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Posted by Gwil on Fri May 27th at 3:17am 2005

If you're interested, there's a few photos of my travels around Sydney and Katoomba in Australia, and a shockload of stuff from my time in the South Island in New Zealand.

I know a few follow my exploits via gwil.org, but these photos have been demanded by the eager fans for a long time, so here they are..

www.gwil.org

I aim for quality as opposed to quantity, which seems to be an affliction many backpackers have with their 512mb / 256mb cards coming out of their ears. Taking a few extra seconds over composition and capturing the slightly different things brings a whole new element of fun to it

Hopefully it goes some distance to conveying the experience of Aussie and NZ so far...

Edit: Not overly 56k friendly! You have been warned!





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri May 27th at 5:05am 2005

That's downright beautiful.




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Posted by Dr Brasso on Fri May 27th at 5:36am 2005

truly magnificent sir, reminds me both the aolps and the tetons......makes me long for my own traveling days of old....NZ is one i never hit though....perth and sydney tho.....woo hoo... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

***looks for fountain of......middle age <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">

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Posted by Dark Tree on Fri May 27th at 5:54am 2005

Nice web layout, nice pictures. A bit hard to FIND the pics, but it is all very clean and good picture presentation. Nice work



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Posted by satchmo on Fri May 27th at 6:10am 2005

It really reminds me of my own trip to Australia. I proposed to my fiance in Melbourne. What a beautiful country it is.

We never had the time to visit New Zealand. My vacation time was too short. It's a pity.



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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Fri May 27th at 2:24pm 2005

nice pictures... All i get to see is the hills around Fremont and the San-Francisco Bay...

btw hey, Doc B, long time no see! Where ya been? or is it just me?




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Posted by $loth on Fri May 27th at 2:28pm 2005

Sydney looks magnificant, I envy my best friend who is moving over to the outskirts of sydney in june <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">




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Posted by OtZman on Fri May 27th at 2:56pm 2005

Beautiful shots.



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Posted by Agent Smith on Fri May 27th at 3:25pm 2005

Glad to see your enjoying my part of the world Gwil. Sorry I couldn't meet up mate, but I've been up to my armpits in work for the last month and a bit, so drinking trips to Sydney aren't really a good idea at the moment <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">.



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri May 27th at 5:00pm 2005

My suggestion to you sir. These images/pictures are prolly a once in a lifetime thing, take them in at least 2.0 MP, preferably 3.2.

Sure, optimize them for the Snarkpit, but keep a copy for yourself in a slightly bigger format.

I learned the hard way, that cheating on the pictures is not the best route.

Love the shots BTW.. Very nice. I especially liked "STOP eating animals" <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">





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Posted by DrGlass on Fri May 27th at 5:59pm 2005

That pic with the battle ship and the city gave me chills, your living a dream, good luck gwil and have fun (and take more pics!)




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Posted by satchmo on Fri May 27th at 6:36pm 2005

I just found my own travel photos from Australia, during which I proposed to my then girlfriend. We're getting married in a month!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sherryandleslie/my_photos

I apologize for the pictures being so small, but I hope they'll give you at least a taste of our experience a year ago.




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Posted by Orpheus on Fri May 27th at 7:20pm 2005

That is a fine looking woman you got there Satch.. Assuming she is the one you got all the photo's of... If not, I would ditch the album before the month is out <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">



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Posted by satchmo on Sat May 28th at 12:04am 2005

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That is a fine looking woman you got there

Thanks, Orph. And yes, that's the love of my life. I haven't really dated all that much before meeting her, but when I did, I knew right away that she's going to be the one.

She doesn't like the way she looks in photos, so I'll let her know that one of my mates from the SnarkPit thinks she's good looking. I always tell her that she looks lovely, but she says I am biased (which is true, of course).




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Posted by Orpheus on Sat May 28th at 12:19am 2005

? quoting satchmo

I am biased (which is true, of course).

If being biased is a disqualification, then I am guilty as well. I happen to think that the oriental races have the majority of the beautiful women.

I will not go so far as to say they hold all the cards, but by and large oriental women are the best looking.

I say that from an entirely infatuated standpoint. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">





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Posted by satchmo on Sat May 28th at 1:46am 2005

I tend to have a preference with Hispanic women, like Penelope Cruz.

My favorite Asian celebrity is Gong Li (http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/gong_li.htm).

But of course, the comeliest of them all is still my fiance. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Orpheus on Sat May 28th at 2:55am 2005

? quoting satchmo

But of course, the comeliest of them all is still my fiance.

Well then, tell her from me, with sincerity... She has nothing to be embarrassed about. She is very pretty.

/mushy stuff.





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Posted by wil5on on Sat May 28th at 3:55am 2005

You got a good one... I'm working on getting one of them myself :dodgy:

send nekkid pics pls




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Posted by Gwil on Sat May 28th at 5:35am 2005

? quoting Orpheus
My suggestion to you sir. These images/pictures are prolly a once in a lifetime thing, take them in at least 2.0 MP, preferably 3.2.

Sure, optimize them for the Snarkpit, but keep a copy for yourself in a slightly bigger format.

I learned the hard way, that cheating on the pictures is not the best route.

Love the shots BTW.. Very nice. I especially liked "STOP eating animals"

Thanks for the comments kind sir, and everyone else. It really is like living a dream indeed, Glass <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

As for the resolution, these were mostly taken in 3.2MP (that's the top end of my camera :/) but suffered some quality reduction by the rudimentary optimisation software available in the internet cafes of Wellington. The proper ones are kept safely (fingers crossed) on my laptop, ready for conversion to photo paper when I return.

Agent Smith - I move back to Sydney on June 11th, and will be looking toward getting employed and housed in Glebe or nearby. Hopefully i'll be there for 4 months-ish saving up funds for the coastal run, so there is plenty of time to come visit and crash on my floor if you ever have a window in your schedule





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Posted by Agent Smith on Sat May 28th at 5:45am 2005

Sure thing mate, the uni session finishes in a couple of weeks so I'm on holidays all through june. I should have plenty of time then <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">.



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