Photo Competition #17 - Ends 19-July

[werdan]

TRANSPORTATION!

Any sort of transportation, public or private. Petrol power. Pedal power. Puppy power! Whatever takes your fancy.

Rules:

Location details required.
Corrective post processing allowed. Cropping is allowed. No HDR.
Up to 2 photos per poster allowed but only one from before the time of this post is allowed to be submitted.


(refer also to general rules)

Entries close at 10pm Sunday 19th July so get to work!

Happy snapping! :)

Cheers
Andrew.

[drivesafe]

The first picture is public transportation, this is a 48 class on a Work Train just west of Gravesend , on the now abandoned Moree - Inverell line, circa 1976.

The second picture is private transport, the Puffing Billy, 2008.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/03/565.jpg

[richard4u2]

this poor little landy towing a truck towing a trailer with a house boat up back . at kalgan river western australia

[vnx205]

Not a very artistic photo, but at least it qualifies on three grounds.

It shows two forms of transport and one is being used to transport the other.

The car is 21 years old. The kayak was about 21 hours old when the photo was taken this morning.

This is the fifth strip built kayak I have completed. This one, like the previous two, is my own design and fits into the ICF TK1 class.

It weighs 8.3kg and is constructed from Paulownia, WRC and Redwood with one layer of 125gsm glass and epoxy resin inside and out.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/16/2005444/On%20car.jpg

[numpty]

Very nice looking kayak there mate. You must be proud of that. Makes my 20 yr old fibreglass TK1 look positively barge like, and it was pretty much state of the art in 1980.:eek:

[vnx205]

I have a fibreglass slalom kayak that was state of the art in 1969. In fact it was what they were using in the Olympics in the 60s. Imagine how out of date that is now.:)

[the badger]

16796 My entry..this was my transport to work in the summer..the legendary 'blue flash'..:D used to scare the pheasants but that was all:D

[200tdi]

90 defender struggling to get up Referance Trk near Neerim Sth 12th July 2009

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/881.jpg


Taken 11-8-2006 Near Leigh creek S.A.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/882.jpg

[isuzutoo-eh]

Big power for the Carlingford Branch:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1280.jpg

Between the 22-6-09 and 3-7-09 part of the Clyde-Carlingford Railway in Sydney was relaid with concrete sleepered track. Instead of the usual 4 car electric sets, an assortment of motive power was used on the trackwork trains. In this photo taken on the 25-6-09 you can see a pair of B class (Ex VR) locos led by a 422 class (ex SRA) just out of site to the left.

It was quite a spectacle, this spot is on a very steep grade (~1:35) and the train had to move forward one wagon length at a time. The three throbbing locos were notched up enthusiastically till the train was moving then full brakes applied.
Photo has been cropped and resized with no other modifications.
Cheers,
Mark

[numpty]

I have a fibreglass slalom kayak that was state of the art in 1969. In fact it was what they were using in the Olympics in the 60s. Imagine how out of date that is now.:)

That would be close to a KW7 wouldn't it?

[vnx205]

That would be close to a KW7 wouldn't it?

A Lettmann. Similar to the KW7.

[drivesafe]

Big power for the Carlingford Branch:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1280.jpg

Fantastic photo Mark.

I reckon the 422s were the best locos ever used in NSW ( certainly the best I ever worked ), built in 1969 and all bar one are still in use all over Oz.

BUT I would have loved to have seen and HEARD the two “B” classes in action.

A little trivia, you often see model locos painted up in different colour schemes of real locos but that red coloured “B” is actually painted up in the colour scheme of a model railway manufacturer.

[jezz]

Mini Owners Club Moke Muster trip to Alice Springs last year.

[jezz]

Ok cheers,, all fixed.

[Chucaro]

During one of our stops from Calingford NSW to Bunadaberg at the beginning of our 8 month trip with my wife.
On the way back south to Adelaide we purchased a trailer and the handling of the BMW 100R improved a lot :D
Nikon 601AF, Nikkor 35-70 Fuji film

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/10/517.jpg

[WhiteD3]

It's a bridge.....transport related.......the topic didn't say it had to be a vehicle:D

Kurilpa bridge, Brisbane CBD, taken today.

Yes, this mess of "pick up sticks" will apparently stay up:eek:


http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2926/pict0013qxg.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1531/pict0001y.jpg

Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurilpa_Bridge,_Brisbane)

[Chucaro]

The bridge may be not but the self-propelled cherry picker it is :D

[numpty]

A Lettmann. Similar to the KW7.

One of my brothers had one of these.

[stirlsilver]

Thai Airways Boeing 777
Somewhere east of singapore
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/560.jpg
Exposure: 70sec
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 17mm

I got bored on the flight (as you do after 8 hours) so I used 2 pillows and sat the camera facing out the exit door window. I used the pillows to seal up everything so no light from the inside of the cabin could get in. Exposed for 70 seconds and the result ended up quite good!! What is really interesting is how stable the plane actually is!

[werdan]

A shot from today..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/672.jpg
East Doncaster



And one from a few weeks back..
(Geez I love these things. It must be a sickness. :) )
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/673.jpg
Neerim South

[Bushie]

An older one

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/667.jpg

Lighter than air



Martyn

[mjm295]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/662.jpg

[Landy Leon]

this picture was taken at Kenilworth in QLD along the Mary river.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/654.jpg

this picture was taken at the Daintree river crossing in QLD.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/655.jpg

[p38arover]

The side of the Queen Mary at Longbeach, California (taken May 2009)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/644.jpg

[marting]

This photo was taken during a very wet (and muddy) ride through the Condamine Gorge in SE Qld. This was part of a solo, 8 month long ride from Cape York to Healesville foloowing the Bicentennial National Trail.

[Taz]

Still trying to take a good shot of my rover. This shot taken a few weeks ago from South Perth, was a little too late to get the best light, and I'm not sure that the background detracts from the P5B which is meant to be the focus. Oh well - live an learn :)

http://taznkaz.gallery.netspace.net.au/albums/album07/2009_6_Fuji160C_XE1_046c_001.jpg
Minolta101, 24mm, Fuji160C

[p38arover]

Nice car!

[werdan]

Since Bushie has gone AWOL, I guess we are up to voting..

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Competition is now closed.

Votes should be cast in this thread up to 10pm on Tuesday evening.

If a poster has multiple entries please try to differentiate between them either by name or 'Posters 1st' etc.

[werdan]

1. stirlsilver
2. p38arover
3. Landy Leon ("attacks may cause injury or death")

[dullbird]

Stirlsilver
p38rover

[WhiteD3]

1) Stirlsilver
2) mjm295
3) P38arover

[drivesafe]

1.) longing4alandy

2.) stirlsilver

3.) 200tdi - Leigh Ck

[extreme]

1. landy leon (canoes)
2. drivesafe (range rover/puffing billy)
3. numptys missus (camel train)

[p38arover]

Taz - Rover car
Stirsilver - wingtip
Marting - muddy bike

[Chucaro]

1. Landy Leon
2. stirlsilver
3. p38arover

[Bushie]

Since Bushie has gone AWOL, I guess we are up to voting..

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Competition is now closed.

Votes should be cast in this thread up to 10pm on Tuesday evening.

If a poster has multiple entries please try to differentiate between them either by name or 'Posters 1st' etc.


Only temporarily AWOL :eek:. I'm back now. Thanks for closing and starting the voting.

Not sure my PC is with me though - seeming to take ages to open any pages here for the last couple of days, but intermittent.


Martyn

[Bushie]

Stirlsilver - B 777
200tdi - Leigh Creek
Werdan - East Doncaster



Martyn

[isuzutoo-eh]

1. Taz - Rover car
2. Drivesafe - Puffing Billy and RR
3. P38a - Queen Mary's rivets

[Taz]

1. Drivesafe - Work Train
2. 200Tdi - Haul Pack

[mjm295]

1. stirlsilver
2. werdan (bike)

[Bushie]

Winner for this week - Stirlsilver

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/560.jpg


Equal second (or should that be third)

LandyLeon and Taz


Stirlsilver - Congratulations - You now have the honour of thinking of a new topic for competition #19 to finish on 2nd August. The new topic can be posted up anytime between now and Saturday.

Martyn