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The Roundhouse, High Street, Hotel Fremantle, Fremantle Municipal Tramways, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: RTW10, thirty-nine

10 years ago, I began an around-the-world (RTW) journey lasting 389 consecutive days, from 24 December 2011 to 15 January 2013 inclusive.

17 September 2012.

From the top of the Roundhouse (1831), this northeast view along High Street faces turn-of-the-century architecture prevalent throughout Australia around the time of the gold rush. Hotel Fremantle (1899) is at left-centre, whereas the former home of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways (Car Barn, 1905) is at the very right. The city of Fremantle is located about 20 km southwest from Perth in Western Australia.

I made the image on 17 Sep 2012 with a Canon EOS450D (Rebel XSi) and these settings: 1/500-sec, f/8, ISO200, 50mm focal length (80mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-mwA.

Indian Ocean, South Mole Lighthouse, Fremantle, Perth, WA, Australia, myRTW, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Freo late-arvo sun over the Indian Ocean

It’s a cliché, but seeing a ‘new’ ocean for the first time is always a thrill. Rationally, I know water is water, wherever that might be: in an ocean on the other side of the world, in the atmosphere as water vapour, or in the running flow when I turn on the taps. For me, a geographical body of water sitting in a basin surrounded by a bunch of continents and above tectonic plates counts as an ocean. The body of water in front of me marks the southwestern extent of the Indian Ocean.

I’m at Arthur Head Reserve with the sight of container vessels entering and leaving the Port of Fremantle and the South Mole Lighthouse in the distance. I’m at the edge of Freo harbour in Western Australia, and truth is: I’m closer to India now than I’ve ever been.

During my year-long RTW, made this photo on 17 September 2012 with the Canon 450D, 50-prime, and the following settings: 1/1000-sec, f/10, ISO200, and 50mm focal length (80mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie on fotoeins.com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-bGH.

Fremantle Markets, Freo, Fremantle, Perth, WA, Australia, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Fremantle tradition since 1897

In and around Perth and West Australia, the diminutive comes into play. “Freo” is the nickname for the city of Fremantle, about 30 minutes southwest from Perth. And in the waters off Freo is “Rotto” or Rottsnest Island which is home of the quokka marsupial. The Fremantle Markets have been around serving residents for over 120 years.

During my year-long RTW, I made this photo on 14 September 2012 with the Canon 450D, 50-prime, and the following settings: 1/1000-sec, f/8, ISO200, and 50mm focal length (80mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie on fotoeins.com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-bHY.

Alhambra, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, fotoeins.com

UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Around the World

Since 1995, I’ve been fortunate to experience significant travel: first as green graduate student on my first (of many) trips to Chile; followed by the opportunity to live and work in 3 countries on 3 continents inside a span of 10 years. I didn’t give much thought about their relative importance at the time, but I’m lucky to have visited a number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS).