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Bali is a wet place. Raindrops cling to green shoots of rice. And the petals of a lotus flower.
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Bali is a wet place. Raindrops cling to green shoots of rice. And the petals of a lotus flower.
August 29, 2009
Built in 1907, the heritage-listed Wylies Baths in the Sydney beachside suburb of Coogee are one of the many ocean pools and baths that adorn Sydney’s coastline.
August 29, 2009
Detail of the lobby ceiling. Designed by noted Austrian-Australian architect Harry Seidler, the tower was completed in the late 1960s.
August 29, 2009
Sydney’s Customs House is located near Circular Quay and is one the city’s most important historical landmarks. It was constructed in 1845, a very old building by Australian standards.
August 29, 2009
Rice terraces cascade down the mountains as far as the eye can see. South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
August 29, 2009
Volcanic minerals at the summit of Mt Papandayan create pools of the most bizarre colours. West Java, Indonesia.
August 29, 2009
Examples of the highly-expressive effigies, or tau tau, of the Torajan people of south Sulawesi, Indonesia.
August 29, 2009
The smoking crater of the very active Mt Bromo in east Java, Indonesia.
August 28, 2009
Quick service, rusty blades and low, low prices. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
August 28, 2009
Nothing like a nice grooming in the afternoon to send you to sleep. Ubud’s Monkey Forest, Bali.
August 27, 2009
This Escher-like structure is part of the Taman Sari or Water Castle in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, built originally for the pleasure of the Royal Family of Yogyakarta.
August 27, 2009
Small offerings of food, fruit and flowers on woven palm leaf are made to the gods twice daily. The Balinese are a very religous and superstitious people. Their religion is a unique blend of Indian Hinduism and local animism. Bali remained the last bastion of Hinduism on the Indonesian archipelago after the arrival of Islam… [Read more…]
August 29, 2009
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