8 May 2005

Images of Canberra - The Carrillion from an unusual angle

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SpecialG has sent in a wonderfull picture of the Carillion taken from a hot air balloon.

The arcs of King’s Avenue Bridge and the curves of Aspen Island and it’s bridge, from this angle, make one realise what cunning buggers the original planners were. Anyone care to speculate what the watercraft going under King’s Avenue is?

The Carillion From an Interesting Angle

Got an interesting picture of, or in, Canberra? email it to johnboy@the-riotact.com.

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Is it because I used the word ‘blow’?

Well Mong-on, my patience with you is at an end.

Want to talk about the war in Iraq? Plenty of websites out there to do it on.

Want to talk about it here? Find a Canberra angle and submit a story.

If you introduce it Off Topic again I’ll just delete it because I’m sick of it mucking up conversations which have nothing to do with it.

You’re detracting from this site and you’ve been over-indulged.

Don’t like it? find another website or start your own.

that’s freedom baby.

Mong-On, matey! Where does your fabulous future lie? Corporate lawyering or merchant banking? I look forward to the day when we can sing the “Red Flag” together over a stiff G&T. I too manned (or personned) the barricades long ago. What fun!

Bonfire – get in line. Nobody blows like the JBlows.

DH – even though there’s been no rain for three months straight, you’re missing a glorious autumn. I know how you must feel.

David_Heidelberg3:14 pm 09 May 05

I’m as rabid an anti-war activist as anyone, but kind of like the quiet reflection of ANZAC day.

Having said that, I’m pissed that little Johnny, and other piss-ants, have hijacked the day for
their own political ends. I think politicians should be the last people invited to ANZAC Day.

Anyway, Keep the pics coming. I’m away from Canberra at the moment, and getting very home sick.

Actually im the one who calls loons like you softheads mong-on. But if others want to adopt it, be my guest.

The more people who take on softheads and their anti-logic repetition of mantras the better.

There are ASOC1, they are usually kept for the inept socially unaware.

Maybe I’m getting ripped off.

Canberra_unsung_hero1:50 pm 09 May 05

Where’s johnboy today ?

This isn’t as much fun without Johnboy to call me a soft-head.

And, I do believe that Australian Major George O’Kane actually wrote the whitewash for the ICRC on the Abu G abuses.

Now let’s all get back to our happy APS 1 jobs and agree that, at best, war is a mixed blessing.

Who mentioned anything about the US? Trust the ‘right’ wing to reflexively jump to the defence of its master…good boy!

So look, why don’t you save yourself five minutes looking for the photo and spare us the militarism? Thanks.

PS – if you have two posts in a row it just looks desperate.

Don’t feed the trolls.

Mong On, yet again you have managed to take the anti-war movement back a few steps, and we thank you. ANZAC day is all about remembering those were lost due to war, and remembering those who have come back, forever changed. It is not a celebration of all things war and it never will be.

Another war, another dollar. Or lest we forgotten?

I could have said ‘is that the photo of the Aussie backpacker, passed out on the grave of the fallen comrade, stubby in hand?’ but that just seemed so sophomoric.

I only said it because I knew you’d like it, chest-Thumper!

Canberra_unsung_hero1:15 pm 09 May 05

I don’t get it ….. wot do those pics have to do with Anzac day ?

Yay! ANZAC day. Is that the photo of the hooded guy on the box or the college-prank inspired human pyramid?

“Smithers! We’ll need electrical wire, a hood and someone who can really point at genitalia.”

The watercraft is one of those row boats from the other basin. They obvoiusoyl got lost, and have decided to chuck a couple of hot laps.

This is quite artistic. Very nicely framed.

I’d like to applaud the recent spate of pictures, simply breathtaking. I can only hope my craptacular effort spurred ya’all into saving RiotACT from me and my shitty digicam.

Canberra_unsung_hero8:22 am 09 May 05

Nice pic !

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