Summernats 38, coming to a close at the fringe festival in Braddon, Saturday night. Tools, transport, space, identity - the car can be celebrated as an extension and expression of the self. Even when driving, the car's boundaries can be felt as our own to the benefit of spacial awareness and navigation. Speed is a tough concept to translate to the static nature of photography, so I mostly shot with a long exposure, rolling with the movement of the cars, eager, customized and beloved by their drivers.
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Travelling the light rail in Canberra, timelapse in the evening. Heading back from the city to home is quieter, the murky windows diffuse the abstract timelapse of lights that line the Northbourne corridor around 9:30 pm.
Touching down on Runway 35 just before noon and operating under CCA031, an Air China Boeing 747-400P ferries Chinese politicians, officials and staff into Canberra Airport from Brisbane - a 1 hour and 34 minute flight. Although it isn't an official Boeing Designation, the "P" or "Presidential" suffix indicates a 747-400 adapted for presidential or VIP transportation. This particular registration - B-2472, MSN 30158 - is 25 years old, first flight and delivery to Air China in 2000, line number 1243. Both B-2472, and its counterpart tail number B-2447 are converted for regular domestic passenger flights when not on government assignments.
At present, the Air China has nine Boeing 747's in service, seven active, two parked. With the global shift toward efficient twin-engine aircraft, sightings of four-engined giants are becoming increasingly rare. An even rarer sight at Canberra Airport, which sees only light international movements, the low and slow heavy is always a welcome visitation.
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