This morning's walk in #VealeGardens#Adelaide :)
Nice sunny morning with a tiny bit of chill in the air, just perfect!
Took the time to wander and take some shots of the little things, some tiny flowers along the route.
Just realised I’ve been clenching my jaw all day. I wonder why. Along with the Boobs saga, I’ve also been trying to deal with the Electricity Retailer, and had a somewhat interesting phone call with the parents in #Adelaide. Turns out that, yes, they ran the air con in yesterday’s heat (thank goodness) but then Dad got a bad dizzy spell in the evening - and they had to call nurse SIL over, who diagnosed dehydration (again). He was given hydralyte, and I asked Mum to buy some lemonade iceblocks,
These Adelaide tram stops are a bit weird. If you get off an incoming tram to change to another, the display screens are facing away from you. Also the benches are only partly undercover.
Photography in Australia began in 1841 in Sydney as an indirect result of the failed expedition of the French ship Oriental-Hydrographe. What happened to that first Daguerreotype in Australia?
Who was South Australia's first photographer? Previous authorities haven't harmonised.
Revealed: A poster in a shop window changes the history of photography in Australia.
This is history redone and made possible by digitised newspapers.
Yes I'm at Melbourne's Southern Cross Station, about to head off on a proper shiny streamlined long-distance train to Adelaide (and from there by train to Perth).
As always, I'll be writing posts about my trip exclusively for my patrons at Patreon... feel free to join at https://www.patreon.com/timrichards
We have been right in saying that it has been feeling a lot more humid in #Melbourne this summer. I suspect the table in this article is referring to January 2024, not 2023. It shows that Melbourne has experienced 70% humidity so far this month, compared to the long-term average for this month of 47%. #Adelaide has reported 53% humidity this month against a long-term average of 39%. #environment
Looks like we have a new Australian Chess Champion. Rishi Sardana drew his game today, but his nearest competitor, Frederick Lichfield, lost which leaves an unassailable 1.5 point gap with only one game to go.
Sardana has dominated the event and is a worthy winner.
Thanks to @lichess for providing the broadcast of the event.
Rishi Sardana beats Stephen Solomon to all but wrap up his first national title. He is a point clear with two rounds left, and has played all his nearest rivals. Only FM Frederick Lichfield can overtake him and they have already played. A great effort by the young Indian born International Master!
Australian Chess Championship looking very good for Rishi Sardana now. He is a point clear with just three rounds to go, after drawing with the dangerous second seed Trevor Tao. He now has another danger game against ex champion Stephen Solomon, though Solo has not been in the best of form over the last 6 months.
Rest day at the Australian Chess Championship today. Rishi Sardana is clear first scoring a fantastic 5.5/6 in week 1. Sammy Asaka is having an excellent tournament sitting in second on 4.5, and then comes a big group on 4, including Gary Lane who has worked his way back into contention.
Four small framed prints from a new sea shells collection I'm working on, I love iridescence :)
Digital works in ultra-high resolution and delicately detailed, in 10x10inch frames.
Rishi Sardana is finally halted at the Australian Chess Championship. FM Frederick Lichfield is having an excellent tournament and holds Sardana to a draw, though he had good winning chances, so the top seed would have been happy to escape with a draw in the end.