Seen ten years ago

Some pics around Surry Hills, Sydney and Redfern from February 2009.

Bourke Street Public School, Surry Hills:

Mardi Gras Fair Day:

Redfern:

Haymarket:

Townsville — tropical Queensland

I have a cousin, Julie, in Townsville. She posted on Facebook that she is safe. On the floods there see Townsville flooding forces hundreds to evacuate, leaves police clinging to trees after dam gates fully opened.

Julie has posted quite a few photos. These two — not taken by Julie — highlight another danger from floods in that part of Australia.

More on my link to Flinders and Bungaree

By marriage, not directly — but directly in the case of my nephew Warren. See the previous post, where I mentioned that he would be posting some pics on Facebook. Here are some of them:

Warren at Yarralumla with then Governor-General Michael Jeffery. See Placenames Australia December 2004 (pdf).

Warren with partner Leonie and NSW Governor Marie Bashir. Relates to the 2004 story mentioned in the previous post.

The Matthew Flinders the Ultimate Voyage exhibition was presented at the State Library of New South Wales from 1 October 2001 to 13 January 2002 and then toured nationally. Warren had a part in it. I attended; it was very good.