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Tasmanian ASD dad with GAD, depression, and PTSD & six neuro-and-gender-diverse kids. Amateur photographer and film maker. Lower-case el liberal. Woke! He/Him
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"Reflections on Time: Comparing Apples With Oranges" Three faces of the (although stopped) clock tower of the 1939 Art Deco T&G Building, with one reflected off the glass curtain walls of the early 1970s mid-century modernist Jaffa House on the opposite side of Murray Street in Hobart, Tasmania.

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"Heronymus Bosch" White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) wades in the shallows of Lindisfarne Bay, Tasmania.

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"It's a Kodak Moment" My second ever place of employment, Kodak House once housed both a film/camera/photoframe store and 1 hour photolab on the ground level where I worked, and bulk labs upstairs for supermarket and chemist drop-off multi-day services. 🧵

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"There was a buoy A very strange, enchanted buoy They say it floated very far Very far, over llyn and sea" Lindisfarne Bay, Tasmania

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New episode out now! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2019 science fiction film, Ad Astra. Wikipedia says the writer/director "wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie"".

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"The Electric State" As the city of Hobart, Tasmania, progressed into a new century, the Hobart Gas Company pivoted to electricity generation. It added steam-driven turbo alternators from 1901, and built this chimney to vent steam vapour and coal fumes. 🧵

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"I Want More Dynamics From the Brass!" Its brass cladding and cylinder appearance inspired by an historic gas holder tank built nearby in 1854 (and now long-gone), Federation Concert Hall in Hobart, Tasmania, is home to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

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"The Kids Are... Alright?" View through the glass door into the foyer of an abandoned megachurch in Hobart, Tasmania.

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"Lost Track of Time" Unused rail line approaching Hobart, Tasmania, viewed from the Tasman Bridge.

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"In-Spire-Ational" St David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania

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"Like a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania

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Another episode out now! open.spotify.com/episode/13N1... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2025 American science fiction action-adventure film, The Electric State. 🧵

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"Cast Off, Then All Ahead Flank Right Full Rudder!" Montagu Bay, Tasmania

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"Shadow & Light" Mövenpick Hotel Hobart, Tasmania

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"Reflections on a Once-Public Maternity Hospital" Hobart, Tasmania

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"Snoqualmie River, Near Power House #2" Snoqualmie, WA, USA

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"Hopscotch" Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania

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"Back of Gladstone and Kirksway" Battery Point, Tasmania

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"Death Stair" Bidencopes Lane, Hobart, Tasmania: long been a meeting place for local graffiti and street artists to create their work. Thousands of stencils, letter based pieces, throw ups, characters, tags, paste ups and stickers have been layered up over the years to create an evolving tapestry.

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I'm quite pleased with how this week's podcast turned out: open.spotify.com/episode/5wNo... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2003 action film, 2 Fast 2 Furious. Thomas has an amazing adventure you won't want to miss. Colin dons Urban Camo on his Camera. Thomas actually gives this film A SCORE!

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"Fishing For Likes" Near the Boat Ramp at Kingston, Beach Tasmania

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"Rear Window" Eastern face of the Crowne Plaza hotel, Hobart, Tasmania

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"Portsea Place: A Detailed Revisit, by Request II “Everybody Needs Good Neighbours.”" Placename painted above the door of 62 Montpelier Retreat, Battery Point, Tasmania. The four townhouses of Portsea Place (circa 1850) in the previous post (comprising 54-60 Montpelier Retreat) 🧵

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"Portsea Place: A Detailed Revisit, by Request I “I’d love a study of the name with a couple of courses of bricks above and below.”" 🧵

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"It's Right Two Times a Day" The Art Deco styled T&G Building was constructed by the T&G (Temperance and General) Mutual Life Society of Australia in the 1930s. The photo was, in fact, taken at 9:20am.

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"Klouds Over Kunanyi" View from Bruny Island of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington wearing a cloud toupée, with Tinderbox Bay across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel in the middle distance.

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"Brutal Emergency Exit" The Lands Building in Hobart was built by the Tasmanian Government in two stages, in 1974 and 1976. In 1978, the brutalist building was sold to a private owner, and then leased back to the Government.

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"X-Files Meets CSI:Woodvine Episode 124: The Cow Kicked Nellie in the Belly in the Barn" Woodvine Nature Reserve, Forcett, Tasmania

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Another episode out now! open.spotify.com/episode/2qnZ... This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 1997 American science fiction action film, Starship Troopers. Thomas increases his Calcium intake using Dinosaur bones. Colin raises his outlook, and mis-names this week's movie more than once.

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"Misty Meehan" Viewed from Mornington, the Eucalyptus-covered Meehan Range, named after James Meehan, an early surveyor of colonial Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).

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"But I don't know what to do with those Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs Amidst the Madness, Five Years Ago." The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States, and was built for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors.

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"MoPOP: Contours Amidst the Madness, Five Years Ago." The Museum of Pop Culture, built next to the Space Needle in Seattle, was designed by architect Frank O. Gehry. 3,000 panels, made up of 21 thousand individually cut and shaped stainless steel and painted aluminum shingles, blanket the building.

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