Gillian Everett's photos

Saturday challenge 391 - mirror with frame

Fun playing with my PowerShot A4000. Haven't used this camera for a long time.

Saw this helicopter flying over a local beach in NSW, Australia. Only had my 18-135mm with me. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has been preparing for summer with upgrades to Australia’s largest firefighting helicopter, including increased water-holding capacity and new night-time capabilities. The CH-47 Chinook helicopter can now hold 11,000 litres of water in an internal tank, making it an even better asset in firefighting efforts. nsw.gov.au December 2024

Diamond beach, NSW, Australia.

from our back deck, NSW, Australia

It's a soap dish, most likely originally my Mum's, but it has been next to our laundry sink for a long time...

It was sunrise Saturday 6:46 am time, but all we have had is clouds and rain in the morning, here in NSW, Australia, associated with ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred which is still hovering around over Queensland, delivering rain and floods.

in the neighbourhood, NSW, Australia.

Mushrooms, Capsicum, Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Cheese.

Black and white version for the Sunday challenge 137 - rework an archive favourite. 2015 - Noosa River in Queensland.

Saturday challenge - Wheel/s We have tried to give this old rusty bike away a few times, leaving it out for council collection. Someone took it away before the council arrived. Then we found it standing on a vacant block and brought it back home. It is completely unrideable, so now is a garden ornament :-)

Our local beach on Wednesday... we are on the outer fringes of Cyclone Alfred which, by latest accounts, is due to hit Cape Byron on Friday. "A warning for Tropical Cyclone Alfred is current for communities between Double Island in the north and down towards Yamba and Grafton in northern NSW with PREPARE TO EVACUATE orders along the coast from Tweed to Ballina." HFF 7 March 2025

On the mid north coast of New South Wales Australia, between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie. From national parks to the Pacific Ocean, a variety of beautiful places to enjoy.

We went to the Vet for Harry's vaccination, and paused here on the way home. View to the oyster beds from Coral Avenue, Tuncurry. In the Great Lakes area of the Barrington Coast, NSW Australia. With a surface area of 99 square kilometres, this aqua blue waterway is famous for white sands, fishing, boating and delicious Sydney Rock Oysters that are the finest in the country. Forster and Tuncurry are the twin towns that sit where Wallis Lake meets the ocean, where the Coolongolook River flows into the Tasman Sea. Surrounded by Wallingat National Park on the west and Booti Booti National Park on the east, the pristine waters are fed by the Wallamba River, Coolongolook River and Pipers Creek. The lake is approximately 25 kilometres long and nine kilometres wide. visitnsw.com

Treetop view from our back deck. The bamboo is not in our garden, and is the non invasive type. It provides a tall "hedge" screening the neighbouring house. NSW Australia

In the neighbourhood. Love these colours. Beginning of March, and Autumn in Australia.

Completing February's daily photos. This stately eucalyptus is next to the library in Laurieton, NSW, Australia.

I dislike crowded places. However sometimes it’s OK, when visiting iconic, historic places like the Spanish Steps, and Trevi Fountain in Rome. We enjoyed an unexpected visit to Rome (by train) while delayed in Civitavecchia, the port of Rome, in 1986. We were on a yacht delivery trip, and the insurance documents had to be sorted out for our onward voyage to Sicily. Nowadays the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain are much busier, and people aren’t allowed to sit on them any more. Rome wasn't built in a day (but we managed to visit it in a day) 2019 Sitting, eating and drinking on the Spanish Steps can result in a fine of up to 400 euros ($662). Police officers in yellow vests were this week deployed to the landmark to enforce the ban. The law also applies to other photogenic sites in Rome, like the Trevi Fountain. The Spanish Steps were built by architect Francesco De Sanctis between 1723 and 1726. www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-08/spanish-steps-rome-tourist-sitting-ban-enforced-by-police-fines/11396150 The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top. The Trevi Fountain was designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762… The backdrop for the fountain is the Palazzo Poli. Wikipedia The Spanish Steps Sitting Ban Sitting on the Spanish Steps was banned after the area underwent a major cleaning and restoration project in 2016.12 Sept 2023 www.walksofitaly.com/blog/travel-tips/getting-in-trouble-italy Using our scanned photos, see album 1986 Antibes to Sicily. Sunday challenge 136 – Place or something which you dislike.