Martin’s Australia Day

johnboy 27 January 2012 27 January 2012 4

australia day live

Martin has been out and about with his magic camera over the Australia Day extravaganzas (Mostly Australia Day Live on the 25th) and has sent in a set worthy of its own story.

(Got an image of Canberra you want to share with the world? Email it to images@the-riotact.com )

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4 Responses to Martin’s Australia Day

nice_enough 1:15 pm 30 Jan 12

not much of a crowd, considering it was a free event

martyo 10:40 am 30 Jan 12

time would of been around 7:15 ish – just before INXS fired up

creative_canberran 5:22 pm 27 Jan 12

What time was the featured pic above taken?

sarahsarah 1:51 pm 27 Jan 12

Wow – these are all amazing! :O

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