side door, and then zoom in again to a detail of the door: this is where we were yesterday. Each door holds ten squares, each depicting a scene of early Aboriginal life: spear fishing, kangaroo hunt, woman with child... the portraits are beautiful and offer a fantastic insight into the Aboriginal culture! Yet I don't think many people here know about these doors or take much interest in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;La grande bibliothèque du NSW, un lieu fabuleux qui accueille toujours des expositions temporaires intéressantes et où le grand public peut faire des recherches poussées sur l'histoire de l'Australie. Sous le péristyle, trois grandes portes. Opérons un zoom avant sur la porte de droite, puis un autre zoom sur un détail de cette porte : c'est là que nous étions hier.&lt;br /&gt;Chaque porte est divisée en dix carrés présentant des scènes de la vie traditionnelle des aborigènes : femme à l'enfant, chasse au kangourou, pêche à la lance ou au filet... J'ai trouvé ces portraits sont superbes et passionnants. Pourtant je crois que peu de gens ici en connaissent l'existence ou s'y intéressent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;All photos and text copyright. No reproduction allowed without prior consent of the owner of this blog.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33308540-4134710760211785812?l=sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/feeds/4134710760211785812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33308540&amp;postID=4134710760211785812&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4134710760211785812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33308540/posts/default/4134710760211785812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sydneydailysnap.blogspot.com/2007/04/zoom-in.html' title='Zoom in'/><author><name>Nathalie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thu
