I posted about this kind of thing before.
Sometimes I get to travel for work and whilst it mostly sucks, it does mean I get to see places for free. I don’t get very long to myself to explore and often I’m not really in the mood to go wandering around on my own, but I do get a flavour of lots of interesting places.
So, this time, my work has sent me to Brisbane, capital city of the state of Queensland.Last year the city was swamped with floods from a cyclone and some very poor decision making in the management of water levels of some key dams at the heads of the rivers that feed the Brisbane River. As a result, lives were lost and a lot of the city was under water. Now though, everything seems to be back to normal and I’m here for the week.
So, for me, travel wouldn’t be travel without some pictures of the actual travelling.
The start of the Wheatbelt – I think this is York, but its hard to tell from the air
Then we started flying over the salt lakes that dot the countryside as we headed out towards remote bushland and ever more desert.
I love the shape of these things! The light patches to the top of the image below are scars on the landscape caused by bushfires – you can sometimes see where a front has been made and access roads created whilst fighting the fire, or perhaps afterwards to create a bigger firebreak
More salt lakes
Abstract patterns
Red dirt.
We flew through some pretty impressive thunderstorms.
Queensland is much greener than Western Australia.
Oh yeah, 21st floor its a room with a view…of a carpark. Living the dream people, living the dream..
Stay tuned – I’ve got a week here, hopefully I can get time to wander around a bit
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Ah, love these aerial shots of the continent. There’s just nothing quite like them.
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Its such an awesome place from the air (and on the ground too) – I’d love to have a go at some more serious light aircraft or heli photography. More for the bucketlist.. 😉
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Me too! Although that’s prolly never gonna happen. I’m just gonna have to make more of an effort to locomote myself bipedally up vantage points… probably for the best anyway! 😀
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It’s been a while since I’ve flown… thanks for the view from “up there”. Great post!
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Glad you enjoyed the pics! I love to get a good window seat so I can see whats going on down below
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Aerial shots are always interesting. Or at least for me. 🙂
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(raises hand) me too! 🙂
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Hey Cathy – I totally agree – I’m fascinated with maps and looking down at the lansscape. Google Earth is good, but nothing beats actually looking down from a plane
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Great pics….pretty good attitude too!! Enjoy what you can.
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I LOVE airplane shots!
My favorite airplane moment ever was when, after the captain told us we were flying over the Nevada and Utah state lines, my 5-year-old daughter asked, “Mom, where are the lines that separate the states from each other?”
Apparently she thought the view from the air would look like the maps she had seen — complete with state outlines.
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Your shots are GORGEOUS. Definitely makes me want to explore Australia…
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Hi Mikalee
Young ones teach us wonderful lessons ! Great !! In fact there is NO divide between states. There is NO divide between countries. There is NO divide between continents. Imagine a picture from few thousand miles above our ball made up of mud and water, you can’t see any difference. The division is in our mind but WE ARE ONE.
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Hi Mikalee – thats funny! We actually do have a kind of border between states – its not quite on the line, but theres a rabbit proof fence that runs 2000 miles from the north to the south of the county between Western Australia and the other states.I don’t think its that visible from the air – the access road would be clear though.
Glad you like the photos – you so should come, but come for a while, its almost the same size as the USA!
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Great pics, did you get to travel to the Gold Coast at all? (1 hour drive from Brisbane) it is absolutely beautiful there also 🙂 thanks for sharing your photos 🙂
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Thanks – glad you enjoyed the photos 🙂 I’m not going to get out of the city this time – all work work work 😦 I hear the Gold Coast is interesting – the kids want to go for Sea World etc!
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nice pix…
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Thank you!
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wooww!! the pictures are amazingly breath taking!!! so beautiful!! 🙂
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Its a very beautiful landscape – and so diverse too – flying across the country you see everything from barren desert to lush rainforest to wide open farms and fields.
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great pics!!
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Thanks CJ, glad you liked them
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Great photos from the sky. Things look so peaceful from the air. Connie
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Everything looks totally peaceful from the air. I wonder if birds ever get the chance to wonder in the same way we do?
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Love those aerial pictures.
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Me too, Barbara, I’m getting into the habit of always having my camera handy and taking sneaky shots!
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Australia is big.
I miss it.
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It really is. Most of the country is pretty much empty.
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nice pix…
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Thank you 🙂
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Great pics! But I need some motion sickness pills now….
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Hook,
Beside the posts, I always enjoy reading your posted comments. You have a great sense of humor.
John
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hehe – I got so sucked in to looking down I realised that I hadn’t spoken to my colleague sat next to me for 1/2 the trip! oops 🙂
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Amazing pictures! This made me want to get on a plane asap : )
EL
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ps – so is it Charlie or Richard ? : )
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Thank you 🙂 glad you like the pics – make sure when you’re on a plane that you look down!
It’s Richard. Or Charlie – you pick 🙂
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Wow, great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
sev
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Glad you like them 🙂 We see these things all the time and rarely stop to document them or share.
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Airplane shots are always such an interesting perspective. I remember flying into Chicago in the snow one year. From the airplane, the city looked like minature ceramic Christmas houses. It was so beautiful.
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They are very interesting – I’ve seen to awesome work in Australia by photographer Richard Woldendorp – I guess he inspires me more than just a little, not that I can produce anything close to his skill.
I’ve flown into Toronto inheavy snow before – I know what you mean – everything looks impossibly cutesy!
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Really great pictures and interesting blog – cheers!
Ben
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Thanks Ben – I’m glad you found it interesting 🙂 Your expedition sounds challenging!
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It makes me miss living in Canberra. Beautiful.
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Hey Cassie – I’ve not been to Canberra yet – one day I’ll explore this huge country properly
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these photos are very beautiful, and this work is my look forward!
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Thanks 🙂
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These are stunning shots!
I am a WordPress photoblogger as well 🙂
I love capturing beautiful shots of the sky, but I’m never IN the sky!
Keep posting!
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Thank you – I’m glad you liked them 🙂 Next time I’m up in the air, I’ll wonder if you’re down there taking a pic of me 😉
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Very nicely captured cloud clusters.
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Thanks – we had to fly around some big thunderstorms, but luckily we didn’t get blown around too much.
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There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.~ Ernst Haas obtained from Photography Quotes
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Very true. I was walking around last night and there are so many details in a place that we all so often just walk right past without noticing.
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wow..enjoy ur work! 😀
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Work is just my means to get me to these places! I’ll enjoy it more at the end of the day when I get to explore my surroundings!!
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I never get bored of staring out of the airplane window. Thanks for sharing your shots of the miniature land below.
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me either, I could look out of the window for the whole journey – I find landscape so fascinating. glad you liked the shots.
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It’s wonderful that you’re living your dream job. Good for you 🙂
val
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I’ve always had some travel with my work and have been lucky to see some amazing places – recently, its a bit more ‘exotic’ – Australia is pretty cool
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Lovely imags you have here..work sometimes suck but at least you get to travel for free and get to see nice placs. I guess many people who are stuck with their bored 9-5 job would love to trade places , if possible with you :). Cheers!
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Thanks 🙂 Travel for work can be a burden, but as long as I get the chance to explore just a little, even if just from the aeroplane window, it’s always worth it. And yes, you’re right, I should appreciate it – some people never get to step outside their cubicle!
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I love aerial photography, even the non-professional stuff. I enjoy looking at the natural patterns of the earth – sand, vegetation, water, silt deposits, and lava flows. I really like the salt lakes and pans in your photos and I’m glad I stumbled across this post tonight.
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Me too – check out Richard Woldendorp – his shots are stunning.
Thanks for visiting – glad you enjoyed the pics!
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Nice aerial shots, very nice. Haven’t been on a plane in a while.
Dave http://da4was5ve.wordpress.com if you’re interested, and http://vietnamtrails.wordpress.com
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Hi Dave – thanks for visiting – glad you liked the pics 🙂 next time you go on a plane, remember to have a camera handy and look down!
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Very nice images.
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Thanks Geoff – glad you like the pics!
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The pictures are great! What a great day to fly!!! 😀
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Glad you like them! The sky is so often clear here which is great if you like to look down!
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Great!
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Nice pics 😀 come to India sometime and experience chaos !! 😛
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I’d love to come to India – it’s on my list!!
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nice shots , hope u enjoy it 🙂
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Its good so far – hot and humid though – I’m used to the dry heat in Perth!!
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Hey Charlie …. Congrats on Freshly Pressed. You may be the first blog that I visit and then see it on here!
When flying, I too am amazed at the shapes, colors, and landscapes from the air. Thanks for sharing!
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Hey Frank – such a thrill to get featured on WordPress – its somewhat skewed my stats for the month though! I’ve been fighting my email all day with comments and subscriptions – its awesome that people seem interested with pretty pics!
Glad you’re a fellow landscape appreciator! For me, its totally captivating – I can’t get enough of it!
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🙂
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I love pictures from the air. I makes you put things in perspective.
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it does – rather like look up at the stars I think. We need to do these things more often! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment 🙂
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A View From The Sky Changes The Angle We Look At The Space.
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it really does – like Red Toenails ^^ said – its all about perspective
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Beautiful photos. I like the salt lakes. The patterns are really wonderful. I love a good cityscape too. 🙂
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Thanks Bethany 🙂 I wish I could float above the lanscape at will – I guess google earth is about as close as we get after flying!
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I take these pics too…thanks for sharing great stuff!
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Glad you liked them – thanks for stopping by!
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Great pictures!!!
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glad you like them 🙂
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It’s one of the reason why i love to travel. The view was great and breathtaking.
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Hey Brandy – I totally agree – the journey is just as important as the destinaiton – we tend to get whisked around between places these days – looking down is about all we have from the plane.
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Those pictures are amazing. Really nice post.
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thanks James – stay tuned for me 🙂
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Really really amazing aerial shots of the salt lakes! I used to think that “salt lake” is just a name of a place. LOL.
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Thank you 🙂 There are litterally thousands of salt lakes in Western Australia – each one has a name – like ‘Lake Disappointment’ – cos when it was discovered, they were disappointed there was no water in it!!
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nice pics !!
clicked from the plane ??
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Thanks – yup, just shot through the window with my little point and shoot camera.
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some great shots, love ‘abstract patterns’!
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if you like abstract – check out Richard Woldendorp
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What a talent you have in shoting these pictures from an airplane. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks John – these are just taken with a point and shoot camera – no special talent required 🙂
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Awesome post! We are about to go on a road trip to Vegas from Ohio… You have inspired us to do the same type of post on our road trip! Thanks!
-Logan
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Thank you! do take lots photos from the journey – nothing like a good roadtrip!! I’ll keep an eye out for pics 😉
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These are pretty impressive! I love the landscape from above.
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I love looking down at the land below – we live life so entangled in the small scale – when you’re above it all, everything seems so simple!
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check out fireworks gallery, brilliant aboriginal australian art – and say ‘have u been mallin lately/’ to lori nilsen for me, syb
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if I get the time, I’ll get a cab out there to have a look 🙂 and if I get there, I’ll pass on the message!
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I REALLY WANT TO GO TO AUSTRALIA!!! Can you write a post about the people there? What they’re like and how they act and of course, the FOOD!
I hope you find some time to yourself and get a chance to explore the area a little bit! Have a safe trip and thank you for sharing!
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The airplane shots look really good, I’ll keep coming back to see your latest pics!
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really such a awesome view from the plane. especially image with clouds are beautiful
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Thank you It’s wonderful that you’re living your dream job
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Wow you’re so lucky,I wish I could travel with my job!
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Brisbane is amazing. My husband is an Oz and I love to visit whenever I can 🙂
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Thanks for sharing these photos, reminds me of the “earth from above” books of photography. So beautiful!
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i fly about once a year when i take the kids to disney in the summer. i saw the movie “up in the air” with george clooney and thought “wow, that must really be fun to travel around like that.” and i’m sure those who do it often might think it’s boring. and for me, being in a classroom every day for 25 years, i would love to get out somewhere and go other places and do other things.
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Great post and pics. Love the shots from the plane. Hope you get some time to enjoy exploring! I get where you are coming from – I get to travel to great locations for work – but often have little time to explore. Recent business trip to Miami case in point (http://traveldestinationbucketlist.com/2012/01/25/do-you-travel-for-work-or-pleasure/) – did get out around the hotel property the morning before I flew home, but sadly no chance to see Miami at all! Feels like a waste as the hard parts (flights) are already done! Hopefully the next trip…
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Just one small thing, there is an inquiry into the the water dam operator but no conclusion has been reached as to whether the dam was mishandled or not. One thing is certain, no matter how much water they released Brisbane would have flooded. Releasing water would have had no bearing on where the lives were lost in the inland tsunami either at Grantham and Toowoomba. Also Queensland had just come out of 10 years of drought and did not want to let too much water go just in case as the dam was down to 10%. Water was let go but even emptying the dam completely wouldn’t have saved Brisbane from flooding, brisbane is in a big flood plain after all!
Love the shots though
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True – Brisbane was never going to get an easy ride from all that rain, dam or no dam.
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