Monday, December 28, 2009

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Critters

This yacht owner must have done something really bad to a bird...glad I don't have to clean it!














Strange bird in Denmark, SW WA

















Is it a rat, is it a wallaby....no, it's a Quokka

Lunchtime

Delightful day for a picnic lunch on a pile of wheat.
Just as long as we don't get blown off by the wind...

Man made

Thanks for the warning, but we can tell it's oversized by the SIZE of it!


I'm hoping that this turbine didn't just fall off!





Car tetris, Perth

'Black gold' (aka Canola) harvesting in Geraldton, WA.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Bedford Life

When I first moved to Perth just over 3 years ago, I lived in a house with two German guys. Two became 3 soon after I moved in, with the arrival of 'couch German' who paid equal rent for the second (or maybe third) hand futon in the lounge.
Cooking German style? Tattooed guy using his hairdrier to stoke the BBQ.



Lots of beer was consumed (often at 9am), video games played and Weiner Schnitzel eaten. Lots of cockroaches were also chased (with lots of yelling and screaming - by the boys, not me!). Ah the joys of share houses.
The strange rain forest outside my bedroom
Broken chair and fishing rod - the result of too much beer?


Hangovers are a bitch.
Soon enough I got sick of the loud music, filth and dog being alcoholic, so I packed all my worldly posessions (excluding dog) into a 3mx3m storage shed and headed north.

Signs of WA

Signs of the Irish

Got to love mixed businesses
in Rural Galway.
 Jacks of all trades they are over there




Question: Do they mean the view more people know of, or is it the best view they know of (there may be a better one, it's just too foggy and rainy to tell?)
The first time I went here I don't think I even saw the sign through the fog and rain.  The second time I got a better view of it.

What were you thinking when you saw these pics? That hookers are going pretty cheap in Galway?  Over there, hookers are fishing boats.  Get your mind out of the gutter!!!

Fun in Ireland - Attack of the leprechauns

Where to start? I have almost 300 'strange' pics.
Ireland seems to have the most, so there I will start:


Not your facinating Belfast murals, but one on a youth hostel in a town with population of about 20 people.


Strangeness

Welcome to my new blog.  Actually, it is an extension of my old blog. UltraViolet Observations is mainly about my travels and work.  This one focuses on the strange things I observe in my daily life and travels.  I hope you enjoy! If anyone would like to contribute their own strangeness observations, feel free to send me some photos and an explanation, and I may add them to the site with full credit to you.


Enjoy!