GrahamH's photos

This bottlebrush shrub/tree and another smaller one with it appeared in a plant pot of their own accord. I planted them out to a suitable place. The trunks are only 6" / 15cm apart due to the roots having intertwined themselves in the pot. The yellowness of this one is faded when viewed on my laptop but shows brilliantly on an extension screen. This is the first year it has flowered. See PiPs. September 2024.

DownsSteam ran both steam locos in a double header on 19/09/2024. Two classic vehicle owners had their vehicles out to get photos with the locos.

A snap from a tuktuk of the moat around Angkor Wat. September 2024.

The East entrance to Banteay Kdei temple as seen from the road while passing in a tuktuk. September 2024.

HBM for 07/10/24 to my Ipernity viewers. The bench I sat on for lunch 1 week ago today.

Walking along the corridor from the duty-free sales area to the departure gates at Siem Reap's year old international airport. October 2024.

HFF for 13/09/2024. A mix of fences here, enclosing a mix of uses. See PiPs. A rural telephone exchange hut with a leaning loo, a little South of Toowoomba. The original electro-mechanical exchange equipment will have been replaced by modern electronics connected to optical fibre rather than copper cable. The satellite earth station plant belongs to a partner business, Viasat. It communicates with a geostationary satellite over the Pacific Ocean. telstrainternational.com/en/news-research/articles/viasat-partners-with-telstra-for-viasat-3-ground-network

A town in the Blue Mountains region to the West of Sydney. This part retains the character of Lawson as it was when we lived in the next (smaller) town in the late 70s and 80s. A large population growth which commutes to the Sydney area and a well-constructed 4 lane highway have changed the region's character.The structure upper left is a memorial to those who served in WWI. See PiP. July 2024.

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Late August, the sun is shining longer each day, the coldest part of winter is behind, the grass is growing longer each day, the mandarins will soon be picked. All this on WPD. August 2024.

The railmotor is on a training run just weeks before we commenced carrying the public. This run was to Hendon, our initial limit of travel to the South. It included stops in both directions at Clifton station. Hendon has no station now but does have a triangle where we can turn steam locos. The triangle provided access from both mainline directions to a now defunct branch line. May 2024 Inside through the two cars of this train. www.ipernity.com/doc/grahamh/52197976/in/album/1350334

HFF for 16/08/24 from a training run in the DownsSteam railmotor. May 2024.

The bride arrived in this Beetle. See PiPs. July 2024

The bride was escorted to the church by some motorcycling mates. July 2024.

A classic people mover for half a largish bridal party. See PiP. July 2024.

A fence seen while walking along the Martins Lookout track near Springwood NSW. July 2024. My post for HFF on 02/08/2024.

A place to put your feet up while taking a break from driving. A bench in the surrounds of the Halfway Roadhouse on the Putty Rd between Sydney and Singleton July 2024. HBM for 29/07/24 to my viewers.

This post is in answer to Peter P B's question about this photo, www.ipernity.com/doc/grahamh/52557052 . That is, what is happening in that other photo. Look at the PiPs here. Ash from the burnt coal accumulates in the smokebox. The mechanism highlighted here is a means to reduce a large build-up without having to open the smokebox door. Water from the boiler via the tap and pipe shown washes ash which is in the sump part of the ejector. Ash which is not in the sump can be moved into it using a pricker tool through the port halfway up the side of the smokebox in line with the sump. The pricker is moved around to get the ash to fall into the sump. (A pricker is a locomotive fire tool. It is usually a steel rod with one end bent to be a handle and the other end has 20-30 cm bent at 90 degrees. Its main purpose is to move fire around in the firebox.)