Stroll Around Melbourne - some pics

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ha. looking for a 6 month contract at the moment :)

yeah. i figured you might. i PM'd you some info, see if you know them.

i think my VX would fail reaosnable clearance although i did go up tower hill lookout in it saturday evening. one of my mudflaps is in the boot now.
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What field do you work in?

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IT mate. the very industry that doesnt exist up there.
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Nope. I moved up here for an IT contract and have worked here since early 1998. What area of IT? I started in the mainstream and am now in the "Operational Networks" space, supporting control system networks and infrastructure.

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oh. aside from end user compute ; i've done just about everything including build datacenters. my forte is virtualization / cloud and security though.
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New pic
This was after the sun had come up and from a slightly different vantage point.

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its seems Visit Victoria and Happening Australia liked my photo :

https://www.facebook.com/visitmelbourne ... 9403110941
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That's good high profile advertising for you.
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yes. definitely nice to be recognised.
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Mind if I join in?
Taken in my back yard near Hastings Vic of the ISS (international space station)doing its usual pass every few nights at approx. 27,580 km/h or 7.67 km/sec
with my Canon EOS 500D set on bulb for a 45 sec exposure f/4 ISO-400 with the standard 35-80mm lens
I'd like to step up to macro gear one day as well.
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