Voyages Sans Frontieres: September 2006

Playing the Tourist!

Playing the tourist in New York City!

Today I took the opportunity to take the free Staten Island ferry so I could see the views from the trip. Once back on Manhattan, I walked up through the financial district - up Broadway with a detour via Ground Zero to Canal Street.

Manhattan from Roosevelt Island Ferry (from Roosevelt Island to 2nd Ave / 60th Street)

2nd Avenue from Roosevelt Island Tram

Manhattan from Staten Island Ferry

Statue of Liberty from Staten Island Ferry

Staten Island

Fountain, Staten Island

New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street

Catholic Church, financial district, New York

New York Courts

...But is it ART??

September 11 - 5 years on

Here is a photo I took from my apartment window on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11.

Australia Trip

I have just returned from a very quick trip to Australia! I was mainly in Alice Springs where my brothers and their wives as well as my parents were all visiting. Plus my uncle & aunt thrown in for good measure! Thanks again Phil & Kylie for putting up with us all!!

The trip also gave me a good excuse to play with my new camera!

At the Alice Springs Desert Park birds of prey show

Gum tree at Owen Springs, where Phil now works - just outside Alice Springs

Sunset - near Phil & Kylie's house, Alice Springs

Another Gum tree - near Phil & Kylie's house in Alice Springs

'The Family'! Alice Springs

Coogee Beach, Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Harbour Bridge & Opera House

Sydney from McMahons Point

Views of New York

As promised, here are some more photos of Roosevelt Island, where I live, and New York in general. I have bought myself a new toy (digital camera!), so have been a bit trigger happy!