January 2005, and the Tidal Basin in Washington was pretty much frozen. I liked the way that the slabs of ice overlaid each other, forming an abstract pattern ice winter Tidal Ice on the Tidal Basin
The National Cemetery at Arlington is a huge place, neat, trim and peaceful. At its heart, just below the old Custis-Lee mansion, is the final resting place of John Kennedy. There were just a handful of visitors on the icy winter day in January 2005, and the bright flicker of the eternal flame was one of the few spots of colour, save for the flag at half mast Kennedy JFK Arlington Eternal Flame over a fallen leader 4
In the last rays of a Washington winter day, the reflecting pools were frozen and the sky clear and bright. This memorial is grander than the Vietnam Meorial further down the Mall, but somehow misses its point war world war World War II Memorial
The flag outside the Custis-Lee mansion in Arlington flies forever at half-mast cemetery Arlington Washington Flag at Arlington
The Australian War Memorial at the head of Anzac Parade in Canberra. One of the national capital's premium tourist attractions and the focus of many public commemmorations honouring and remembering those who served and fell canberra war memorial Australian War Memorial
Dusk on the longest Friday of my life. This was the second sunset of the same day since leaving Sydney and heading east. I must have been somewhere over the midwest, still a couple of hours out of Washington. There were snow clouds ahead and the sun setting behind me and I looked at America in a new light Clouds Boeing jet Dusk over America
Flying over Sydney Harbour January 2005 on my way to Washington. A glorious sunny day Sydney Harbour Opera Sydney Harbour
A koala crossing sign where the road traverses a patch of bushland just south of Port Macquarie in new South Wales Koala crossing sign Koala Crossing
Canberra holds a hot air balloon festival each year in autumn. Here we see the 2005 festival, with a massed flight over Lake Burley Griffin in the morning light Canberra balloons bicycle Balloons over Canberra
