Mackay... or, The Real Australia

[skyhigh]

Great update Mate,

Been watching here a while, and must say the work is exellent quality. Its a great day to do the next update on, bring on the 26th!!!!
And congrats on the OSItM, well deserved.

[adroman]

Thank you for the comments, one and all 

Now, it is unfortunate that I had to make a dash for Brisbane, but you can't scedule Family Emergencies, can you? 

But... you can make the most of the trip!

When I was in Brisbane I took the chance to Travel out to RAAF Amberley, which is going to become Australia's largest Air Force base. I was lucky enough to take the trip on one of the days that the C-17 was doing a touch and go training routine... I did manage to get a photo of the bird in flight...


I hope y'all can see it well enough... I was taking a "shortcut" back to the City when I got this photo.


a Canberra Bomber on Gate Guard duty... this was the first Canberra built in Australia.

Enough Plane-geekery!


Now, on Sunday I made the trip up to Hervey Bay for a brief trip (brief, but ongoing!)... here's a few Beach shots to tide you over...

A shot from Urangan Beach to Point Vernon... which I quite like.


Looking South from that same beach... you can see Fraser Island in the Background.


A shot of two sculptures at a roundabout in the "Esplanade"... I quite like the Whale one, to be honest.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my Amateur photography, and it gives y'all a bit of an insight into my world.
I might pop in with more photos soon, but if not... I'll be back on the 26^th

Havva good one,
Adrian.

[canyonjumper]

Nice picsAdrian . That beach shot is spectacular!

           -Jordan 

[Battlecat]

Welcome back!  Hope all is well with your family! 

Great set of photos you snagged, it's always fun to catch a military aircraft in flight like that.  Those really are beautiful beaches as well!  Thanks for sharing the photos!

[warconstruct]

wow very beautiful image !

[sumwonyuno]

Very beautiful beach picture! 

[djvandrake]

Great pictures! 

[Nanami]

Nice pictures

[ecoba]

Such a nice medley of pictures from your trip, Adrian. Hope to see you back soon!

Ethan

[trainguy4449]

Very nice scenery around there, I must say. I like the C-17 shot, btw. Don't they say the Globemaster handles like an aircraft less than half its size? I mean, I saw USAF guys doing a demo with that thing up at the EAA Convention, and they were pulling maneuvers in that baby that I never thought were possible in a cargo jet.

[Kumba]

Very nice pictures, looks like you had a nice time!

Trainguy -

It is meant to be a military cargo aircraft that will be shot at, launched missles at, operate in a war enviroment, and to complete short landing, so it is supposed to handle like a aircraft half of its size to avoid all of above and to make tight manuvers. As well as cargoes are typically strapped down tighter than a normal freightner aircraft so the cargo can take the stress.

Basically, it is a Military cargo aircraft, and behaves like one.

[adroman]

Thanks for the comments, and well wishes  I hope everything is a bit more stable family-wise from now on... 

I'd do personal replies, but I'm trying to get ready for school tomorrow  ... I noticed a few of you were asking for the construction lots... they're avaliable here (STEX Link)

Today we're visiting Slade Point, which is a beach side suburb. The suburb is a wealthier suburb, dotted with large houses with excellent views of the Ocean. The suburb also has a little bit of warehousing mixed in... The suburb also has an excellent walkway system (which I made using the Marrast Walkway set)


A warehouse block that shows surrounding housing, an office building and a walkway down to a bus stop.
That "office block" is actually a hospital that I thought looked rather good as an office building.


The local Primary School... and the aforementioned Bus Stop.


A "nature reserve" that borders on the shoreline, these were put into practise to conserve the Waterfront Flora and Fauna that was being threatened by development.

I hope you enjoyed this "micro update", I should have a fuller update by the end of the month...  (depends on my work load!)

Havva good one,
Adrian.

[bat]

That are fantastic new shots there! Great work on that area of your city!!

[Battlecat]

Great to see a new update!  It's a nice looking little town here, I like the addition of the natural reserve! 

[canyonjumper]

Nice suburb! I especially like the walkways and the nature reserve.

                      -Jordan

[KoV Liberty]

Wow Adrian! Very cool. I love the wilderness thing, very good touch. SC4 and RL. Down here in the Florida Keys we have a huge plane that sprays for mosquitoes. It is amazing how the thing flies! Its huge! The trip I trust was good and I am looking forward to your next update.

[scott1964]

Looking good. I like the "nature reserve" 

[djvandrake]

Quite nice and thanks for the link to the walkway set. 

[sumwonyuno]

Wow, if those houses are to scale, then they really are spacious! 

[Nexis4Jersey]

Great update , i like the small town , but your using right hand NAM and not the Left hand version