 1 Today's shot is of The 115.5 metre (379 foot) Clifden Suspension Bridge that was built in 1898-99 and is New Zealand's longest wooden suspension bridge. This photo marks the start of the 7th year and 280th image that I've taken myself and then updated my Facebook header every Thursday with. — @ Clifden Suspension Bridge, Tamahere, New Zealand |
 2 Can't always get sunshine on your travels, but you can make the most of it, even in Miyajima, Japan. — @ Itsukushima Shrine, Itsukushima, Japan |
 3 It was darker than a coal miners coit when I took this shot, just outside Whyalla in South Australia - the old adage of you getting what you pay for rings true in situations like this. — @ Point Lowly, Whyalla, South Australia |
 4 Compared to last weeks photo, 10 minutes after sunrise and Point Lowly is a completely different place. — @ Point Lowly, Whyalla, South Australia |
 5 Found this lonely old school house, in what looked to be a farmers paddock near Otahu Flats - down the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. I remember thinking to myself at the time of what stories the building could tell from it's humble beginnings back in the early 1900's. — @ Otahu Flats, Eastern Bush, Souhtland, New Zealand |
 6 My photo portrays such a strange concept for most of us Aussie's who driven our major road systems - water and snow. — @ Lake Wanaka Lookout, Otago, New Zealand |
 7 My photo this week goes back 15 years, was taken in the Grand Teton National Park and is still one of my favourite shots. — @ Signal Mountain, Wyoming, USA |
 8 No, this weeks shot is not of my back yard in the recent Townsville floods, it was one of those magical sunsets I experienced on the Okavango Delta. — @ Nguma Island Lodge, Okavango Delta, Northwest, Botswana |
 9 Have to say I loved the countryside around Franz Josef as it wasn't all glaciers and powdered snow. — @ Lake WanakaOtago, New Zealand |
 10 Even on a cold, drizzly, cloudy day, just a little bit of sunshine on Lake Ianthe can make your photo. — @ Lake Ianthe ,Harihari, West Coast, New Zealand |
 11 As I head off exploring this big wonderful world of ours, I thought I'd share with you one of my "WOW" moments that for me - makes one sit back and take stock somewhat and reflect on why we work so hard, while doing the whole "adulting" thing each day. — @ Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru |
 12 Built in 1906, the Benito Juárez Hemicycle celebrates the Mexican lawyer and former president of Mexico, who is revered as a major Mexican hero whose birthday (March 21) is a national public and patriotic holiday in Mexico and is the only individual Mexican so honored. I thought the twelve Doric semicircular columns in the Neoclassical style had a strong Greek influence, which I wasn't expecting in Mexico. — @ Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
 13 If the essence of photography is about capturing light, then I reckon I've had the luck of the Gods with me when taking this interesting shot of a downtown Boise alley. — @ Boise, Idaho, USA |
 14 Oops, I did it again .... shooting directly in to the sun - my bad! — @ Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
 15 Looks like Francisco I. Madero is just as impressed as I was at the pre-dawn colours of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. — @ Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
 16 Why yes, there can be no traffic around the Alameda Central ... at 5AM ... on a Sunday ... on a public holiday weekend in Mexico City. — @ Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
 17 I'm not a big fan of "arty farty" shots, but this room caught my eye at the Museo Frida Kahlo (Frida Kahlo Museum) in Coyoacán. — @ Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
 18 Just to let y'all know, I don't only love sunrises - I do sunsets as well. — @ Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico |
 19 For some unknown reason I had my camera with me on the way home from testing Mojito's at the "rubbity dub" and I snapped this shot ..... just love the result.. — @ Havana, La Habana, Cuba |
 20 Fortunate to have been able to sit on the back deck, with coffee in hand and watch Mother Nature's "sunrise show" in person last year. — @ Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
 21 Today's shot marks the 300th time I've updated my Facebook header with an image of my own. Aside from that I love it because it depicts a colourful local street with all the major forms of transport in Cuba - car, bike, train and "foot Falcon". — in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. |
 22 The colour, vibrancy and detail in the Día de Muertos (Day Of The Dead) figurines is absolutely stunning. The multi-day Mexican holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and helping support their spiritual journey. In Mexican culture, death is viewed as a natural part of the human cycle and as such, view it not as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration because their loved ones awake and celebrate with them. — @ Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico |
 23 Sunrise this morning from The Strand and looking out to the Port. — @ The Strand, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
 24 Whilst a pretty decent site to visit, I don't reckon Chichén-Itzá can hold a candle to the Pirámides de Teotihuacán. — @ Chichén-Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico |
 25 Can't help but love a crisp Saturday morning start atop Castle Hill in winter - summer is whole different scale on the comfort level and thermometer. I was up here before dawn testing my freshly repaired camera and lens, that took 6 weeks, parts from 4 countries and $2.5k from the insurance company to get me shooting again - looks like we're on winner with the repairs. — @ Castle Hill Look Out, Townsville, Australia |
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 28 Never thought I'd be roasting marshmallows at sunset on an active 2,552 metre (8,373 ft) volcano's lava flow - but you'll never never know if you never never go??? — @ Volcán de Pacaya, Escuintla, Guatemala |
 29 It's not often you can say you've dined in one of the two CIA "freight" planes involved the Iran-Contra Affair, but the scenery kind of overshadows that. — @ El Avion Bar & Restaurant, Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Costa Rica |
 30 Arrived at one of Costa Rica's best surf beaches just in time for the heavens to open up - some days you win and some days you simply enjoy. — @ Dominical, Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
 31 Probably one of my top three towns to visit in Cuba and even got our "2nd Guide" Lisa van Nienes to slow down for 2 seconds to get this shot. — @ Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba |
 32 It's nor hard to see why I love getting up at sparrows fart and heading out with the camera. — @ Point Lowly, South Australia, Australia |
 33 It's amazing what 1/2 an hour can do for your photos. From pitch black to breaking one of photographies supposed cardinal rules - shooting directly into the sun ..... but then again ..... y'all know what I like with rules ;-) |
 34 Of all the vehicles I saw in Mexico this Beetle, in one of the back streets of the oldest part of Valladolid, caught my eye with its great colour scheme. — @ Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico |
 35 Not quite as grand as 4 Mile Beach, but the Costa Rican coastal scenery can be postcard picture perfect. After taking this shot, I did warn the young lady of the hazards of frolicking about the ocean in such a manner may cause her to catch a pregnancy - but I don't think she understands Australian. — @ Manuel Antonio National Par, Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
 36 Not sure why, but whether its Sheffield - England, Pittsburgh - USA, Newcastle - Australia, Hamilton - Canada or Whyalla, they all seem to be coloured with the same tones of brown, red and rust. — @ Hummock Hill, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia. |
 37 One of the more unique spots I've visited the natural springs and petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua, located about 70 km east of Oaxaca in Mexico. The larger of the two measures about ninety metres wide and falls eighty metres to the valley floor. The thing that makes this place so unique is that the falls are formed by relatively small amounts of water, which are oversaturated with calcium carbonate, giving the formations a white or near white appearance and comes to the surface through cracks or fissures on the mountainside. As the water slowly drips down the rock face, it forms large stalactites similar to those found in caves with the effect of what you see here. — @ Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico |
 38 It's not everyday that you wake up with an active volcano on your doorstep, but that I did. — @ Parque Central, Antigua, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala |
 39 Love the way that Mother Nature can paint a landscape in different levels. - @ Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand |
 40 Ever wanted to be "at one with nature" this time of year like I found in Costa Rica??? — @ Quepos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
