“A Bright Yellow Clow” A "Medallion" model fire hydrant, manufactured by Clow Valve Company, sits beside a street in Redmond, Washington, USA

“I've Been Waiting to Smile, 'Ey” View South from the top of Mount Field East, Tasmania

“That Blows” West Lyell open cut mine, the site of Iron Blow, the earliest major mining venture (1883) at Mount Lyell on the west coast of Tasmania.

“Sandra, Gaye, and Little Sister” Lake Sandra (with her tiny beach), Lake Gaye, and Little Sister (the name of the small "lake" to the right of Gaye), below Mount Murchison, West Coast, Tasmania.

“As Luck Would Have It” Horseshoe Falls, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

We have a new podcast episode out! This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2023 American action film, Fast X. open.spotify.com/episode/0meD... Thomas writes a sequel. Colin and Thomas determine where the submissions come from. Colin lies; he HAS been to Stonehenge: maps.app.goo.gl/nvExtZRU24nh...

“Sliver” Sunset viewed from the top of Horsetail Falls, Queenstown, Tasmania

“Right, I'm Done Here!” (Actually, I'd gladly return. I'm just done with the few photos I took here!) L-R: Elliott Beach, Southport Narrows, Kingfish Beach, with Adamsons Peak off on the right. Taken from Pelican Island, Southport, Tasmania

“How to Train Your Dragon: Start When They're Small!” Rushed, zoomed phone camera shot of a young Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis); from snout to tail-tip, about the length of my thumb! Waverley Flora Park, Tasmania

“Cølïnslånd Nörd (Formerly Hëlênslånd), Viewed From Cølïnslånd” Pelican Island, Southport, Tasmania

“Preparing to Cross The Great Sandy Desert of Hëlênslånd by Kayak, Coast to Coast, Before Traversing the Treacherous Waters of the Cølïnslånd Strait to Claim Cølïnslånd (You Had to Be There)” Pelican Island, Southport, Tasmania

“Poor Pelican 'Personators ” Silver Gulls and Sooty Oystercatchers, Pelican Island, Southport, Tasmania

“Hyde and Seek” Hyde Park and city skyline, Sydney

A new episode of our podcast has just dropped! open.spotify.com/episode/5J2W... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2014 American action thriller film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Thomas goes for the "usefulness" angle. Colin makes a spectacle of himself. 🧵

“Ribcage” Sydney Opera House, Sydney

“Contractual Obligation” Circular Quay, Sydney

“Shhhhhhh 2 U 2” An elevated view of the Mitchell Library Reading Room, located on Ground floor in the Mitchell Library building, Sydney

“One Good Tern Deserves Another... And Another... And ANOTHER!” Crested Terns (Thalasseus bergii, subspecies cristatus), Little Howrah Beach, Tasmania

“The Best and Most Illustrious of His Race” The bronze statue of Trim the cat, Matthew Flinders' famous companion, located on a window ledge of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, behind the statue of Flinders. "The best and most illustrious of his race 🧵

“Matthew Flinders: Tassie Circumnavigator and Aussie Castrator” Outside the State Library of NSW's Mitchell building, Sydney. Matthew Flinders, was amongst the most accomplished navigators and chart-makers of any age. 🧵

“Nieuw-Holland Pre-Castratie” The State Library of NSW's historic Mitchell building vestibule in Sydney. The map in mosaics of the floor, measuring 5.71 m x 4.29 m was created in 1939-41 by the Italian immigrant Melocco Brothers, Sydney's leading marble and mosaic craftspeople at the time. 🧵

We have a new podcast episode out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1Mo2... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2025 espionage black comedy thriller film, The Phoenician Scheme. Thomas gesticulates and tremblates! Colin does more Animal Rescue! Thomas' Plot Synopses are not to be sniffed at! 🧵

“Shhhhhhh...” The Mitchell Library Reading Room, located on Ground floor in the Mitchell Library building, Sydney

“Haydn: Il mondo della luna, Hob. XXVIII:7” Sydney Opera House, Sydney

“Binch Icken” Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca), Hyde Park, Sydney

“Night at the Museum” Museum Train Station, Sydney

“Apollo, Pro Amore Omnium Rerum Clararum et Pulchrarum, Nuditatem Tuam Tege, Quaeso!” Statue commemorating Patrick Francis Moran (1830 – 1911) who was the third Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, standing outside the main entrance of Saint Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.

“Utzon” Detail of Sydney Opera House, Sydney

“It's All Greek and Roman to Me” A bronze statue of Apollo stands atop the J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney, seemingly reaching out and almost touching the top of a pinnacle on one of the front towers of 🧵

When your leg becomes an impromptu psycho-cat parkour wall.

“Loong” Chinese Garden of Friendship, Chinatown, Sydney, Australia, is host to a colony of Eastern water dragons (Physignathus lesueurii), a species of lizard endemic to south-eastern Australia.

“Show Some Backbone” Pass Road, Tasmania

“Theseus Slaying the Minotaur” Archibald Fountain (François-Léon Sicard, Artist), Hyde Park, Sydney

“"Daaarling, This is the Biggest Erection in Australia!" -Jeanie Little, at the Opening of Centrepoint Tower (now named Sydney Tower Eye) on the 25 September, 1981”

“Dame Nellie & Dame Joan” Sydney Opera House

“Pax Vobiscum” Rear view of statue outside St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, commemorating Patrick Francis Moran (1830 – 1911) who was the third Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney.

“For Brianna” The Tasmanian nativehen (or native-hen or native hen or Turbochook!) (Tribonyx mortierii), also known by its palawa kani name piyura, is a flightless rail and one of twelve species of birds endemic to Australia's island state of Tasmania. Hobart Rivulet, South Hobart, Tasmania

“They had brought loaves of bread, butter, biscuits, jam, tins of fruit, ripe plums, bottles of ginger-beer, a kettle to make tea, and anything else they could think of! George and Julian staggered up the cliff with the heavy box.” Isle of Caves, Tasmania

“And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school, and take Turns - No, not you guys up the front! I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking. And Jack... Don't poop on the conch!” Isle of Caves, Tasmania

“Armus” Distorted reflections on the Gordon River, Tasmania

“Galerina Ballerina[s] IV” Galerina(?) species of fungus, Kaoota Tramway Track, Tasmania

“Michael Usnea Finnegan” "Old Man's Beard" Lichen, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

New Podcast episode out now! open.spotify.com/episode/5LXw... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2021 American action film, F9. Thomas misses out on Ice Cream at MIT. Colin witnesses a mass beaching event, and is contaged with a strange icthyoviral enplaguenation.

“Raincatcher” Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata), Mount Field National Park, Tasmania

“It'll Cost You Just Nicholls For a Lake View, Rayner Shine!” Lake Nicholls, and a heavily-obscured Lake Rayner, viewed from the Mount Field East assent, Tasmania.

“Short Back and Sides” Richea pandanifolia (commonly known as Richea or Pandani), Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

“Esau” Lichen and moss microcosm, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

“Boulderdash AKA Word to the Wise: DON'T Drop Your Lens Cap Here!” (Yes, after unstacking WAAAY too many boulders, almost hyperextending an arm, then returning the boulders to original(ish) positions, the lens cap was retrieved - thanks for the help, Helen!) Mount Field East Ascent, Tasmania.

“Beatties Tarn” Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

“Lichen Subscribe XVI” Lake Nicholls Track, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.