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“I
Love this Place…” photographic competition – EXTENDED
TO SUNDAY 31 AUGUST!! |
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If you haven’t
already entered our “I love this place” photo competition supported
by the NSW Architects Registration Board and radio partner
ABC Local Radio –
you NOW
have till midnight Sunday 31 August to
get your entries in and win
$2,000 cash or $1,500 worth of cameras from
Georges.
Fantastic entries have been flowing in. See some
sample images and texts below.*
As an added bonus, the long list
of the best entries will be projected in a special exhibition at
Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney, on World Architecture Day, 6
October 2008.
To recap, we are inviting Australians to pick
up their cameras send us a digital image of a built environment
anywhere in Australia that has a special
place in your heart. Include up to 100 words completing the sentence
“I love this place because…”. Click
here for
more.
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Cora Jacoba Bezemer,
Moon Angel, Waverley
Cemetery,
NSW
I love this place
because of its ambience. I love how nature blends with the
statues. |
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Peter and Ethan Lowe, I
have a dream mural, Newtown,
Sydney
I love this place
because it says how we should respect people with different skin.
They have dreams too. And there is an Aboriginal flag. We learned
how they owned Australia and looked after it
before white people came here and made places like
Newtown. We should all get
along, because everybody dreams.
(E aged 7, with spelling help
from dad). |
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William
Arthur Olive, Newcastle Baths,
NSW
I love this place
because of the evocative memories of summer and surfoplanes, hot
chips and vinegar, of change sheds and the sometimes strange habits
of the men in them. And then the tadpole morphed into a surfer,
rejected the spawning ground of the baths for the nearby beaches and
rockshelf breaks. But I've still got the soft spot deep down for
this magnificent art deco community monument to a time when style
mattered. |
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Deb Kent, Wave Rider,
Royal Easter Show, Sydney
I love this place
because the Easter Show has so much energy. There is also something
quite timeless about side show alley. This same image could have
been taken 50 years ago. And I know everyone on the ride is
smiling. |
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Jeremy Rigby, Near
Launceston, Tasmania
I love this place,
my island home Australia. On a road trip from
Launceston to Hobart the beauty of an
abandoned church stopped me in my tracks. It was a winter morning
where the combination of a light mist and rising sun created an
image that looks like it was painted. Like a magnet I was drawn, as
it asked more questions than it answered. |
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Roy Yerex,
Convict
Bridge,
WA
I love this place
because it rings the entry bell to Western
Australia’s history. This bridge
was built by convicts prior to the 1900s. In the same way as
Australians stand tough in the face of adversity, this old bridge
made by Australians in Australia’s infancy, rode
tempest and storm for over 130 years. Flood waters, the highest in
over 100 years, left the abutments in the picture damaged and the
deck of the bridge lifted right off. The bridge however just stood
tough, saying ... You can damage me, but you cannot budge me - I am
here for good. |
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Patrick Kenny,
Catherine
Hill
Bay,
NSW
I love this place
because...Catherine Hill Bay is a unique mining
village situated on the NSW coast between Sydney and
Newcastle. The village is a
collection of simple nineteenth century miners’ cottages overlooking
a magnificent beach. I love the way the old timber cottages
complement the natural beauty of this place, providing an insight
into a way of life that no longer exists. I love the way the village
has been preserved by its residents and I love the dedication of the
community which is fighting to save this magical place from
unsympathetic developers. |
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Nathan Kaso,
Hosier
Lane,
Melbourne,
Victoria
I love this place
because it epitomises Melbourne's laneway culture. The
graffiti on the old walls of the Forum Theatre, the cobblestones and
the hidden galleries all represent a unique Melbourne
aesthetic. |
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Zolstraub, Seaman’s
Hut, near Thredbo, NSW
I love
this place because several years ago my wife and I left Thredbo NSW
on a multi day ski touring trip on the Main Range but by the time we
reached Rawson’s Pass the weather had closed in with such ferocity
that we could barely stay on our skis let alone consider pitching
our tent, so we skied to Seaman’s Hut for shelter. We spent the next
3 days in our sleeping bags whilst the blizzard howled outside
thankful for the sanctuary provided by the parents of Laurie Seaman
who perished with his friend Evan Hayes in 1928.
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Daniel Walkington,
location not given
I love
this place because it’s where I feel most at home. Living on campus
at uni, the most enjoyment anyone could ever have. My friends in
this photo hold on to ground, rooted to the place but yet defiant of
gravity. A visual metaphor to the attachment we have developed to
our home away from home. |
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Naomi Frost, Classroom
in a local school in Newcastle, NSW
I love
this place because....it is my life. I am a teacher and this is
where I spend my working week. It may be a little rough around the
edges, but there are always students and fellow staff who make it a
terrific place to be. |
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Camo Chick,
Norwood Bowling Club,
Norwood,
SA
I love this place
because... I drive past it on the way home from work every night and
the glow of the lights always catches my attention. They've never
bothered fixing the broken letters but I think that's what makes it
interesting to me! |
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Kedumba.
Collarenabri
Cemetery,
NSW
Lovingly placed and
catching the sunlight, the glass stones and beads on graves at
Collarenabri Aboriginal Cemetery seem to keep alive the
spirit of the loved ones resting. |
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Gillian Humbert,
Kitchen, Millstream Homestead,
WA
I love this
place because of its history and I have an appreciation for how
people lived with limited resources in outback, remote
Australia. I also love cooking
and can only imagine how pastoralists and their families would have
prepared, cooked and served their food. This corrugated iron
structure epitomises rural life and pioneering homesteads.
Corrugated iron is sustainable in our harsh Aussie climate! It is
iconic Australian architecture. |
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Chriss1, unidentified
location
I love this place
as it is a cool refuge that washes away the chaos of the day. A
place of salty air, where energy is burned & decisions
processed. It is a watering hole for many locals - from the cap clad
swimmers, the enthusiastic children & the surfers launch pad. I
love this place. |
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Jwcrase, Sunset at the
Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium
The sculptures are
a feature of the Living Desert, a dedicated native
flora and fauna area, 10km from Broken Hill (my home town). The
sculptures were carved from Wilcannia sandstone by local and
international artists. I love this place because it allows you to
appreciate the array of colours in the sandstone sculptures at this
time of day, making them a unique opportunity to appreciate the
beauty of an outback sunset. |
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Anneoc, Trevallyn
suburbs (CA 1884) & Tamar
River,
Launceston,
Tasmania
I love this place
because of the tranquillity, the changing mood, intertwined with
busy-ness and lifestyle. Snug in their Federation houses above the
river, mothers, fathers, single people and children smile down on
the Tamar River below as the river
smiles back in the mirrored waters. Tis the humanity of Launceston
that makes this place. At dusk, the lights shine on the hill with
the dark, and at dawn they slowly rescind as the sun comes up. The
river runs high or low, dependent upon rain and tide. People walk
the banks and reflect. Another day dawns. |
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Kate Tanner, Docklands,
Melbourne
I love this place
because of all the eccentric things that happen. Each time I visit
docklands there is something new and insane to quietly
observe.  |
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Conrad Geiger, Remote
Tongy Station, SW
QLD
I love this place
because my mother and father met and married here and it has
haunting memories for me. After 74 years I recall as a 3 year old
desperately clinging to a big black horse as it cleared a holding
yard fence and bolted across the plain. The horse and I returned at
dark for a feed. |
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* Entries shown here
are a random selection. The judging process will take place after
the competition closes on 31 August.
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