The Leader's School

The Leader's School

This is Mao Ze Dong's school, Hunan First Normal College. It is one place of a maze where every turn looks similar. The teacher had warned us to stick together as we will be sure to be loss if we go out from the group. I had taken the image and post processed it as to give it a modern "old" postcard look. Below is our news from their website.

12月29日，2006年印尼华裔青少年冬令营成员与我校学生进行了新年联欢。冬令营一行170余人参观了青年毛泽东纪念馆，瞻仰了青年毛泽东铜像，缅怀了毛泽东等老一辈革命家的丰功伟绩。尔后与我校学生进行了“我们都是一家人”的大联欢，双方表演了十余个异彩纷呈的节目。我校学生与印尼青少年还互赠了礼物，双方增进了对彼此的了解，建立了国际友谊。

(courtesy of hnfnc.edu.cn)

Rusty Tiles

Rusty Tiles

Dirty, "rusty" roof overlooking the foggy sky from an elevated land. I cannot remember the place name though.

The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers, the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction and wider concepts of architectural design and practice and may also be governed by local or national legislation.
In most countries a roof protects primarily against rain. Depending upon the nature of the building, the roof may also protect against heat, against sunlight, against cold and against wind. If the roof is the covering for a house, then all these protective functions are called into play. Other types of structure, for example, a garden conservatory, might utilise roofing that protects against cold, wind and rain but admits light. A verandah may be roofed with material that protects against sunlight but admits the other elements.

(courtesy of wikipedia.com)

Tilted Cover

Tilted Cover

A cover for a walkway. The way the attap almost touching the ground is absurdly weird to me. Where was the architect?

On The Making

On The Making

A bulding in the making showing the raw bricks and wood to support the attap. The picture was post processed to give a warm look as to show the mood of the whole antiqueness of the simple building.

Quad Quack

Quad Quack

This picture was taken in the Melbourne University's South lawn overlooking the Uni's Old Arts. However, people refer to the place as Old Quad which is more famous. I was on my way home from Baillieu Library when there was these two seagulls chirping in its highest notes. I took the picture from several angle and I like this the most. The sky was processed to make it darker and more contrasty.




Birds Sing Songs, Chatter, Call, Talk or Whistle for a variety
of reasons.

Just like other pets, birds have a need to communicate to
their owners, other birds and other pets in the home the
bird's needs, feelings or emotions. Birds have their own
unique way of communicating their desires through body
language and through their voice.


Talking

A Bird talks when it is content and happy and wants to
send a message to the another bird or it's owner.


Whistling

When a bird whistles it is communicating that the bird feels
content, safe and is at ease in it's world.


Chattering

Some birds just like to talk, talk about anything; their
environment, how they feel, the state of the union....
so to communicate their thoughts, they chatter/chirp, sometimes
incessantly, sometimes loud, sometimes soft.

Young birds chirp or chatter when they want fed. Birds in
the wild often chatter as a warning sign to other birds that
something is not right in their environment, or as a call
to attract another bird's attention.


Singing

While there are many reasons why a bird sings, it generally
can be divided into:

When it is communicating a message to another bird
When it is communicating a message to it's owner
When it is content and happy and just feels like singing a song


More Specifically Birds Call or Sing:

* Calling or singing to attract a mate.

* Calling or singing to establish the bird's territory

* As an indication of the readiness of either or both
partners for sexual activity

* Maintain a bond between male and female bird

* As a way of communication between parent and young

* As a means of warning it's mate or other members of the flock
of danger

* As a means of gathering a flock together or finding each other

* As a means of encouragement to fellow flock members (such
as the case of geese flying and calling to other members to
keep up

* As a tactic of intimidation to predators or other birds

* Birds do practice their songs, calling and talking through repetition

(courtesy of Petey, Petunia & Tweet Tweet)

Full In Inside

Full In Inside

Look carefully into the picture and you will be able to see the fine row of people walking out Baillieu Library. The knowledge of the brains seems like exploding out of the maze of brains.

Smoothie Reflection

Smoothie Reflection

Police parking in the middle of the road: fine. We park in the middle of the road: fine ($500). Well, there was a taxi driver demonstration in the flinders and there were a lot of policemen. I find the car is very interesting under the yellow flinder's street light and the blir and red light from the police car. There was also this beautiful reflection of the flinders tower on the back of the car's window.

Be On Time

Be On Time

A shot of Flinder's dome and clock. The clock was framed slightly off centered to balance the green dome on the top right hand of the picture. The sky looks abit too black, would be more dramatic if it were at late dusk. Anyway, talking about be on time, I think I need to improve my sense of punctuality.

Tower of Reflection

Tower of Reflection

This building is an eye catcher due to the clock tower and the old victorian style of the building. Many people will sit around on the grass or the bench pondering, studying, chatting or maybe stoning.



The main building was constructed between 1919 and 1924 to a design by the Victorian Public Works Department. It was faced in sandstone from Kyneton, near Bendigo.

(courtesy unimelb.edu)

Eureka Plane

Eureka Plane


Another shot of Eureka today. the moon has become "fuller" and more lights in Eureka was on. There was a small propeller plane just nice flying when I took the photo. I had deliberately placed a small scale model of Eureka on the bottom corner to add a last touch to the picture.

Eureka

Eureka

Eureka is finally completed, as what it appears to me. No more crane on top of it. The moon is real, the picture was significatly sharpened and lightened up as this was shot handheld at 88mm on top of a park bench with a chilling strong wind.

Eureka Tower is an apartment building in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. Construction began in 2001 and the exterior completed on the *1st of June 2006. The plaza will be finished in June.

Eureka Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere and the tallest residential building in the world when measured to the roof and its amount of liveable floors. However, the Q1 apartment tower in Gold Coast, Queensland has a higher structural tip at 322.5m in height, which by skyscraper standards technically makes it the taller residential tower.

On January 10, 2005, Grocon, the firm building Eureka Tower proposed adding a 53.75m communications mast/observation tower. The proposal is currently before the local planning commission. This mast would be a significant structure, used for providing an adventure climb to the tip of the summit - the highest observation area in the Southern Hemisphere. The 'Big E' as it is known amongst skyscraper enthusiasts, will (by original plan) rise 297.2m above ground (exactly 300m above sea level), and stand at 91 storeys above the ground, as well as one basement floor.

On April 16, 2006, a new proposal was announced that the construction company and developers were considering options for the building to have a "skywalk" that would take daring people up 350 metres high. The proposed structure may also house a communication tower.

On May 23, 2006, the crane ontop of the tower was dismantled by a smaller crane, which was dismantled by a smaller crane that could be taken down the service elevator.
Eureka Tower was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia and is being built by Grocon (Grollo Australia). It was designed using the latest version of ArchiCAD by Graphisoft.
Eureka Tower's lift core superseded the height of Rialto Towers on November 9, 2004.
Eureka Tower will have an Observation Deck and Nightclub on the top floor.
Eureka Tower has 24 Carat Gold Glass windows on the top 8 floors of the Building.

(courtesy wikipedia.com)

Shrine of Rememberance

Shrine of Rememberance

Picture of the war memorial, Shrine of Rememberance. On every Anzac Day, there will be families or old ex-soldiers commemorating there with all the badges worn. Lius is decending the great northern stairs.

The Shrine of Remembrance, located in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. It was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but soon came to be seen as Australia's major memorial to all the 60,000 Australians who died in the war. It now serves as a memorial for all Australians who served in war and it is the site of annual observances of ANZAC Day (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November).

Inside the Shrine is the Sanctuary, which contains the Stone of Remembrance. This is a marble stone sunk below the pavement, where visitors must bow their heads to read the inscription:

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

The Stone is aligned with an aperture in the roof of the Sanctuary so that a ray of sunlight falls on the word LOVE on the Stone of Remembrance at exactly 11am on 11 November, marking the hour and day of the Armistice which ended World War I. Unfortunately the introduction of daylight saving in Victoria meant that the ray of sunlight was no longer in the right place at 11am. A mirror has now been installed in the roof to direct sunlight onto the Stone at 11am. During the rest of the year, a light is used to simulate the effect.

(courtesy wikipedia.com)

Crown

Crown


Shot outside Crown. The left side is the vertical fountain. Casino, lavish, wealth, but still there are so much emptiness in the sky.


Crown Casino

The Crown Casino includes two hotel towers, a number of exclusive fashion stores, top class restaurants, food courts, cinema complex and more. A notable feature is its entrance, commonly known as the 'light room', this enormous hall, situated at the entrance to the complex, boasts a sound and picture display under the themes of the four seasons.

Crown provides several traditional casino games including Blackjack, Baccarat, and Roulette but it was also the founder of an electronic version of Roulette known as Rapid Roulette. Rapid Roulette is essentially the same as traditional roulette but rather than players placing bets on a layout, all gaming takes place on a personal electronic touch screen connected to a central roulette wheel. The benefit of this is that the player has easy access to the entire betting layout, and due to the electronic nature of the game, it is both fast and accurate. Rapid Roulette has been in use for several years, and recently Rapid Bigwheel and Rapid Sicbo have been developed. There are currently plans for a workable Rapid Blackjack model.

Crown Casino is a popular destination for youth, as the complex incorporates several nightclubs, fast food restaurants and youth oriented shops and is home to a popular electronic games arena, Galactic Circus. Crown Casino is a unit of the Australian media conglomerate PBL.

(courtesy wikipedia.com)

Gloomy Gloomy Day

Gloomy Gloomy Day

Shot in Trinity but I am not very sure about the building's name. Supposed to give a gloomy and cold feeling like what Melbourne is having now. Rain and cloudy

Leeper Building (Alexander Leeper was the first warden of Trinity) & it is the oldest at Trinity
College - from 1875 - & the first ever college building in Melbourne.

(Courtesy of Tamar Lewit)
Lecturer in Charge, History of Ideas in Trinity College

Note: Sold for A$15 in October 2006

Chain Of Law

Chain Of Law

Taken at Melbourne University old law building. This building has been converted to become more of an arts building. For example, theaterical studies. Taken with a picture of the chain surrounding the central grass parch.


Built : 1854 - 1970
Built in the Victorian period in the Neo-Gothic style

Notable architectural features :

The Law School Building and Old Quadrangle is architecturally significant as a stylistic demonstration of the Universitys close links with British universities in the mid-nineteenth century. The use of the Gothic revival style was a clear demonstration of this association and was expressed through such elements as the quadrangle form, castellated parapets, cloisters, bayed windows, and pinnacled and gabled parapet ends.

Building design by : F.M White

(courtesy of walkingmelbourne.com)

World's Tallest Residential Building

World's Tallest Residential Building

World's tallest residential building is located in surfer's paradise, goldcoast.

Constructed by the Sunland Group and completed in late 2005, Q1 (meaning Queensland Number One) stands 323 metres high or 80 stories. This surpasses the 297 metre high Eureka Tower located in Melbourne, in terms of height to the spire, but falls short of Eureka's 92 floors of liveable space. Eureka's observation deck is also a good 20 stories higher. Q1 tower has a two storey observation deck and a ten storey skygarden. The tower also boasts the world's longest spire at 97.5 metres.

(courtesy wikipedia.com)