Simon Thomas Photography

2011 Brisbane Flood : Waterford/Buccan 12th and 13th days.

2011-01-11T18:49:00.000-08:00

Some Photo's taken this morning at the nearby roads of our home.

The Water is still rising slowy.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOTHING

COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER AREA'S AROUND

BRISBANE ARE GETTING!

The 12th:

This is one street away North-

Note the Gauge is sitting at 3Meters-

These next two are the street South behind us-

And these last few were taken a couple of km's away-

The 13th:

Note that some of these are in the same locations as yesterday photos (above) but

alot worse.

This next shot is the same road North yesterday, were the I shot

the barn and flood indictators (see above) cant walk far

enough down to see the Barn and the flood indicators are under-

Same again as yesterdays road south of me-

This is the road West of me and runs behind us (didnt check here yesterday)

Flood Markers are under-

Dwarf Tree Frog

2010-11-09T23:27:00.000-08:00

Found this frog in our house last night so i caught it and took him outside and placed him on a stem of a pot plant for a few photos-

And on my pinky finger to give idea of actual size-

Project F

2010-10-31T22:44:00.000-07:00

One's Self

There Is Hope

Tonights Shelter

Old Muscle and a Dragon

2010-10-24T23:45:00.000-07:00

A couple taken yesterday-

Splash!

2010-10-09T21:58:00.000-07:00

With all this wet weather outside, what is one supposed to do?.... Inside macro time!

New South Wales

2010-09-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

Had a small family holiday on the north coast of NSW last weekend.

The Mantid

2010-09-17T00:11:00.000-07:00

Caught this Mants today for some shot's, total length around 4cm.

My Wedding Shots

2010-09-13T22:42:00.000-07:00

I recently got married a few weeks ago (27/8/2010) and even tho we had a photographer, it didnt stop me getting my camera out for a few snaps of my beautiful wife.

Austinville Haunted House

2010-09-05T16:37:00.000-07:00

There are alot of storys about this place.

These were built just after ww2 by a veteran for himself his family and a caretaker, and killed them all down in the basement followed with his suicide.

The Main House-

The Care Taker-

The Granny Cottage-

(This also had a bomb shelter built on the other side too, which had been made from a double skin of besa bricks and the shelter was heavily overgrown by Lantena, so no pics on the bomb shelter.)

The Baby Huntsman Portrait

2010-08-23T23:07:00.000-07:00

Found this baby Huntsman spider crawling across the ceiling, so i caught him for a portrait.
3.06:1 Mag Ratio.

And the baby next to a 5cent coin to give an idea of actual size-

Knee Deep in Mud

2010-08-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

I was up to the knees in mud with the DA15mm getting these shots, the mud squishing up between my toes did feel nice....in a funky kind of way.

Thirsty Jumper

2010-08-10T05:27:00.000-07:00

Was raining outside today, so i decided to see what i could find outside and came across this wet little
guy drinking from a rain droplet.

3.4:1 Mag Ratio

Hello Gecko

2010-08-07T03:35:00.000-07:00

Spotted this 3cm long Asian Gecko outside my window and caught him for a quik snap.
2:1 Macro-

Excavation

2010-08-06T20:17:00.000-07:00

Just went out for a quick walk to today with the new lens.

Out of Fuel

2010-07-30T07:15:00.000-07:00

The Abandoned Petrol Station

Nepalese Temple, Parkland's and WW2 Artillery

2010-07-24T02:18:00.000-07:00

Spent the morning at Southbank and surrounding area's.

Leper Colony of Decay

2010-07-18T04:38:00.000-07:00

Abandoned Leper Colony on Peel Island

"Opened in 1907 and closed in the 1950's. The Peel Lazaret was perhaps Queensland's first truly multi cultural community. For within its small confines were Chinese, Aborigines, South Sea Islanders, and whites of both European and Australian origin. They were housed in four compounds: white males, white
females, coloured males, and coloured females. The whites had individual wooden huts, as
did the coloured women, but the coloured men were housed, four to a hut. Peak population was 82"
There must have been at least 40 of these huts here.

And a friendly neighbour...

Back to the Mental Asylum

2010-07-11T02:35:00.000-07:00

Went back to the asylum today, (check March entry for last visit).
This building opened in the 1860's and closed in the 1930's.

Ghost Ship of Darkness

2010-07-03T08:09:00.000-07:00

I returned to the Ghost Ship in tonights darkness for another set.

Dark Side of the Moon

2010-06-26T08:18:00.000-07:00

Just one from tonight's lunar eclipse, half way through the eclipse it clouded over and couldnt shoot anymore, so only ended up with the start of it :(

Streaming Stars and Streaming Water

2010-06-15T01:52:00.000-07:00

Macro

2010-06-15T00:53:00.000-07:00

2:1 macro of a tiny spider that is smaller than my little finger nail.

Abandoned Mountain Home

2010-06-15T00:38:00.000-07:00

This abandoned home was tucked away on the quiet side of a mountain.

City Scape

2010-05-22T22:55:00.000-07:00

Had a family outing at a park on the outskirts of Brisbane and got a couple shots in of the cityscape before the sky casted over.

Plane Spotting

2010-05-15T22:18:00.000-07:00

Spent the morning on the second Gateway Bridge opening ceremony walk. And decided to do some plane

spotting. The weather was horrid, huge ugly grey cloud swamped the whole sky!

Tower of Power

2010-05-02T20:53:00.000-07:00

Went out to these power tower's today for a quick sess.
Last one is Infrared.

Steaming and Blooming

2010-05-02T03:11:00.000-07:00

Tunnels, Star Trails, Streams and Infrared Dreams

2010-04-26T00:52:00.000-07:00

Spent the long weekend away camping, and camp back with these.

Vee Streak

2010-04-21T02:40:00.000-07:00

Being stuck inside on a rainy day, i decided to dig out my old Sigma macro lens and have a bit of fun with some H20 and a compact disc.

Little Abandoned Home

2010-04-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

This abandoned little house is on the same road as the house i posted earlier in the week.

Once Home....Now Decayed

2010-04-14T04:03:00.000-07:00

Been eyeing off this abandoned house on the way to work over the last few weeks. Finished early today went home grabbed the camera and set off and took these-

Abandoned Mental Asylum

2010-04-09T22:46:00.000-07:00

The Abandoned Wolston Mental Asylum

This facility dates back to around 1880 and is now abandoned since it shut down many many years ago.
Now this facility has around 10 buildings in total, over the years this place has had thousands of patients, all suffering from one from of metal illness or another.
There is almost no information about this facilities history on the net, only storeys and rumours.

From what ive read and heard about this place, its history is nothing to be proud of, many patients here received shock therapy, ice baths, consolatory confinement, experimental medicines etc… and were treated very badly, many people died here from suicide or other causes, and were buried in a cemetery with graves only marked by one letter and one number ( eg. D6 etc…)

You could used to be able to go inside the buildings, but its all boarded up pretty good now and only a few rooms can be accessed.
A lot of people who have visited this dark place said that they have seen ghosts, had cold chills, heard voices and seen faces in the windows. Whilst I was there I didn’t experience any of this, except something strange happened and can not explain it, my lens fogged up quite badly when I was walking around the women’s building, and then cleared up rather quickly.

Other than that a few kangaroos surprised the hell out of me by jumping out in front of me from bushes. This place is full of kangaroo’s, they were not at all impressed by me wandering around.

Anyway here are the pics-

Abandoned Train Tanker Yard.

2010-04-03T18:50:00.000-07:00

I spent Easter Saturday (yesterday) at my in-law's and got out for a bit and took this opportunity

to explore this abandoned train tanker yard near by.

2010-04-03T18:11:00.000-07:00

Well this is my first entry to my blog, I'll kick it off with some of my previous photos.