tiabunna's photos

Many Goggomobiles were sold in Australia in the 1950s with a locally-produced glass fibre body, under the model name of "Dart". They're now uncommon and collectable. They also featured in a couple of (locally) memorable TV commercials (not sure if these are suitable for the group Sight and Sound, but I'll try it as there's background music in the second :-)). They're short and good fun, as commercials go... tinyurl.com/jsmayle and tinyurl.com/guwnk7j Explored.

I thought it about time to resume my series on Australian rural roadside letterboxes.

Wombats are not commonly out in daylight, so I pulled our car very quickly to a halt for a photo when I saw this one on the roadside. Explored.

Between showers of rain and (beginning) snow. HFF and best wishes for the weekend, everyone. Explored.

From the window of our guesthouse, shortly after arriving. This may not mean much to those of you living in the Northern Hemisphere, but snowfalls in most of Australia are sufficiently uncommon to be a cause for excitement and photographs. Explored.

At one of the many monasteries in Luang Prabang, Laos. HFF and best wishes for the weekend, everyone. Explored.

Heading north into the Blue Mountains, just as the first real snowfall of the season arrived. A great break away for a few days (meeting old friends), now slowly catching up. Explored.

Drying robes at a Buddhist monastery - wider shot in note. Best viewed on black. I'll be away for a few days. HFF and best wishes for the weekend, everyone. 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.