Comments on: Australia Day Flyover http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul R http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/comment-page-1/#comment-202050 Paul R Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:03:28 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-202050 Check out Bondi beach carpark. Half full, on Australia day. In reality, the traffic and parking is shocking. Tom said "This can’t be a natural formation. The lines are too perfect. I wonder what it is". Could of been some foundations for a port. Im pretty sure that headland was used for a hospital and sort of holding place for diseased people coming off incoming boats. Im talking around 200 years ago. " The abandoned White Bay Power Station. You can see the smokestacks." Cant believe they are still there. Cant wait for the next flyover. There normally is massive amounts of events happening, especially in and around the harbour. Check out Bondi beach carpark. Half full, on Australia day. In reality, the traffic and parking is shocking.

Tom said
“This can’t be a natural formation. The lines are too perfect. I wonder what it is”.

Could of been some foundations for a port. Im pretty sure that headland was used for a hospital and sort of holding place for diseased people coming off incoming boats. Im talking around 200 years ago.

” The abandoned White Bay Power Station. You can see the smokestacks.”
Cant believe they are still there.

Cant wait for the next flyover. There normally is massive amounts of events happening, especially in and around the harbour.

]]> By: Sean Hart http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/comment-page-1/#comment-201466 Sean Hart Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:56:10 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/#comment-201466 Does anybody know how the organizers of Australia day knew their was going to be a flyover? I'm keen to get a group of friends together here in Christchurch, New Zealand to see if we can make some kind of distinguishable shape! Does anybody know how the organizers of Australia day knew their was going to be a flyover?

I’m keen to get a group of friends together here in Christchurch, New Zealand to see if we can make some kind of distinguishable shape!

]]> By: Phil King http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/02/27/australia-day-flyover/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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!

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