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Around 7.30 on 3rd June 2010 a mini tornado tore through the coastal town of Lennox Head, northern New South Wales. A weather phenomenon rarely seen on the East coast, the tornado damaged more than 30 houses, many irreparably. State Emergency Service volunteers were quickly on hand and teams from Country Energy worked tirelessly to restore power. I got there some time later but the power of the tornado was evident with roofs ripped off, many trees uprooted and caravans tossed around like toys

I have just published a new lightbox featuring Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, the National Capital of Australia.It includes photographs of sailing, cycling, hot air balloons, the implosion of Canberra Hospital, wildlife, National Institutions and mood pictures.

Also published my first bookmark on Xomba featuring photographs of the 2003 Canberra Bushfires.

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:A selection of stock images of the historic city of Gdansk on Poland’s Baltic coast, including the Long Market and the famous Gdansk Crane. Most of the buildings in these pictures were completely rebuilt after the medieval city was destroyed in WWII.

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by Mike Greenslade. A brief description follows:Here is a collection of stock images from the Louvre in Paris and the Palace of Versailles. The Louvre’s glass pyramid is an iconic piece of modern design that sits perfectly amongst the grandoise architecture of central Paris. My visit to the empirical Palace of Versailles coincided with a retrospective exhibition by American artist Jeff Koons providing another…

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:The soft lava rock of the Cappadocia region is famous for having eroded into a surreal landscape; what is less well-known is that over the centuries, it has also been carved and tunneled and excavated to make dwellings, entire underground towns and over 1000 monolithic churches. This selection of stock photos includes the Apple Church, Sandals Church, Buckle Church, Dark…

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:The Cappadocia landscape is utterly magical the best view of it is from a hot air balloon. We arrived at the site before dawn and took off just as the sun was rising, ideal for catching the first rays of sunlight on the surreal landscape below. Additional photos were taken from the ground of other balloonists.

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain and the capital of Andalucia. This selection of stock photos includes street scenes, the Plaza de Espana and a flamenco show.

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:The Alhambra in Granada is, in my opinion, the most spectacular building in all of Europe. This palace and fortress complex was built by the Moors, most notably the Nasrid dynasty, 1238-1492. It is now a museum exhibiting exquisite Islamic architecture and a Unesco World Heritage Site. This set of stock photos show a number of views of the whole palace, plus detail shots of the…

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:Stock photos from a recent trip I made to Bucharest in Romania, including the Triumphal Arch, the Caru cu Bere Restaurant plus interior and exterior of Ceausescu’s Palace of the Parliament.

A new set of stock photos have been published on the OzImages website by David Sutherland. A brief description follows:A selection of images of former concentration camps in Poland, including Stutthof, Belzec, Majdanek and Auschwitz.