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A Tallship Sydney Harbour- The "Southern Swan" maneuvers in dock- Look at the top of the Foremast :)
#Sydney #tallship #SydneySwan #travel #nsw #Olympus #australia
A tall ship next to a cruise ship with Sydney Opera house in the background - a man is in the top of the foremast furling the sail.
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This goat wanted to be friends, on the mountains around the Lasithi Plateau on Crete :)
#goat #travel #crete #lasithi #livestock #greece #olympus
\the silhouette of a goat looking down at the camera
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Head in the clouds, on the way up to the Lasithi Plateau in a 4WD on Crete. (there is actually a vulture in this photo too!)
#lasithi #Crete #Greece #travel #landscape #clouds #mountains #olympus
clouds sitting on a mountain top looking very close
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Island fortress & then Leper Colony of Spinalonga, Crete.
#spinalonga #travel #greece #crete #olympus #landscape #island #fortress
An Island in a bay that is covered with old buildings
October 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Looking down on the Lasithi Plateau in Crete. This was our first view of the plateau during our brilliant 4wd Safari.
#crete #lasithi #landscape #safariClub #travel #olympus #olympusUK #greece
a view through a valley to a huge fertile plain with mountains in the distance
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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On a brilliant 4wd safari to the Lassithi Plateau on Crete, we meat this big fell, with the biggest bell :)
#Lassithi #crete #greece #travel #goat #bell #olympus
A black Goat with big horns and the biggest bell ever around his neck!
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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On Saturday, whilst metal detecing I found this beautiful silver Roman coin, in amazing condition. it is a silver Roman denarius of Caracalla (AD 198-217) dating to c. AD 212 :) #metadetecting #history #roman #coin #caracalla #denarius #FindsFriday
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A visiting cruise ship and the "Tower of Refuge" under threatening skies in Douglas Bay on the Isle of Man.
#douglas #manx #IOM #ship #water #seascape #weather #travel #olympus #olympusUK
A cruise ship on the water looking like it will go behind a small castle on and island under grey skies
June 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A couple of visitors at my window in Douglas on the Isle of Man. :) #manx #Douglas #isleOfMan
June 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Lookin at the Thames from the old bridge across the Thames at Hammersmith in London at Sunset. Completed in 1887, this bridge can no longer carry traffic, so is use as a footbridge.
#london #hammersmith #bridge #olympus #olympusUK #travel #england
an olde fashioned lamp on one side of a view across a curve in the river , in Sunset light
May 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Cleaning Crabby Beach on Alderney with the Alderney Wildlife Trust on a beautiful Sunny day earlier this week. #alderney #landscape #seascape #beach #crabby #AWT #AlderneyWildlifeTrust #Olympus #travel
A person picking up rubbish on a sandy beach in a bay surrounded with rocks. the sea & sky are blue and there as a few clouds.
May 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Citron Ami .. a box on wheels with windows..
March 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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The USS Tursk in Baltimore Inner Harbour. This boat, on 14 August 1945, fired a torpedo that sank the last enemy ship by the United States Navy in World War II.
#baltimore #subamarine #USSTursk #tursk #history #USA #Maryland #travel #olympus
A moored Submarine with the Sun peeking over a building in the background
February 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The Seven Foot Knoll Light is a screw pile lighthouse built in 1855 to sit atop a rocky knoll in Chesapeake bay near Baltimore. It is now on the edge of the harbour. Imagine living in it.
#balitmore #history #lighthouse #7FootKnoll #usa #maryland #olympus #travel
a squat round red building on stilts with a lighthouse light on the top
February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Dragons in the Inner Harbour of Baltimore having a little rest becasue it is too cold..
#balitmore #usa #america #maryland #travel #boats #water #olympus #dragons
small dragon shaped boats with their heads lined up, moored on a snowy jetty
January 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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shades of 1984
January 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Some trees in their Winter clothes at Fort McHenry, Baltimore USA.
#trees #snow #usa #america #travel #mcHenry #olympus
A few trees in the snow, with the light behind them, creating silhouettes and long shadows
January 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The entrance to a snowy Fort McHenry in Baltimore. It was in the aftermath of a battle here with the British in 1812 that the "Star Spangled Banner" song was written.
#usa #balitmore #snow #fort #NPS #nationalpark #history #travel #McHenry #olympus #
The arched, brick entrance to a 19th Century fort, with a paved road and a flagpole with the USA flag at half mast. Snow lines the entrance.
January 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Some of the Cannon at a snowy Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland which resisted the British invasion of 1812. That was after the British had captured the city of Washington, DC & burnt the Capitol...
#fort #McHenry #Baltimore #Maryland #history #snow #cannon #travel #NPS #nationalpark #olympus
Snow on a grassy rampart that contains a number of 19th Century cannons with a blue sky above and the hint of the bay in the background.
January 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The Tower of Refuge in Douglas Bay on the Isle of man.
#travel ##douglas #Manx #isleOfMan #IOM #photography #landscape #history #water #olympus
a tiny island under heavy grey skies that has a tiny castle built on it
January 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Frankston Pier on Port Philip Bay , near Melbourne on a clear & Sunny day.
#melbourne #frankston #pier #landscape #victoria #australia #photography #travel #olympus
A long flat pier with light poles along it , stretching into calm blue waters with blue sky & clouds above
January 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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A narrow street in the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. This is the place where Archimedes lived, make machines to repel the Roman invaders & yelled "Eureka!"
#Syracuse #sicily #italy #Archimedes #history #streetphotography #photography #travel #olympus
a narrow street full of people with medieval stone building on each side
December 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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Looking across the skyline of Melbourne from the roof of the Shrine of Remembrance
#victoria #australia #melbourne #photography #landscape #cityscape #clouds #olympus
a long straight path through a park leading to a skyscraper skyline , under wispy coulds in a blue sky
December 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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The Greek Theater in Catania on the Island of Sicily was repurposed by the Romans in the 2nd Century AD.
Catania #sicily #travel #history #photography #roman #architecture #italy
An ancient stone amphitheater sunk into the ground with buildings around it
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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LOTS of stairs to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne Australia
#melbourne #australia #travel #victoria #war #memorial #architechure #olympus #photography
Lots of wide stairs leading up to a solid columned building, under clear blue skies
December 6, 2024 at 4:39 PM