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Left Lion

Jason Benz — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:17:32 +0000

This is the Left Lion in front of the Council House in Nottingham. Anyone who has lived in this city for more than a few years will have met someone at this historic rendezvous point. I have spent the last four days in Nottingham catching up with friends by meeting at various bars, cafes and this stone animal. We are back in Grantham now but we will be back to see the jazz band Polar Bear on Friday.

I used some Split-Toning to add a little colour to the grey image.

Desert Sculptures

Jason Benz — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:39:13 +0000

This is one of the sandstone sculptures in the Living Desert Reserve north of Broken Hill.

There is so much to see here we have decided to stay an extra day before heading to Cobar to get some mining photography for stock.

Southport Streets

Jason Benz — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:53:08 +0000

This Street Art was done by Greg McDonald as part of the Southport Urban Art Project Gold Coast. I imagine they hope to emulate the drawing power of Hosier Lane in Melbourne. They certainly add some colour to the city.

Street Art

Jason Benz — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:45:24 +0000

This is an example of the Street Art in Hosier Lane in central Melbourne, Australia.

Stone Heads

Jason Benz — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:41:46 +0000

This was taken on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is one of the tourist drives you can take along the coast. The road was punctuated with bits of artwork like this.

Graffiti City

Jason Benz — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:06:33 +0000

Melbourne is renowned for its street art. You don’t have to go far to see examples and it always seems to be of a certain standard. Maybe they remove anything which is not up to scratch. It is a pity Melbourne‘s construction workers are not so discerning as one destroyed a Banksy last month during a cafe renovation. More surprisingly it is not the first time Melbourne has lost a Banksy.

News Flash: We have just experienced a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Melbourne‘s Eastern Suburbs. 30 seconds of rumble and shake but everything is still standing.

Tin Horse

Jason Benz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:50:32 +0000

This is one of over fifty art installations we saw near Kulin on our way to Wave Rock. We took a slight detour to travel along the Tin Horse Highway but it was worth it to see the ingenious ways local farmers recycled old junk into these humorous sculptures. As you can see from the background it has not been all blue sky here. Western Australia has been experiencing an exceptionally wet year since we landed 7 weeks ago. Some areas have had a year’s worth of rain in a single day. We have seen a little flooding but nothing like the scale the eastern states experienced last year. I am told the sandy nature of the ground here ensures Western Australia can absorb a lot of water. We will be spending one more night on the road before arriving in Hopetoun which will be our base till the end of January.