tiabunna's photos with the keyword: interior

Interior of a tram on Sydney Light Rail. Outside peak times, there are plenty of benches from which to choose. Happy Bench Monday and have a good week, everyone.

The hold of the Cutty Sark would once have been filled with tea boxes (as painted on the floor) when it was on the China Tea trade (see PiP 1 for some history on that). Later in her career she was used on the Australian wool run (PiP2), setting record times for the trip to the UK. As for the crew, some of the slightly more senior members lived in the cabin shown in PiP3, while the Captain and senior officers used the Mess shown in PiP 4. An 'indoor fence' is a little different! HFF and have a great weekend everyone.

Images taken on the tour through the tin processing works at the former Geevor mine. It's easy to imagine what a noisy and dusty environment this must have been when it was working. The ore containing the tin had to be ground down (this image) to a powder for the tin to be separated out. Of course, the luxurious lunch room facility provided a retreat for the workers (second PiP). Explored.

The very pleasant interior of St Senara's church in Zennor. Other images in PiPs. Explored.

Way outside my current image flow. Remembering today a long-time internet friend (from the former VT site) who I have learned has sadly now gone to the cloud. It was in Vienna (this is St Stefan's Cathedral) that we finally met ten years ago. HFF. I feel I really must add a musical link. Explored.

"A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing." - Wikipedia. I was shown into a small hut in a Hmong settlement where, in the near darkness, a hooded and blindfolded figure was chanting while jigging on a plank and being slowly rotated by a helper. In front of him was a small candle with various offerings while, at the rear of the hut, a dead pig was mounted on a frame (see inset) above another flame. I took my photos and quietly made my departure so that I did not disturb them, though I would like to have known what event had brought about the ceremony.

Definitely one to view on black (click image). This shows the interior of the old Lake Mungo woolshed , but what it cannot show is the marvellous smell of wool and lanoline, established through over a hundred years of use and still remaining 40 years after the area became National Park: so use your imaginations. :) I think I'll make this my early entry this week for HFF! Explored

When we visited Mawson's Hut, we had with us a team of four from the Mawson's Hut Foundation. We left them at the site for several days (there are other new huts nearby for workers) to do their work of clearing out some of the snow, to allow access. Their main task was examining and measuring the roof, to assess what was needed to add a false over-roof to protect the building (that has since been done). On our return, we were allowed inside in groups of three for just a few valuable minutes (they didn't want excess body heat thawing things unnecessarily for conservation reasons). As someone remarked, there have been fewer people here than to the top of Everest! Taken with the main stove/heater directly behind me. Originally there was a long table where I was standing - this was the only 'social/recreation' area indoors. Apart from the old tins and jars, it was fascinating to see the old paperback books and magazines on the shelf. Clickable links to further photos in the notes. Here is a link to a Mawson's Hut Foundation video on the restoration programme, showing quite a bit of original movie and stills from 1911-12 by Frank Hurley. www.youtube.com/watch?v=72sgyZpHGq8 I am amazed though, that in their film they have totally misplaced Mawson's Hut on the map! The correct address is in the link at right on this page (change to satellite view).

That very icy shelf in the foreground is the top of the slow combustion heater/stove for Mawson's Hut. Alongside the flue of the stove is a canister used to melt snow as the water supply. The tiny box behind with the open door is the darkroom of Frank Hurley, the expedition photographer, while beyond it is his bunk area with the black plastic (a recent conservation measure) protecting something from snow and water .

This contrivance is the acetylene apparatus, which generated acetylene to provide lighting for the huts. Although there was electricity (Mawson's expedition in 1911-13 was the first to use radio to communicate from Antarctica to the world, via a relay station on Macquarie Island) it would not have been possible to operate full time generators for power and lighting.

The 17 expeditioners were bunked around the outer walls of the hut (Mawson, the leader, had a small office/bedroom). They also had their initials on their bunk space, and in most areas there were upper and lower bunks. In 1912 this was the area for James Francis Hurley - better known as Frank Hurley. Hurley was the photographer for the expedition and also, on his return, for Shackleton's famous "Endurance" expedition. On this expedition he was given the nickname "Hoyle" because of his encyclopaedic knowledge of the rules of card games. It appears he had the luxury of an enclosed cupboard below the upper bunk, presumably to house all his photographic gear (cine and still cameras, chemicals etc). In his darkroom he wrote on the wall Near enough is never good enough : he was an excellent and quite innovative photographer and remains one of my "photographic heroes". :) I would encourage anyone interested to Google for images of his work.