Ryan Booker
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  • Some workmates and I are participating in Steptember this year, hoping to raise money for Cerebral Palsy.

    If you have a few spare bucks, please consider donating.

    Help me reach my Steptember fundraising goal.
    → 12:30 PM, Aug 30

  • This grumpy ol' fella wanted some action…

    I took these frame grabs from our dive at Julian Rocks with Blue Bay on Saturday. This turtle harassed us and every other diver that swam through the area.

    A turtle gazes up at a diver in trim, bubble escaping toward the surface. Side shot of a turtle gazing up at a diver in trim, bubbles escaping toward the surface. The large turtle continues to harras a nimble diver.
    → 9:00 AM, Aug 28

  • A day on the bay.

    A small tinny zipping out into Moreton Bay for a spot of fishing. Clear blue skies above almost glassy ocean conditions.
    → 9:00 AM, Aug 21

  • No strawberry sundaes, but there were cows…

    Breakfast and lunch at Montville and a great day walking around Kondililla Falls—more of a trickle at the moment!

    Rolling hills and farms, viewed from Gerrard's Lookout.
    → 6:00 PM, Aug 16

  • Congratulations Ian and Christina on passing GUE DPV 1!

    A head shot of two happy DPV divers wearing Santi Drysuits.
    → 9:00 AM, Aug 11

  • An unexpected guest.

    A peacock wandering a leaf covered path.
    → 12:30 PM, Aug 10

  • Ringo’s new friend.

    A small plush Tasmanian Tiger.
    → 9:00 PM, Aug 9

  • Destroyer of worlds.

    Gold and brown Ray-Ban Aviators laying on a wooden table next to a recently emptied coffee cup, and mushroom cloud shaped pattern inside.
    → 9:00 AM, Aug 8

  • Twisted metal.

    The cab of a cement truck crafted in decorative rusted metal fencing.
    → 9:00 AM, Aug 4

  • We also visited Port Arthur… an important historical area from our colonial and convict past… and on 28 April 1996 site of the worst mass shooting in modern Australian history—after which the Australian government introduced a buyback program and heavily restricted gun ownership.

    A red brick wall with several old gaol cell windows.
    → 9:00 AM, Jul 30

  • We took a trip to Tassie, the view from atop Kunanyi (Mount Wellington) was really something.

    Looking out across Hobart from the top of Kunanyi (Mount Wellington).
    → 9:25 PM, Jul 29

  • Finished reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey 📚

    → 3:01 PM, Jul 15

  • We spent Easter on beautiful Heron Island, home to a variety of birds (no herons) and a green sea turtle nesting ground.

    In the early 20th century also home to a turtle cannery, thankfully now a resort and University of Queensland research station.

    Looking out across the blue and green water of Heron Island, toward the horizon and clear blue sky, snorkelers swimming around a disused wooden frame. A golden sunset drifts toward an ocean horizon, backlit clouds outlined above a rusted ship wreck jutting above the waterline. A rich orange sunset, the sun disappearing below an ocean horizon, grey clouds lit with deep purples and oranges.

    Did I mention the birds? Bring a spare shirt.

    → 9:00 AM, Apr 22

  • That’s a wrap. The Micro.blog March Photoblogging Challenge was a blast.

    I’ve collected all my posts for posterity or you can peruse everyone’s photos.

    → 9:00 AM, Apr 1

  • #Practice, Day 31.

    I see the end…

    Looking up at the face of 40 something bloke with a greying beard, wearing a You Am I t-shirt and a baseball cap, surrounded by blue sky, an ocean horizon reflected in his aviators.
    → 10:30 PM, Mar 31

  • #Mirror, Day 30.

    Reflecting on the day.

    Sunset look out across a river bend, palm trees on the shoreline reflected in the glassy water. The orange pink fading light reflected in the water defines its path and outlines the far bank.
    → 5:12 PM, Mar 30

  • #Slice, Day 29.

    A closer look at temptation.

    A closeup of the fibrous core of an apple after being sliced in half.
    → 10:40 PM, Mar 29

  • #Prompt, Day 28.

    Ringo’s morning message…

    A small plush avocado smilie face resting in an cat’s empty bowl… a message of sorts.
    → 10:49 PM, Mar 28

  • #Support, Day 27.

    The local flying fox colony doing what they do.

    Gumtrees against a cloudy sky, the bright daylight casting the scene as if it were black and white. Dotted throughout the trees a colony of flying foxes.
    → 9:54 PM, Mar 27

  • #Instrument, Day 26.

    Still my favourite.

    An extreme closeup of the bridge of an Epiphone Sheraton II guitar, looking flat across from the bridge to the saddles.
    → 8:36 PM, Mar 26

  • #Spice, Day 25.

    This one didn’t really work…

    I was going for Martian sunrise over cayenne pepper, but trying to shoot macro with a phone through a small glass bottle gave rise to some spicy language instead.

    A landscape made of cayenne pepper shot through a small clear glass bottle.
    → 10:13 PM, Mar 25

  • #Court, Day 24.

    Street art at the local handball court.

    Looking at ground level along the yellow dividing line of an outdoor handball court. The line leads into the distance, terminating at a free standing brick wall covered in street art depicting a crazy looking rabbit and a tophat wearing cigarette smoking angry emoji face. Gumtrees flank the wall in the distance.
    → 6:12 PM, Mar 24

  • #Chance, Day 23.

    Last time I was in Sicily, Stromboli erupted the day after we moved from Lipari to Favignana.

    A calm blue ocean stretches to the horizon where clouds obscure the crater of Stromboli.
    → 8:41 PM, Mar 23

  • #Insect, Day 22.

    Comin’ in hot.

    A honey bee coming in to land on some Lillies of the Nile.
    → 7:36 PM, Mar 22

  • #Tiny, Day 21.

    The tiny details of everyday objects…

    Gwoya Tjungurrayi was a Warlpiri man and survivor of the Coniston Massacre, the last documented massacre of Aboriginal people in Australia.

    A close up of a small gold Australian $2 coin, an artist’s impression of Aboriginal man, Gwoya Tjungurrayi, stares proudly.
    → 9:46 PM, Mar 21
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