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New Year, New Theme
It appears as if it is time to open up and kick around the old photoblog for a while. Firstly, because I like it. Secondly, because I hope to have some insane inaugural photos to throw up here come mid next week. Cheers.
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Gray in the Shadowlands
Note: “Shadowlands” is a translation of a Maori name for NZ’s Fjordlands… I figured why not avoid using Scandinavian words when describing the furthest terrestrial place from Scandinavia.
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Arthouse
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The B-Town Graffiti Set on Flickr
If you like the art or if you’re curious about the graffiti randomness found throughout Bloomington, take a peak at my new photo set on Flickr – B-Town Graffiti
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On Circular Quay
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Little Man in Toronto
Since this picture Little Man, seen on the right, has been to two continents, at least three countries, and four states. I now haven’t the slightest clue where the lawn gnome is, but I miss him.
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Flooded Living Room
The high water line is on the curtains.
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Monticello Floods
Just got back from my hometown, Monticello, IN, where a record-setting flood destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced many families. Over the weekend 13 of Y’ALL’s best volunteers, and myself as well, went to the flood-affected areas to assist in the rebuilding process. It was not warmer than 13 degrees the whole weekend. I have [...]
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Carnarvan Party
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Soggy Snow
Simply because there is a ton of super-soggy snow all over campus right now, here’s a look on the bright side. The back of your jeans may be wet and you might have some snow on your shoes, but at least you’re not this guy (see picture). None of the clothes above ever dried off, [...]
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Englishman, American Football, & Australian Beach
No he doesn’t have bad teeth, no it doesn’t wear a cowboy hat, and no it isn’t filled with ferocious animals to which one could feed a baby…
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Footy
As it is the apex of American football season, let us take time to remind ourselves that the NFL is not the only league of teams playing a sport that combines both foot and ball. Here’s a photo of the Freo Dockers kicking the crap out of Port Adelaide in a good round of footy. [...]
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New Zealand in Summertime
Normally a person hikes the Routeburn in the summer so that they can enjoy the views, the weather, and the sweat of hiking through a rainforest and over a mountain… We went for the option of building snowmen in said rainforest in November (summer).
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Art Studios Off 10th & Indiana
I swear these buildings look like they should either be condemned or studied for their mold toxicities… However, at least the exterior provides some interesting shots.
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It’s Like Watery Beer, Minus the Beer…
It may look weird now, but we were shotguning this stuff like our lives depended on it this summer. Nothing like a 106 degree August afternoon in Biloxi to make you sweat your eyeballs out of your pores.
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Georgetown Sidestreet
Here’s a taste of some newly-posted old images from my walk with my brother through Georgetown in December 2006.
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Back to Blogging
After much downtime, benloehrke.com is back… Now with… well… the exact same features, photographer, and boring statements. Welcome.
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Not a Light Over a Pool Table
It’s doesn’t help you sink the 8-ball. It is not a crazy ass contact lens. And no, it is not from your grandmother’s kitchen. This picture is however taken down the hall from Gov. Mitch Daniel’s office…
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Good Place to Park
Here’s a sign in Freo near the harbour. All I can say is thank god for TransPerth and liquid courage from the pub, otherwise signs like this one might have been concerning.
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On the Table
Here’s an old photo from Y’ALL’s March ‘06 Katrina Relief Trip… Jimmy’s hand on the left & NCAA bracket on the right. Good times.
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Missing UWA’s Campus
There is something about a campus that has both a clock tower and a river front that is simply better than a campus in say… Indiana.
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Back in the Saddle Again…
New school year. New Theme. Newer pictures. Basically the same stuff though. Welcome to the 07-08 blogging season.
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Barely Blogging…
Hey, it’s summer… and who reads this thing anyway.
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Back to Blogging
After a brief recess from the blog world, I am back… and with pictures from Tongariro National Park,Taupo, NZ.
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Cattle Flats
“We only have to head about six hours that way and we’ll be out of this lightning storm.”
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Thanks for the Hand Alex…
Life in Freo Prison threw off my aim. Luckily Alex is good at multitasking.
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Little 500…
I’ll be back in a couple days.
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Friday the 13th
Creepy ain’t it?
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Photo taken moments before leaving Auckland, New Zealand… (my last legal brew)
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30′ Wave
It was about that tall…
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Back Home Again in Mississippi
A twenty-foot wave from the eye of Katrina hit this house. This picture was taken last week. To get a better glimpse of the ongoing reconstruction of the gulf, please visit Y’ALL’s website to see how students like you can change landscapes like this.
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The ‘Burban Crew
The week was amazing, but it feels good to be back… and showered.
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UWA Social Science Building Mural
I passed this thing all the time, but I never figured out what the painting was about… I think it involved the creation of Earth and/or a really big snake. Crazy Aussi art.
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… is the first day of the rest of your life.
Sorry if this image does not post… it’s a good one though.
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Spring Break, Anyone?
It’s not covered with near-naked young people. It is roughly 1.5 hours to the nearest alcoholic drink. Also, the iron in the sand might make people not want to tan there. However, this is the last beach I saw abroad, and I wouldn’t mind heading back for spring break. Anyone have [...]
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Books & Caffeine
There were so many cooler places to study (seldom) and get coffee (frequent) in Perth…
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I think I saw this on America’s Funniest Home Videos
Looking for distraction during a busy week, I pose to you this question…
Why is the dog ready to pounce upon suitcase guy?
- For those of you at benloehrke.com, comments might not work as I had to basically disable comments in the wake of a deluge of spam about free viagra.
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Sunny Days in the Fjordlands
For Hurricane Relief Photos, follow this link!
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I want YOU to save YOUR tav!
If you’ll look directly above Uncle Sam, you’ll notice a campaign ad featuring the bare ass of the student group’s presidential candidate. There is really no reason to be concerned about this flagrant public display of nudity, it is just the Australian way of saying “Vote for me (and possibly my ass).” Personally, [...]
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Frank Goes for a Happy Meal
Why the hell does McDonalds need beach access to sell crap cheeseburgers?
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Another Semester Starts on Another Continent
As Trinity begins to fill with new faces for a new year, I just have one request. If anyone knows of somebody willing to pay for me to go back to Perth, please have them give me a call…
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Tracknet
Riding away from Milford with some Aussies from Brisbane
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Sharkey the Cyclist
It’s been a rough week… So here’s a shark on a bicycle. Cheers.
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Needing a different library
After a lot of library time this last week, I have decided that I like the UWA library a lot better. How many other libraries have a moat, army of pet ducks, inability to make straight coffee, a lack of internet, and a complete lack of patrons after 5 on weekdays? Needless to [...]
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I miss happy hour
Daan, I do believe this is this is the Pilsner. I believe those sunnies belong to the brew master who gave us a lift home. I also believe this to be one of the sexiest beers to ever be poured. And above all, I do not regret spending the $.75 it took [...]
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Piha Surfer
In the 50s, the New Zealand Surf Team challanged the Australian Surf team to a competition. Aussies, being the world’s greatest at all things sporty, took up the challange. However, the New Zealand team had home court advantage. Thus, they decided to hold the competition at this beach, Piha Beach near Auckland.
The [...]
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100th Post
After being open to the public for a fast-flying year, I’ve finally put up the 100th post on benloehrke.com. I feel like I should hang this post up on the refrigerator or something…
Also, this photo comes from the set “Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad”.
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Pay Your Trip Deposit On Time Our We’ll Start Taking Fingers!
As indicated by the title of this post, we will be collecting the deposit ($75) for the upcoming Spring Break Hurricane Relief trip tomorrow and Friday. We will be collecting money in the Union at the long desk by the bowling alley from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on both days. If you are intending [...]
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Hurricane Relief Spring Trip $$ Due Thursday or Friday
As indicated by the title of this post, we will be collecting the deposit ($75) for the upcoming Spring Break Hurricane Relief trip on this Thursday and Friday. We will be collecting money in the Union at the long desk by the bowling alley from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on both days. [...]
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A Different Kind of Homesickness
So today, shortly before heading into the hospital-white depression of the Herman B. Wells Library, I took a couple seconds to pour through a few pages of the travel-log that I hauled with me during every flight, to every hostel, over every mountain, through every river, into each new country, and onto the floor [...]
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Beside the Opera House
In case you are wondering, the Sydney Opera House does not make any sense as a building when you are standing next to it. In fact, it feels kind of like an angular mess of faded kitchen tiles. However, this shot was fun to make.
Also, props to Daan for clogging my ears with [...]
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Duality
Although I’ve posted this one before, I haven’t posted it from this side of the international date line. So, here’s one of my favourite pictures. And yes, that word has an extra U in it.
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Tunnel Vision
The Whaling Tunnel beneath the Roundhouse in Freo.
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The Irwin Avenger
Man, do I have some strange stories involving the crazies that decided to live in and around caravans like this one. Floodway, how I miss you.
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A Walk in a Park
This is about the time Eric and I realized we could either hitchhike away from the trailhead or sleep on the ground in a backwoods car park.
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Cottesloe Surfers
Note: not a black & white photo.
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The New or Improved Benloehrke.com
So. Some people give their annual post-new years efforts to such things as weight loss or kicking cigarettes. Given that I neither have a) weight to lose, or b) a nicotine addiction, I think I’ll just make a new years resolution to re-vamp the old website. So, as I try my [...]
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Rotto Blues
*I still have sand in my backpack from this trip.
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You gotta miss that Queenstown skyline
*Couple sitting by Lake Wakatipu
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First Real Shot of the Dart River
*Looking Downstream from about 3 miles in (37 to go)
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Flying Over the Nelson Strait
God I miss the airport life-style…
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Black Beaches & Iron Sand
Piha Beach near Auckland
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The Roads on Rotto
The Fremantle Doctor may cure illness, but it blows the life off of trees.
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Atop Lion Rock
*Maori Statue
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Dichotomy
*Milford Sound, New Zealand
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Elvis Has Left the Building…
Some of you will never be forgotten. Others of you will be seen shortly. All in all, it’s been real. Perth, I give you my blessing, and I give you the fondest of farewells.
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1 Day, 15 Hours, 43 Minutes
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2 Days, 10 hours, 15 Minutes
*At the Tropical Divide
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3 Days, 23 Hours, 30 Minutes
*Good Times…
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4 Days, 21 Hours, 19 Minutes
*Creepy in so many ways…
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5 Days, 17 Hours, 50 Minutes
*Prison Ghosts
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6 Days, 8 Hours, 55 Minutes
*Perth
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7 days, 20 hours, 56 Minutes
* This was a long time ago (July)
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There’s less than corn on the Indian Ocean
* A photo of Alex making Frank look like a chump.
A cop is driving down a two lane highway, and, as he passes a convertible with the top up, he notices that the entire backseat is full of live penguins. He figures to himself that this is neither humane nor legal. At a [...]
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4 down & 1 to go.
*Photo of Dan Looking for Reef Sharks
So maybe my political science prof, who is currently seeking refuge from exams by hiding in exile in Scotland, wasn’t as blood-thirsty as I once thought. As opposed to brutality and barbarism, I would mostly depict the game theory exam through annoyance and hand cramps. How [...]
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3 Down, & 2 to Go
*Stealing Sunsets…
Done with French… [insert sigh of relief here]. Now all that is left is a history exam, and a relentless bloodbath at the hands of a game theory exam. Then, after I put down my nub of a #2 pencil, I will be dragging my bloody pulp of a body to the [...]
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Two Down, Three to Go
* Cold Foot…
It is now getting to the point where every word that I type brings me one morsel closer to freedom. I can hardly contain myself, as weeks on Australian beaches and weeks in New Zealand mountains are constantly calling my name. However, while I am typing here, I am postponing freedom. [...]
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La fin d’un autre semestre
*Learning to Fly
Spending the days writing papers, thinking of going to the beach, and wishing I wasn’t writing papers… When this semester is over, I am going to enter a state of beachy bliss. With any luck, this will not bring about a state of sunburnt agony. However, choosing between anthropology and skin [...]
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Let the Finals Begin
*The UWA Library
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Life is Exhausting
*self-explanatory picture
Dear Exmouth trip,
I miss you. Has it been a month already? It seems like only yesterday that I was roasting in the sun, drinking wine from a bag, sustaining on peanut butter, and bouncing across the western edge of Australia. While life outside of a caravan has been quite nice, I [...]
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Plane Tickets
Trying to get home.
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Open Roads
Open for comments: Why did the porcupine cross the road?
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Through the Clouds
*Illuminating the Coastline
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The Blues
Singin’ the Blues
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Turquoise Bay
Playing 500 at Turquoise Bay
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Footy
Footy: the most fit men in Austalia tackling each other for the chance to hold a ball that is not designed to be held on to, with the intent of passing it in the least functional ways possible or scoring a probable goal from an improbable distance… I love it.
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Oranges
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Storm Rolling In
*Stormy weather, baby…
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Winery
Life is like wine… it’s no fun when it’s in the box.
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Cruisin
*The dog is driving the car…. (giggles).
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Perpetual Tourist
Doing System of a Down covers…
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First Antipodean Post
An American In Aussieland
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Spring Break…. Coming Soon
The last hoorah of the gas station crew.
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A Desk Without a Soul
Ever wonder what is behind the locked brown doors in the stacks?
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L.A. Woman
Creepy? Try studying here!
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“Hey, would you be interested in…”
*The Imposing Shadow of Balantine
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Strange Name for an Electric Company…
*I believe this to be protesting electricity