User talk:Mattinbgn/Archive 2

Railway structures

I am thinking also about categories here - way more relaxing as you said. I think there should be something for railway buildings (ie include station masters' houses too). Want to categorise Image:Gundagai railway station 2006.jpg for example. What would we do abbout silos? Regards --Matilda (talk) 05:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I have created Category:Train stations in the Riverina for the time being as it aligns with a NSW parent --Matilda (talk) 05:51, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I know you were teasing about the wooden RC churches but I do think the categories are fascinating glimpses into what the Riverina is like - looking at the images say at Category:Post offices in the Riverina it is like going for a drive - there are certainly differences but the flatness, the sky, the odd tree, the quietness - people aren't much in the pictures and I don't think that is just becasue we wait for them to get out of the way though there is some of that.

Not sure why you aren't classifying by the bond of the brick though :-) and there are definitely subtelties in weatherboard lapping but I have never heard them named.

Google street is really cool - yesterday I drove up and down our street, the street where my brother lives, the street where we holiday- it is really remote so they have covered a lot of ground. Regards --Matilda (talk) 07:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Image

Hi,

Giggy replyed on there talk page. Don't worry I swear that the photo of the Murrumbidgee River near Hay was uploaded since I seen it! Bidgee (talk) 09:36, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I think I found it! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/HayMurrumbidgeeRiver.JPG (Thanks to Google!) Bidgee (talk) 09:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Hay railway station http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:EIGM-WbvBXgJ:commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:HayRailwayPlatform.JPG+Image:HayRailwayPlatform.JPG&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au&client=firefox-a Bidgee (talk) 10:30, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem! Better then being lost forever! I know what it's like to lose photos which you can't really replace as I lost over 5gb worth of photos from the Northern Territory as I forgot to back-up my hdd which was killed by lightning. Bidgee (talk) 13:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Dear Mattinbgn, I just saw your message on Giggy's page. Somehow I totally missed your message to me. I'm really sorry. Files have been going mysteriously missing lately. I guess it's a known bug or something. I didn't mean to make the situation worse. :( Rocket000(talk) 08:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Tassie cats

I have a handle in wp.en on cats but hey not that sure of the commons variety - so thanks for some of the edits but, not sure whether a general western tasmania cat is better than others - cheers SatuSuro (talk) 11:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC) still crawling through past crimes so far - and trying to get the hang of commons - will probably start the west coast tas one if it seems legit once i get through checking my very very large iphoto archive :( SatuSuro (talk) 12:36, 29 August 2008 (UTC) I think i am on gnangarras and hesperians watch - they both admins here - suspect they have to cleanup regularly after my visits here :( SatuSuro (talk) 12:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Been busy too?

Looks like you've been busy[1]! Nice new camera BTW ;) Your first DSLR? Bidgee (talk) 11:18, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Yep, wanted to test out the new camera a bit this weekend. Deni, like Corowa, has a lot of interesting buildings to try the new camera out on. Thanks, it is my first DSLR and I am still learning about what all the fancy buttons and dials actually do! Even set on auto, the difference is easy to see. Cheers, Mattinbgn/^talk 11:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

You always have to use auto when you start out ;). Love testing out my DSLR seeing how I can push the camera even on old historic buildings. DSLR's are awesome for night photography but just watch for hot pixels (Not a lot you can do other then edit them out) when taking a long exposure (3 minutes + you start to see them). Also for Night photography get a cable remote (if possible) as the wireless ones I don't trust. you can also get filters such as UV, Polarizer ect but this use I hate the most is dust in the camera (Mirrors and sensor) and the only way to get it cleaned is to take it in a pay $$$$ :(. Bidgee (talk) 11:42, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Bills troughs

Well I found it on a list online and went looking for it today for a photo but you also have another photo of it Image:YancoMainSt.JPG ;) Bidgee (talk) 08:07, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

You are more observant than me! I didn't see the trough when I took the picture and I didn't see any of the subsequent times I looked at the image! -- Mattinbgn/^talk 08:18, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't say "more observant" since for 13 years (Lived in Leeton but not far from Yanco) I've been past that horse trough and never even questioned why was it located there and if it's historic. ;) Bidgee (talk) 08:35, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Plane on a stick err pole.

No problem. Is the propeller still moving on the aircraft? I know back in the late 90s it was moving. Pity there is no water in the monument any more as it once did :(! Even this site (pdf file) uses the term "Gilder on a stick". Bidgee (talk) 10:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Been busy again!

Great photos of Ganmain and Matong! I was hoping of heading to Temora next weekend but the bus trip was canned. :S Do you have any knowledge about the Scouts? Trying to find out about the history of this Image:2nd Wagga Scouts Bottle Yard.jpg which we now use as a shed in the park to store stuff for the work we are doing there ATM. Bidgee (talk) 09:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

arr that explains the old bags in the building then.

I noticed the 2 Bills troughs. ;) Fair bit of driving alright! Other day I rode (On a push bike) on a dirt road (made a slight detour to the Sturt Highway) to Pomingalarna Reserve (Almost headed to San Isadore by 100m first but headed to the top of Mount Moorong) but I payed for it. My legs felt like jelly at the end of the day with a nice case of sun burn. Bidgee (talk) 09:56, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure were! Was also a million fly's which wouldn't leave me alone. The Pomingalarna Reserve pics can be found here. Just a shame it wasn't a clear day (Clear-up when I got to Ashmont on the way back into the city :S). Bidgee (talk) 11:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Ganmain, New South Wales is looking good now! Great work. :) Bidgee (talk) 11:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much. -- Mattinbgn/^talk 11:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Busy again I see! I must get traveling again one day but just haven't had the fund nor the motivation. I am tring to get more photos of Wagga (today's I wished I didn't do the walk from the City, Turvey Park, down to Glenfield Park back up to Turvey Park/Mount Austin then back into the City which took about 5 hours. Planning of heading out to the old Wagga Wagga Cemetery (Next to Rocky Hill on Kooringal Road) and then head to Lake Albert and complete some of the suburb. Bidgee (talk) 14:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Five hour walk! That's keen. I passed through Junee, Wagga, Lockhart on Thursday and I am still trying to get all the dead locusts off my car! While the trip to QLD was fun, the real work will be in uploading the photos to commons. I think there is about 600 to upload in total. Enjoy your trip today. Cheers, Mattinbgn/^talk 21:44, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Keeps me fit though. ;) I've been waiting for those locusts which had there way into Wagga yesterday (Western side of Wagga the locusts are around Glenfield Park, City, Show Grounds and north plus east Wagga Wagga). To remove the locusts if you've got a high pressure cleaner (Such as a Karcher) and if it's got a section to add some car wash liquid get some heavy duty car wash which should removed it but may take sometime as no doubt the locusts have dried onto the car. 600 images! I upload a few then say to my self that I'll do the rest later which I seem not to do later (I had a lot of Darwin images when in Darwin but lost most of them some how. Should be a fun day to ride as it's cooler today and the wind is from the south so I shouldn't eat any locusts on my bike ride later on. Bidgee (talk) 23:55, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

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Biggenden, Queensland

Great photos Matt! Like the photo of Mount Walsh (Locals call it The "Bluff") and the township. I've only got photos of Mount Walsh (about the same area that you took your photo) and the campdraft near the town (I've been in the town but just didn't bother taking photo at the time). Love to see your photos of Maryborough (when you have a chance to upload them) which is a nice little city. Bidgee (talk) 21:42, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I used to live not far (by Qld standards) from Biggenden and visited the town from time to time. I was lucky enough to get some good light there. I think the the post office is my favorite. Got some good photos of some lovely buildings at Maryborough but none of the river which is an oversight. -- Mattinbgn/^talk 07:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Cool! I also like the post office (Been past that so many times and I didn't get a photo!). Love that part of QLD (Highest place in QLD I've been to is Bundaberg). Did you get a photo of the big shopping complex in Maryborough? Don't worry I went over the Mary River (which was rather high at the time) twice and didn't get a photograph! Back to edit my locust filled images :S. Bidgee (talk) 07:22, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I mainly was down in the historic precinct although I wasn't all that far from the shopping centre. Nice photo of the rabbit and locusts. The hoppers are thick as thieves here at the moment. -- Mattinbgn/^talk 07:39, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

oh well doesn't really matter, I like the Maryborough City Hall photo. By the morning I don't think I'll have a lawn (not real green but they seem to like it) but was a pain riding a push bike in them! Bidgee (talk) 09:03, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Nice pic's of the town of Maleny, Queensland‎! Lovely area that is! Think I've almost photographs every bit of Wagga (Not the villages and 3 of the outer suburbs) but I'll photographs the Fearnes/Busabout Wagga Wagga's fleet before the older buses are replaced and the others re-painted with the Busabout livery which is due to happen in the next 2 weeks but then I've got to head to Leeton for Chirstmas then hopin Melbourne in the new year (Late Dec or early Jan) at least then Perth in about April and somewere I've got to head to Temora, Photograph the outer suburbs and villages of Wagga and try and head to SE or N QLD by the end of the year (2009)! I don't know how you can do it and I'm 23 err almost the 24 (I feel old already) and find it hard to do all that traveling! I'll stop mumbling now! ;) Also Nice photo and seem it has more water then Swamp err Lake Albert! Bidgee (talk) 11:14, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

The Sunshine Coast hinterland and the Upper Mary valley are some of the best parts of Australia, although seeing all that green when it is so brown and bare here was a shock I must say. You have done a magnificent job on Wagga and it must be by some way the most comprehensive coverage of a regional city in Australia. I must admit, after the trip to QLD and back I had had enough of driving; it's a long way. I am looking at heading out to either the Western District or the Mallee/Riverland over the new year period, which should be interesting; I haven't been to either of those areas for at least 15 years. Cheers, Mattinbgn/^talk 04:25, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

It was a shock for me when I went up there as back in 2005 all we has was dirt then up in SE QLD it was so green I thought I must be in the UK or N QLD!. Thanks I've tryed to get Wagga covered as much as possible since I don't have a drivers license (Never really needed a car until now but I'll only learn in a auto.) but I'll get the other areas covered one day. Bidgee (talk) 10:45, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Well I was given last minute notice about Mike Kelly coming to Wagga for an announcement on the future of the Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum and today got some photos of inside the building (First time in 7 years that cameras have been in the building) and will be documenting as much as possible as some of my images of the return of the maybe used in the museum. Also will be getting help from Rebekah Holliday from The Daily Advertiser for articles to expand the museum article. Bidgee (talk) 12:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Great stuff! I am pleased to see that the museum is reopening and great that you could get some photos for Wiki. Look forward to seeing them up and in the article. Plenty of rain here the last two days, I hope Wagga is getting some as well. Cheers, Mattinbgn/^talk 12:19, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Well it's been an article that needs work done to it like the Wagga Wagga Railway Station so it's great that it will re-open. Also found a war memorial at Forest Hill Public School and also found out the Wagga Wagga Aerodrome was located in the location that Fearnes Coaches/Busabout Wagga Wagga is located today so more work I'll have to do. I've recorded about 40mm of rain and I think the airport (about 9km away) got about 30+mm. Bidgee (talk) 12:42, 13 December 2008 (UTC)