Comments on: Australia Day Flyover http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Phil King http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-154983 Phil King Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:07:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-154983 The Table Tennis table wasn't exactly floating... its just been set up in the water. I guess the guy taking the footage is standing up on the right hand side behind the fence. http://www.wotnext.com.au/playVideo.asp?page=tags&sortby=&dir=&cat=20&date=&paginate=&id=3993 BTW the shadow of the plane seems to have been edited out. The Table Tennis table wasn’t exactly floating… its just been set up in the water. I guess the guy taking the footage is standing up on the right hand side behind the fence.

http://www.wotnext.com.au/playVideo.asp?page=tags&sortby=&dir=&cat=20&date=&paginate=&id=3993

BTW the shadow of the plane seems to have been edited out.

]]> By: Eric http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-144032 Eric Sat, 26 May 2007 02:32:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-144032 Here's another ad in the sand that says "Australia 2007" http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=australia&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.789407,151.28807&spn=0.000339,0.000848&t=k&z=21&om=0 Here’s another ad in the sand that says “Australia 2007″

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Owen http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-126680 Owen Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:04:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-126680 Here's the climate change sign we made on bondi beach: http://www.climatemovement.org.au/content/view/81/378/ From current projections we'll need lilos to attempt this again in 2100, Bondi beach will be underwater. Here’s the climate change sign we made on bondi beach:

http://www.climatemovement.org.au/content/view/81/378/

From current projections we’ll need lilos to attempt this again in 2100, Bondi beach will be underwater.

]]> By: nav http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125401 nav Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:36:32 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125401 They even took a photo of themselves. Heres the shadow of the google plane: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=22&ll=-33.860236,151.21708&spn=0.000205,0.000448&t=k&om=1 They even took a photo of themselves. Heres the shadow of the google plane:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: woowoowoo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125352 woowoowoo Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:51:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125352 An interesting postscript to this flyover was an episode of <a href="http://www.ten.com.au/ten/tv_bondirescue.html" rel="nofollow">'Bondi Rescue'</a>, a TV show detailing the activities of the lifesavers at Bondi Beach. The episode (#5,series 2) this week was shot on Australia day, so many of the sights we see on google maps could be seen in live action. The lifesavers' beach shelter: lat/lng:-33.890998,151.278077 and their control room: lat/lng:-33.890575,151.277817 the table tennis game: lat/lng:-33.891565,151.282306 and the surf carnival, with a swim race in progress: lat/lng:-33.891484,151.277604 Actually one of the swim races was dramatically interrupted by a swarm of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o%27_War" rel="nofollow">bluebottles</a>, which forced the closure of the beach for a period. Bondi is a busy and dangerous beach and as benign as it looks in these photos, there was still plenty of work for the rescuers. It might look calm, but this: lat/lng:-33.892903,151.276339 is a rip in which at least five people were rescued in the course of the episode. Oh, and if you were following the episode, you 'd know that somewhere here: lat/lng:-33.891751,151.276267 : is a guy pilfering from purses and bags. An interesting postscript to this flyover was an episode of ‘Bondi Rescue’, a TV show detailing the activities of the lifesavers at Bondi Beach. The episode (#5,series 2) this week was shot on Australia day, so many of the sights we see on google maps could be seen in live action.

The lifesavers’ beach shelter: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
and their control room: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
the table tennis game: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
and the surf carnival, with a swim race in progress: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Actually one of the swim races was dramatically interrupted by a swarm of bluebottles, which forced the closure of the beach for a period.

Bondi is a busy and dangerous beach and as benign as it looks in these photos, there was still plenty of work for the rescuers. It might look calm, but this: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth is a rip in which at least five people were rescued in the course of the episode.

Oh, and if you were following the episode, you ‘d know that somewhere here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth : is a guy pilfering from purses and bags.

]]> By: Curtis http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125263 Curtis Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:44:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-125263 That "big glass pyramid" is actually the <a href="http://www/knick-knack.com/pics/photos/Australia_2004:_Botanic_Tropical_Centre.html" rel="nofollow">Royal Botanic Gardens Tropical Centre</a>. That “big glass pyramid” is actually the Royal Botanic Gardens Tropical Centre.

]]> By: Manda http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124517 Manda Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:14:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124517 The "Floating Ping Pong Table" features on the australian TV show Bondi Rescue This week (I just saw an add for it, and remember seeing the flyover of it on this site) Just thought I'd share that with you! :) The “Floating Ping Pong Table” features on the australian TV show Bondi Rescue This week (I just saw an add for it, and remember seeing the flyover of it on this site) Just thought I’d share that with you! :)

]]> By: Tom http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124136 Tom Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:14:12 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124136 "The Google flyover was one of the biggest deceiptful acts I know." That might be a little overstating it. It's not as if Google invaded some foriegn country because they claimed that had WMD or something! “The Google flyover was one of the biggest deceiptful acts I know.”

That might be a little overstating it. It’s not as if Google invaded some foriegn country because they claimed that had WMD or something!

]]> By: John http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124132 John Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:39:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124132 The Google flyover was one of the biggest deceiptful acts I know. Google did flyover on Australia day, but the pictures taken are from a completely different day. I emailed google, and funnily enough no response. I have a schedule of ship dockings in Sydney and there was no ship docked at the Overseas Passenger terminal on Australia day!! yet Google claims the pictures are real? come-on fess-up the pictures were taken on a completely different day; that is why there is no advertising. Even if the plane did arrive late (it didn't) then there would be SOME people with signs... nothing! The Google flyover was one of the biggest deceiptful acts I know. Google did flyover on Australia day, but the pictures taken are from a completely different day. I emailed google, and funnily enough no response. I have a schedule of ship dockings in Sydney and there was no ship docked at the Overseas Passenger terminal on Australia day!! yet Google claims the pictures are real? come-on fess-up the pictures were taken on a completely different day; that is why there is no advertising. Even if the plane did arrive late (it didn’t) then there would be SOME people with signs… nothing!

]]> By: koen http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124047 koen Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:25:05 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-124047 Oh and a bit north of the volleyball, letters in the sand: Australia 2007! http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=-33.789422,151.288237&z=20 Oh and a bit north of the volleyball, letters in the sand: Australia 2007!

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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