Sometimes Canberra is like an iridescent grey car; it takes on the colours and looks of more interesting surrounds. And you don't have to wash it as often!
(Or so thinks this displaced kiwi.)
North Korean military parade Musudan missile balloon display representing “The Highest Stage of the Development of Our Revolutionary Armed Forces with Extraordinary Sagacity, Outstanding Art of Command, and Matchless Pluck”
Nah, it’s Skywhale’s tail.
(By special homesick request, which means original photo has been sourced and generously donated by a real Canberran queen(iebean)
Fishing village by night in Prachuapkirikhan, Thailand.
Nah, it’s the “arts precinct” by night in New Acton.
Farmland poplars, Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Nah, it’s sports field poplars, Errol Kavanagh Memorial Oval, Narrabundah.
London Bridge Station, Railway Approach, London SE1 2SW (close-up).
Nah, it’s 221 London Circuit, Civic, Canberra, 2601 ACT (close-up).
Gatchina Park, St Petersburg, Russia.
Nah, it’s Reconciliation Place, Parkes.
Abandoned shoe factory, north-west downtown Chicago.
Nah, it’s the populated Treasury building, north-east parliamentary triangle Canberra.
Drought-affected farmland in the lower Kissimmee River basin, Florida.
Nah, it’s dry farmland on the east Tallagandra Lane, Sutton.
Congregants departing a night service at the Crystal Cathedral, Orange County California.
Nah, it’s travelers lining up for night taxis at the Western Concourse Terminal, Canberra Airport.
An entertainer of the Alien Machine Overlord rehearses A Smile and a Song for an upcoming AMOO Camp Show.
Nah, it’s a pigeon-covered street light in Barton.
poetchronicle asked: Are all the photos on this blog really from Canberra? I'm going to ANU next year, and I was so scared of living in a supposedly drab "political" city with zero scenery...your blog makes me SO excited for Canberra.
So funny :) Plenty of scenery - just have to look up, and down, and go to different suburbs. And take notice in between the drab. And get a bike!
Autumn lakeside view in Sao Juliao, Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal.
Nah it’s an autumn lakeside view off Grevillea Park, Barton, East Basin, Canberra.
Rothko-inspired “Violet, Green and Red” (1951) grafitti, Brooklyn.
Nah, it’s an accidental Rothko (2013) off Lonsdale Street, Braddon.
Downtown Wan Chai, Hong Kong - typhoon season.
Nah, it’s downsuburb Dickson, Canberra - wet evening.
Alien Machine Overlord resistance collaborator, hiding from foot solider patrols.
Nah, it’s a street light in amongst the trees of Manuka Oval.
View of Eagle Lake at Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine.
Nah, it’s a view of Yarramundi Reach, Lake Burley Griffen, from Scrivener Dam.
