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Day 51

February 20, 2010

It’s the Rottnest Channel Swim today.  We are up at 5am to watch over 2,300 swimmers enter the sea for the 19km swim to Rottnest Island. It’s the biggest open-water race in The World.  Thankfully there were no sharks present this year!

Each swimmer has a ‘paddler’ who stays with them on a sea canoe or kyack throughout the swim.  It’s a bit of a tradition for them to wear colourful head-wear to ensure that their swimmer can see them.

This conveniently starts the week’s theme ‘hats’.

A 'paddler' at the Rottnest Channel Swim

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Day 52

February 21, 2010

A cork hat is a type of headgear with cork strung from the brim, to ward off insects.

Traditionally worn by jackaroos and swagmen in the blow-fly infested Australian outback, the cork hat has become part of the stereotypical representation of the Australian ocker. The shape and material of a cork hats vary, though typically they are shaped like slouch hat. Pieces of cork, often shaped as bottle stoppers, are hung on string from the brim of the hat. The low density of cork means a number of pieces may hang from a hat without significantly increasing the weight. Movement of the head causes the corks to swing, discouraging insects from swarming around the wearer’s head.

Cork Hats

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Day 53

February 22, 2010

Well I know that this week is supposed to be hats…..

We had a day in Perth today and I really liked this photo of the Swan Bells.  It’s sort of hat shaped!

The Swan Bell Tower is 82.5 metres tall and contains twelve bells of St. Martin-in-the-Fields from the 14th Century and which were recast in the 16th Century by Queen Elizabeth I.

Commemorating Australia’s bicentenary in 1988, the twelve bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields as well as five specially cast bells were presented to the City of Perth and to the people of Western Australia, by the people of London.

The Swan Bell Tower, Perth

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Day 54

February 23, 2010

What can I do different with a hat?

I had this idea of a cap apparently suspended in thin air.

Throwing the hat with one hand, holding the camera, focussing and firing the shutter with the other hand at the right moment only took 23 takes!

Flying hat

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Day 55

February 24, 2010

A hat is a very personal thing. Usually the sun on my head is OK and my preference.

But when it get’s too much…….

My favourite hat

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Day 56

February 25, 2010

Phew….it’s been a real stinker today….  well over 40c…I think I’m going ‘tropo’ !

Aussie caps

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Day 57

February 26, 2010

The heat continues…it’s now the hottest summer on record.

We had a thunderstorm this morning and the first meaningful rain since the beginning of  October.  It had all dried up within an hour, just dirtied the cars!

Taking photos in 43c is taxing!

Happy chappy with his hat

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