Posts Tagged Personal
Low sun, sodden sky
Apr 14
Don't you love it when this occurs… late in the day when the sun is low, it can illuminate the city skyline brilliantly against a dark sky. These are some great photos that I took when I stepped off the bus on the way home.
Who should I brush shoulders with on the way to work this morning but Australian Prime Minister John Howard, on the way in to the Australian Wheat Board / Iraq corrupt kickbacks inquiry. Of course I didn't literally brush shoulders with him. Before I could do that, a man in a black suit and dark glasses politely came up to me and asked me who I was with. When I politely disclosed that I was a journalist but really just on my way to work and hanging around for my own interest and to catch a cameraphone image of the PM, he politely told me to please move back behind the white line, sir.
(Click the picture for the whole photoset, including a blurry shot of a protester being body-slammed by about 20 police at once and being hurled into the back of a paddy wagon.)
And then if seeing John Howard on the way to work wasn't enough excitement, as I was ordering my morning coffee from Nick and Gina at the bottom of Stockland House in Castlereagh St, who should walk past but Richie Benaud.
I almost walked after him and asked if I could get a camera phone pic with him to complete the photographic essay of my amazing walk to work, but then I thought, "don't be a tosser, Dan… Richie probably hasn't had his morning coffee yet either. Give the man a break."
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