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Editorial

OK, so the new FTP uploading arrangement seems to work pretty well so let's get this show back on the road...well I'm not on the road these days as you know, but you get the idea.

Actually I am on the road a fair bit at present, because Geri lives in Hervey Bay and that's about a 2-hour drive away, plus I've met a swag of new friends down there so I do tend to drive down a lot.

Getting back to my website problems. I don't use any fancy WYSIWYG programs, yes I do use a 22-year-old version of Dreamweaver but I just use it as an editor, and even that is being ditched now in favour of Sublime Text, a fantastic text editor that I will also be using for other coding jobs in future.

So Here is an example of the code on this site, specifically the first few lines of this very page.

<?php
define ('ROOT_PATH', "../../../");
define ('ISSUE', "102");
define ('COMMENT_FILE', "issue-" . ISSUE);
define ('PAGE_TITLE', "The GRAYnomad Chronicles :: #". ISSUE);
include(ROOT_PATH . 'php/page_header.php');

include(ROOT_PATH . 'php/imagebase/ib_td.php');
include(ROOT_PATH . 'php/info_images.php');
PrintImageInfoPopupCode($info_images[ISSUE]);
PrintImageCornerStyles();
?>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../css/css_main.css" type="text/css">
<?php PrintChronicleTableStart(); ?>
<p class="paraHeading">Editorial</p>

<p>OK, so the new FTP uploading arrangment seems to work pretty well so let's get this show back on the road...

Everything is either hardcoded HTML or more likely hardcoded PHP that generate the HTML.

Yeah I know that's old school, and I have used the likes of WIX and Squarespace in the past, even gave WIX another try recently to get around my problems, but I always come back to simple products that don't try to do too much.

And heck, I just enjoy coding.


Till next time then, and remember,

Don't Dream it, Be it!

Fri 07 Jul 2023

Here we are back on the Scarness jetty in Hervey Bay, watching these pretty little birds.

  #35188 - House martins, Scarness Pier, Hervey Bay, QLD

And photographing the carousel thingie.


 
 

Sat 08 Jul 2023

I kinda liked this old house and it's sheduled for demolition so I took a photo of it.

  #35189 - Derelict house, Scarness, Hervey Bay, QLD

Fri 21 Jul 2023

And speaking of photos, I just bought a new camera.


 

It's what they call a "bridge" camera, meaning that they are normally used by people with point-and-shoot cameras to bridge into the DSLR world. Of course I've been using SLR and DSLR gear for 50 years and I don't need to bridge anything. But I though that getting a smaller camera that does most of what my pro gear does would be a good idea. So after a lot of research I bought the Lumix FZ2500.

Time will tell if this is a good idea or not.

Geri is buying things as well, her old car pretty much died a few months ago so we've been looking around for something new, new to her that is as we are not interested in a new car, and by that I mean anything post 2000, even electric windows is an automatic disqualification for any vehicle we own.

So when passing the Toyota dealer we noticed a '98 Camry. New car dealers don't normally stock older vehicles, they pass them off to the small yards, but this large dealer had one so we drop in to have a look and as soon as she saw the window winders she was hooked.


 

It'll take a day or two to settle the paperwork. Meanwhile we go into the main street for a coffee and I take a couple of photos of the building facades with my new camera. So far I like it.

  #35198 - Building facade, Bundaberg, QLD


 

Sat 22 Jul 2023

Back into Bundy, this time to check out one of the markets.


 

I don't find it that interesting so go for a wander to try out the new camera some more.


 

It was OK for this egret shot but this is with the digital zoom maxed out. The quality is not bad considering I guess, but the bird is slow moving so I'm not sure how this camera will work out for wildlife overall. That said, I mostly do general pictorial stuff of old farm buildings etc these days, and I'm sure it will be just fine for that.

Then I spy some boats in the slip yard.


 
 

  #35200 - Slipped boat and river apartments, Bundaberg, QLD

Nearby are a lot of homeless people camping in the park.


 
 
 
 

This is a growing problem here in Oz (and many other countries it seems), and from what I can see at least the local council here are not moving these people on as I've seen them around here for quite some time.

And finally a couple of photos of the old bridges that cross the Burnett river.

The first one is the railway bridge.

  #35201 - Railway bridge, Bundaberg, QLD

And this one is the old (there's a new one as well, further up river) road bridge.


 

Wed 26 Jul 2023

Installing one of those huge bird netting enclosures.


 

The Bundaberg area is quite the bread basket of Australia, well one of them at least. The climate is mild and the soil good so just about anything will grow around Bundy. These nets are a common sight.

Fri 28 Jul 2023

The view from Wallaby Ridge this morning.

  #35202 - Mountain in fog, Moolboolaman, QLD

Noice eh?

One day I'll figure out what that mountain is called.

Tue 01 Aug 2023

Hello big boy.

  #35203 - Pretty-faced wallaby, Moolboolaman, QLD

Thu 03 Aug 2023

Out and about around Gin Gin.

  #35204 - Cow in dam, Gin Gin, QLD

The main street has a park all the way down the center. It's a very pleasant space that divides the highway into north- and south-bound roads.

  #35288 - Mulgrove Street park, Gin Gin, QLD


 The north-bound lane of the main street.

  #35205 - Cemetery and cane farm, Gin Gin, QLD

This old shovel has been visible from my road for years but way over in a paddock, and even though for all that time I've thought about photographing it that would require knocking on the owner's door and that was all too hard.

But today I see that it's been walked up to the road so I grab a few photos.

  #35206 - Derelict machine, Moolboolaman, QLD


 

A couple of days later it's gone, got sold I suppose.

Sat 05 Aug 2023

Back into Bundy today but on the way I see that one of the local farmers is harvesting his sugar cane right close to the road, too good an opportunity to miss I reckon.


 

  #35208 - Cane harvesting, Gin Gin, QLD

  #35209 - Cane harvesting, Gin Gin, QLD

  #35210 - Cane harvesting, Gin Gin, QLD (zoomable image)

Moving on I see these guys picking strawberries.

  #35211 - Strawberry picking, Gin Gin, QLD

And finaly in the main street of Bundy a band is jamming in the pavillion.

  #35213 - Jam session, Bundaberg, QLD

I have to say that I'm loving this new camera, while it's not pocketable it is small enough to carry around wherever I go and certainly to have in the car all the time. Without it I would not have got any of the about images, not that I couldn't with the pro gear, it's just that I wouldn't, wouldn't be bothered carrying all the bodies and lenses required to replicate what this Lumix does.

I think that this camera can do most of what I want to do these days, it's no good for macro or fast action I think, but that's not what I'm into now.

Comments

Date  ::   03 Oct 2024
Name  ::   Robert
Location  ::   Sydney
Comment  ::   Hi Rob,
It is great to see your site back on line. I have missed the colour and action at Wallaby ridge and the areas round about.
Looking forward to more of your posts. Thank you for the work you put into these.
   
Date  ::   03 Oct 2024
Name  ::   GRAYnomad
Comment  ::   No problems Robert. It would be a shame not to continue after 20+ years eh?

I'll try to catch up now, working on 103 as we speak.
   
Date  ::   04 Oct 2024
Name  ::   Rod
Location  ::   Perth
Comment  ::   Love it, best 'dog ate my homework' excuse ever ;)
Nah, only joking. Good to see you back Rob
keep the updates coming
Rod
   
Date  ::   23 Dec 2024
Name  ::   erik Huijsmans
Location  ::   Netherlands
Comment  ::   thanks for al the updates. I have to check more often. Love reading/looking at your site/live
   

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