Saturday, March 18, 2006

SS Enterprize docking Melbourne

The Sailing Ship Enterprize is a topsail schooner replica of the first ship that brought settlers to the Yarra in Port Phillip, now Melbourne. This photograph was taken looking down on her from the front of the HM Bark Endeavour at Docklands Melbourne.

Jitney or Karachi style Melbourne Tram for Games

This tram is again running around the City Circle on Friday nights during the summer while there is daylight saving time. 11 January 2007. More details here - http://www.tramtactic.net/W-11_archive_CG/about-cat.html

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Red-rumped Parrots in Ivanhoe Melbourne near Yarra

Feeding on ground under some Mistleoe in a Wattle tree. Not much wonder we nearly trod on them when we were walking on the trail! Note there are 2 birds in the middle photo!

Balloons Hot Air Melbourne

Over Malvern, Melbourne flying to the west about 7.45am

Friday, March 10, 2006

Partial blindness-both eyes.Transient cortical bilateral homonymous hemianopsia

Norman vision Franktson Beach Park - no loss of sight = full visual fields. Partial blindness [hemianopsia] of both [bilateral] visual fields. Loss on left half of both eyes [left homonymous]. Also shimmering like an underwater view on the affected areas, I dont know what the technical term is for this. This sudden blindness is what happened two occaisions about 36 hours after coronary angiography 3 years apart. Each time it lasted about half an hour and cured itself totally. The next angiogram I had to have was done using hydrocortisone before and this prevented the problem twice. I have been told it is a form of allergic rection to the X-ray dye used in angiograms and is a type of migrane. That was what hppened to me in 2001 and 2004.