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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-08

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Among Geelong’s older buildings and architecture of a bygone era…

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we find buildings constructed in the last decade, or so, with completely different look.

I daresay most cities have similar buildings, areas where the older city is making way for the new.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows Wk-8

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-07

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This week….some older style Geelong windows.

windows_0546A glance over the fence and … windows on 1920s style houses.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows Wk-7

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-06

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Another window photo from my walk around Geelong

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Reflections everywhere

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windows_0564I think it odd that windows are one of the first things delivered to a building site and also one of the first things installed.  Still I’m not a builder.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-05

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This week I had to spend an hour or so in Geelong waiting for my car to be attended to.

Out came the camera and a walking we did go.  Well, one  of us walked….

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Nearing the end of my walk I came upon this old building….built many years ago and now renovated on the inside to cater for a small industry.  However, the windows caught my eye.

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Odd that  top floor windows were totally covered…

window_0564however, if you look carefully you will note that they once sported nice glass ….

window_0565louvered windows like this frame around the corner.

window_0566At ground level there were no signs of louvered windows and solid bars keeping people both out and in.  This is an area which i have often driven through but never walked and ‘smelled the roses’.  I am sure I looked like the typical tourist with camera in hand photographing all that locals take for granted.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-04

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‘Local’ Windows this week

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This week a long shot at country Church windows.

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shed_1986This is my favourite because I have seen many windows like this.  My Grandfather was a WW I Soldier Settler and many of the farms, where I spent much of my life, were settled in either the twenties or fifties, after WW II. Many of the building practices were as rudimentary as this ‘window’ in the side of the porch/entrance wall.  Even into the eighties and nineties wool sheds were built with a slightly more sophisticated, but very similar window cut into the wall.  Modern windows usually had an outer shutter covering them so they could be locked from the inside.  But that was the only difference. shed_1986aMy Grandfather’s wool shed was made of blue stone pitchers with just holes in the side for windows and door.  This one appears to be made of sandstone which is much softer than blue stone……. Still I wouldn’t like a hit on the head with either of them!! 

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-03

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Fremantle-Perth Windows

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windows_0241I am afraid I cannot provide much information regarding this shot except to say it was taken while on our cruise down the Swan River.  I suspect that this building is located on the outskirts of Perth….but could also be nearer to Fremantle.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-02

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Fremantle Windows

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The Fremantle Post Office was built in 1907 and is now listed on the Australian National Heritage List for places of outstanding heritage significance.  Note the arched and square windows in this magnificent old building….well ‘old’ by our standards.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-01

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A change this week…sad windows..

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Window_0252 I saw these windows a few months ago and thought they would suit an abandoned challenge.  

However, I think ‘sad’ is the correct description for them.

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The closer they are the sadder they look.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-50

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Decided to look at windows from the other side this week.

The following shots are from our cruise from Perth to Fremantle on

Western Australia’s Swan River.

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If my memory serves me correctly, and the information provided is correct, the buildings on the waterfront in this photo all belong to the same family.  A careful look and you will see one or two houses about half way up the river bank with the same colour roof which are also part of this waterfront mansion.

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Certainly an enjoyable cruise with time in Fremantle for shopping.

Well worth the day out if ever in Perth.

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Thursday Lingering Look at Windows-Wk-49

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I was thinking of  a change this week and realised that Christmas would  be over by next Thursday.  So, decided to give the Church windows another run as churches all over the world play an important part in the Christmas festivities.

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We will not see an empty seat next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Church_0357I suspect the old altar will be covered with flowers and other Christmas decorations.

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Church_0391 Hope you enjoyed these windows for this Thursday.

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