May I, as an incompetent lurker, fill the Open House spot?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/fb721cac.jpg

Are the mountains the Andes?

Santiago de Chile?

Tehran, Iran

Atlas Mountains. Marrakech/Fes?
Possibly the Djemaa el-Fna Mosque.

All those snakes in Marrakech puts me off! :{
I'm not sure it's Marrakech!

Could it be, hmm?http://www.hipmorocco.com/images/riads/56925452247447cca6b732.jpg

Been lurking since thread began. Thought I was fairly well travelled, but am in humble awe here. I do have one photo I should like to post, not only to give experts some fun, but because I am very interested in whether anyone knows more information about the history of the place.

Is this ok?

Apparently....."The minaret is topped with 3copper balls of decreasing size,a traditional design in Morocco.3 balls on top means thatthere is a Friday prayers service."

Can I now repost my challenge that I posted as #1493 and everybody has stomped over it :* ?

You can AFAIAC RD:

Seoul? / Taipei?

Hobo, its neither.

And here it is reposted for easier reference:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/IMG_3826.jpg

I never forgot about yours, Reg! I was going to say that you were first.

Is it Austrian? Are the women wearing some sort of traditional dress like they do in Austria on Sundays?

Are there eagles carved into the pillar? What's that gold animal on the pillar to the right? It's a blur.

Is the minaret this one?http://www.colin-julie.com/marrakech498.jpg

I never forgot about yours, Reg!

How sweet of you Sirikit!

Not Austrian though.

Don't know about the eagles, but Jimmy Carter must have loved the place.

Well, the pillars look like a totem pole with the carvings of eagles and things.

They do, don't they?

Reg, are you playing with your flute there? :p

Not much this time Sirikit.

And, after all, this is a four-letter-word challenge.

Norway-Oslo Rådhus.

Finfly - Please post up your pic when I get Reg's pic correct!;)

Norway-Oslo Rådhus

pineridge has it: Oslo (four letters) Town hall.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/2002-Jimmy-Carter_1782201i.jpg

All yours :D

Edit: Sirikit, slow is not always great…….

Well done, pineridge. That definitely was a tricky one, Reg!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/32Jelentrainbunkerfromfront.jpg

Sadly, right clicking will give much of the info away, but as I said,
I am wondering whether people here know any of the actual history
of the place.

And many thanks, too.

Googoil to the rescue Führer Headquarters Anlage Mitte (http://www.battlefieldsww2.com/Fuhrer_Headquarters_Anlage_Mitte.html)

Thank you SO much. It was a spooky place to walk around.

A fun easy teaser:-http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_02/blueangles2_800x444.jpg

San Francisco bay----Just East of the Golden Gate Bridge.

K7rAUu8djZ4&feature=related

Just beat me to it.:ok:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/blueangels1_468x319.jpg"Air defying: The Blue Angels impressed onlookers during their air show in the Bay area." San Francisco.Read more: How low can they go? Navy jets in death-defying skim across the water during air show | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486395/How-low-Navy-jets-death-defying-skim-water-air-show.html#ixzz1Lm2oQuMX)

Another somewhat easy one for a Sunday:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/fw1001.jpg

The Crater of Mt. Waialeale,Kauai.

As an interlude to the main game - it would appear that Tony Draper has found something on GoogleEarth near his abode (Newcastle) which he can't make head nor tail of (the square post thing next to the signpost). Details are on the "Mystery Object" thread but I thought that the sleuths of this fine forum might well be able to provide an answer:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a194/Deaddogbay/mysteryobject1.jpg

The Crater of Mt. Waialeale,Kauai.

Correct. I flew inside there on average 5 times a day for 7 years flying tours. It is the wettest place on earth, (depending upon how you measure it), receiving an average of 450 inches of rain per year.

This picture was taken after 7 inches of rain had fallen in the preceding 2 hours.

Unfortunately, it is also the site of two fatal helicopter crashes during my time there....one was weather related, the other one was pilot error.

Mt Wai'ale'ale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Waialeale)

z58vWt-rhMA

Thank you,Gordy. Appears to be an interesting place to aviate.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Wawona_Tree_Road.jpg

What sort of mind does it take to think this could be a good idea to try and build? Talk about thinking outside the box...

Big Tree Wawona, Mariposa Grove, Cal?

Is Big Tree Wawona, Mariposa Grove, Cal the same as Sequoia Park, CA, Sirikit?

Yosemite National Park, Reg.

Yes, Wawona. Never seen a "giant" redwood tree, but what I guess are considered "small" redwood trees are pretty huge.
Wawona Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawona_Tree)
Note to self: Come up with more cryptic locations.

This is a nice place to visit if you are near SF:
Muir Woods National Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Woods_National_Monument)

and this is a nice place to eat before or after:
Menus at Pelican Inn (http://www.pelicaninn.com/diningmenu.html)

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/4/29/1272532442184/Trott-006.jpg

Jonathan Trott being run out,fifth Ashes Test,Sydney,Australia

Wow, sabredog, you know your cricket stuff!Picture shows Jonathan Trott being run out by Australia's Simon Katich at The Oval last summer. Photograph by Gareth Copley.
You got half of it right. ;)
Your call!

I was not sure of the venu,Sirikit,and made the wrong guess!
Open House.

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/cunardcritic/IMG00693-20110418-1545.jpg

My first go at this competition.

The Oregon coast? But the sea color looks more like the Caribbean, although probably not Virgin Gorda. Baja maybe???

North Wales?

I suspect my guesses are wrong, as the land mass looks more extensive than what you'd see in the latter two.

Sirikit, spilled milk, but have been both to Sequoia Park and Yosemite, and couldn't tell them apart without the water fall :ouch:

Haha, Reg! That saves me from visiting both of them.;)

Lady Lexxington, is this your bucket in the picture? :oh:

Something similar - North Wales.http://jimpix.co.uk/fs42sdf55df23aaa/photos/old-089-morfa-nefyn.jpg

It is not my bucket and you're all wrong so far. :}

Crimea (not to be confused with common criminals).

Nope.............

Is it in England - Cornwall?

You are in the right county Sirikit.

Is it near St Eval, just north if memory serves?

Wrong coast Gordy.

Is it Newquay?

It has been almost 30 years, so a pure guess---in and around St. Austell.

No and no. D'you want a clue?

Kynance Cove?

I think Sirikit has it.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-05-08um224841.png

Good Night.

Well done! :ok: Taken last month. We had such fabulous weather.

Open house.

This shouldn't take long! ;)http://jimpix.co.uk/fs42sdf55df23aaa/photos/2009-05-21-beach-006.jpg

Is there a need to burst into song, I'm thinking "Wings"

Oh wind blowing in from the sea - gawd awful dirge!

As in Paul McCartney's Wings?

Is there a need to burst into song, I'm thinking "Wings"
Did someone call me?

Oh, sorry, those wings...

I shall have to mull over the challenge.

As in Paul McCartney's Wings?

Yes

Sorry I'm slow but at my age sleep is required !

Come on, chaps! You're all slow today. :p

Nope, no wings today - not even puffin ones. :p

Sorry I'm slow but at my age sleep is required !
I have mulled, and I am Kintyred too:)

Live and let die.........! Change your tack! :p

This seascape has more character.:rolleyes:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a194/Deaddogbay/where.jpg

Does it????

I think it is the maritime content makes it all the more characterful for Herr Draper. ;)

One man's meat.....! :p Looky, mind you lot don't make this thread boring! ;) :p
sabredog and RegDep: Get goggling as I'm getting seasick out here! ;)

Sorry Sirikit, I am currently solving other mysteries of Mr/Herr Drapers.

In answer to Mr. Drapp's challenge;
Saddlehill,Atlantic ocean,Namibia,Africa

Sirikit, is yours from Faroe Islands?

Indeed yon vessel is a victim of he dreaded Skeleton Coast of Mamibia.:)

In answer to Mr. Drapps challenge;
Saddlehill,Atlantic ocean,Namibia,Africa

Excellent Sabredog the wreck of the Otavi, Drapes could have been on that.

How do you do it !?

Doesn't everyone know about the Skeleton Coast, Namibia? ;)Skeleton Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_Coast), sorry, Reg, - not the Faroes. Happy sailing! :p
(Sorry, all my defaults, smilies and formatting has gone the shape by way of a pear!)
http://jimpix.co.uk/fs42sdf55df23aaa/photos/2009-05-21-beach-006.jpg

Happy sailing!

Need some vectoring.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/stirthepot.gif

Wodrick,
I am afraid to say that "Otavi" is not the name of the vessel,it refers to the local district;
Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia.
Captions can be very misleading at times
The only SS.Otavi to sail the seas was scrapped in the Netherlands,in1924.

Sirikit's challenge, as a long shot;
Arrun Islands.

Cross back over the Irish Sea, sabredog.

Isle of Mann, Snaefell?

That's what speed reading gets you !

wings - Think of Tom and Jones!

You can see it from my last cheeky little picture:http://jimpix.co.uk/fs42sdf55df23aaa/photos/old-089-morfa-nefyn.jpg

Answer:Yr Eifl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yr_Eifl)
sabredog to call from winning Tony Draper's lovely picture of another ship aground.
:)

Apologies,I did not realise it was my turn.
Still "open house" I am afraid.

Another easy one to keep things rolling

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/100_0067.jpg

Ummmmmmm, Pacific???

Greece, Peloponez, west of Messina,Pilos on exapmle, or something like this....

Greece would be warm, but Pilos not right.

...Mull of bloody Kintyre? Sad home to more than one Shackleton as well. Hated doing CASEXs in the area close to that place.

The Ancient mariner

Sorry, scrolled past the answer too quickly.

Norther Peloponese, Limnothalasa,Kalgrias, or Parolimni, west of Patras....
;)

Nope ..........................

Hmm, Cyprus possibly... south east coast? Off to Google Earth.

Greece would be warm, but Pilos not right.

to quote myself

Lefkada?
http://www.arethousavillas.gr/2_Ai_Giannis.jpg

From nearly the same spot I think, yes the causeway linking Lefkada to the mainland.
all yours

I'll sneak in while it is quiet.....

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_2030.jpg?t=1305030573

Gentlemen

Did we ever get the correct answer regarding Threadbaron's challenge No. 1501, hmm? The minaret one, hmm?

:p

I don't think ThreadBaron ever called it, but the preponderance of the evidence presented gives some assurance that it had been correctly identified http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/indifferent0022.gif.

Reg

A win still needs to be celebrated, hmm?

http://www.messentools.com/images/emoticones/zorrito/www.MessenTools.com-39%20juuu.gif

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2010/096/5/2/Russell_Howard_Yawn_Rape_by_mockthedeviant.jpg

I say……. http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/oldman.gif

The rules, Reg, the rules.....!

http://www.messentools.com/images/emoticones/zorrito/www.MessenTools.com-45%20beso.gif

OK, fine. Let's let ThreadBaron and sabredog take it to the Hague International Court of Arbitration.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/mini_141825.gif

Are those Snapdragons?

I don't know. Am pinching them from other forums :O.

It is quite apparent that you don't know your flowers from your......<ahem>! :p

The flowers on the roof....back to Earth, Reg, babes!

What kind of architecture is that? It's a hot climate.....Spain/Portugal?

I was once in a hotel a bit North of Lisbon that looked like that.

(Sirikit, now I am talking about the whole pic where the botanical miracles are sitting on the roof. Other than that, I admit, I cannot tell a flower from an elbow.)

Italian Lakes, Bellagio, Menaggio?

Extruded clay (terracotta) leads me to think of Italy. If there were mountains in the background I would think 'lakes' but we could be looking south. Vegetation has that Italian feel to it as well.

I think Italy.

Italy is spot on. Could we be a little more specific?

It is on the left hand side, not the right hand side.

It could be Costa Liguria, Alassio, but if you hadn't said left hand side (West -I assume you mean looking from the bottom, or boot, up) I'd still say lakes. There is no shadow to indicate orientation and the picture was taken at midday when the sun would have been high in the sky anyway.

There is an easily googleable clue in the piccy. Requires a bit of focus in.

Not lakes.

Yes, the name of the hotel/hostal in black letters but zooming in breaks up the resolution and makes it unreadable .... tried that!

Got to go. back tomorrow.
AO

Back now. Any more ideas?

It may be the building above the cliff right in the middle of the picture, a museum, maybe, but to scan coastal Italy for museums is more than I would do now….

Did we rule out Sardinia?

Did we ever get the correct answer regarding Threadbaron's challenge No. 1501, hmm? The minaret one, hmm?

Humblest apologies! I forgot I had posted and never returned. sabredog hit it, and sirikit produced the back-up evidence. Atlas Mountains/Marrakesh it was.

Me now on norty step ... :O

Oh, I thought we had to find the minaret rather than the place.:{ I worked my fingers to the bone.:{

We'll have no rebellion here, Threadbaron!:O Nobody dare suck oxygen out of this thread (what a laugh that was:E) or sisemen will have yer gast for flabber, eh!:E

There, there. You were right as well.:ok:

Rebel? Me? You are thinking of someone else, surely. ;)

Reggie, babes, that's a hotel. Get your magnifying glass out!:p

Threadbaron - A wise one knows moving mountains is beyond human power, but a fool has other thoughts….......

:p

Not Sardinia. Mainland. That building is a hotel.

If pprune accepted original piccies, zoom in would allow you to easily read the hotel name.

This town is well-known, even if I took the piccy from an unusual place within the local town museum.

Now you're putting pressure on us, AO!:E

It is a well known coastal town in mainland Italy on the West side of the mainland. It is not on the lakes.
Tourists go there, and it has hotels.

It has probably been on the site too long, so I'll reveal all, soon..

Sorrento, taken from a window in Sorrento Museum.

Open......

Oh, bother; I should have joined in. Now I'm looking at it, I can see the hotel where MrsP and I stayed. Nice one, AO.

Good challenge! Well done.

A bit of culture....where can you view this?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lis5qi60qd1qzr1mqo1_500.jpg

The Lady with the Ermine was painted in oils on wooden panel by Leonardo da Vinci. Currently at the Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland

Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Short and sweet!

Also known as Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani which will make its first visit to Britain in the autumn at the National Gallery.

I've got a photo, it's loaded on Flickr. I select the Insert Image icon just above where I'm typing now and copy and past the URL from Flickr, it appears in the text body of the post with an [IMG] tage at either end and submit the post and I get a blank post. What am I doing wrong?

I've never used Flickr, but do you have an option to copy and paste an URL starting with 'http'? I think that is what you need to use. :)

Open house,isn't it?:E
the question is:
The name of the river

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab53/SINGAPURCANAC/IMGP0568.jpg

I give up! Life is too short! That's not even educational. It should be relegated to the Boring thread.

Ougoue, Gabon.

Probably not, but not too much to go on.

Hudson, New York

Another Great :} SINGA post. :{

I give up! Life is too short! That's not even educational. It should be relegated to the Boring thread.

Next time before posting a photo,I will ask you for approval. That should be point of your post,shouldn't it?
Warmly suggest others to do so. If Sikirit gives opinion than it is mandatory.
:E

@<hidden> folded,seacue,
negative, but appreciate your attempt.

little hint:
river color.....;)

Rio Negro in the Amazon?

Red River, of which there are two in North America IIRC.

It's a boring photo!

:ooh:

Hartington - Pity you can't cheat! Get it over quickly!:E

It's not the Yellow River .....!

Sirikit : toys ..... pram?

Just mega bored! Uninspired by Singa's tripe.:{

Where's this?

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-13.09.00-300x203.png

I agree that the challenge is perhaps not as inspiring as many others, but comments like this :
Pity you can't cheat! Get it over quickly
are inappropriate, uncalled for, spiteful, and have no place here.

So where is it?

Possible answer to Sirikit's picture;
Malaysian Grand Prix,2011.

Back to Singa's challenge.

Black River in Jamaica.

hint No 2:
-color of the river at that picture is clue. Name doesn't consist color.

And I am happy to post challenge that is not answered by sirikit immediately.
:}:E

Could the water be frozen despite the green foliage? In that case, how about Amur?

"Blue" Danube?

Excellent!
that was the the idea "on the blue Danube..."
@<hidden>,
your turn maestro....
:ok:

Thank you,Singapurcanac.
A thought provoking and interesting challenge.
Due to scanner tech. problems I am unable to provide a picture, so;
"Open House".

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/qqharg1/IMG_0533.jpg

Is there snow in the foreground or is it a white fence? It seems to be the latter as if it were snow I would expect to see footsteps up to the door.

I'm going to guess it's the residence of a British Ambassador somewhere, the building style is probably North American.

Not snow (at that time of year) and not an ambassador but you're in the right ballpark, Capetonian.

It looks Colonial and cold. The style is more N America than Asia. Too small to be an Embassy. British Consul or British Council building? Canada?

Not a Consul or the Council AO. Right country.

http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004BZlMRiG.dA/s/750/750/Commissioners-Residence-Dawson-City-YUK-0543.jpg

sabredog - Sepang - McLaren.

Google Image Result for http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004BZlMRiG.dA/s/750/750/Commissioners-Residence-Dawson-City-YUK-0543.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004BZlMRiG.dA/s/750/750/Commissioners-Residence-Dawson-City-YUK-0543.jpg&imgrefurl=http://guntermarx.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Flowers-Flower-Gardens/G0000jhEcvGSaNWc/I00004BZlMRiG.dA&usg=__yvmW59M2lO7a7OmcTw-voOiaw1I=&h=500&w=750&sz=308&hl=en&start=60&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=5r4S_ctJNoAIiM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=141&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnational%2Bhistorical%2Bhouse%2Bcanada%26start%3D40%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D589%26tbm%3Disch&ei=dsXLTeWHF8qO8gOZ5dChBA)

:ok:

I'll think of something interesting to post up, chaps! Something thought-provoking and challenging!:E

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3470018.jpg

Yes, Sirikit. The Commissioners Residence, Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Commissioner's Residence - Commissioner of Yukon (http://www.commissioner.gov.yk.ca/about/residence.html)

Normandy

aaaaaa to add some characters to satisfy PPRuNe formalities

Sorry, Reg. It's not there.

Sorry, Reg. It's not there.

Do they make cider elsewhere :confused:

There's also Magners Cider.........:p

Somewhere in Somerset, Worcestershire or Kent?

Zumerzet, or Cotswolds.

In short, gentlemen, no, no, no, no, noooooooo!:}

Up the apple and pears!:p

Sorry, Reg. It's not there.

But in France, oui?

Somewhere in Ireland?

Pas la belle France!:{

Sorry, not Ireland sail back over the Irish Sea.

;)

Up the stairs to Bedfordshire?

I've been in this building, and it's somewhere in Hereford I think..:ugh:

No, sorry, Hartington.

I want the house title please.....not the county!:E

Woolsthorpe Manor,Lincs.,home to Sir Isaac Newton.

Indeed, sabredog. :ok: The apple was the clue.:p Told you it would be thought-provoking. :}

Google Image Result for http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3470018.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3470018.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.what-to-do.org/attractions/index.php%3Fattraction%3D4127&usg=__xRCsPN1wUU10-KhpeJ4KU3Axzg0=&h=500&w=375&sz=60&hl=en&start=27&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=KWwpAV6jAT1e8M:&tbnh=130&tbnw=98&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwoolsthorpe%2Bmanor%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D589%26tbm%3Disch&ei=t9PLTbnnNYrE8QP85OChBA)

And that's two with a link to Sir Isaac.

First one to get Where on Earth Sir Isaac Newton hattrick?:ooh:

sabredog to call.

For a bit of fun
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/IMG_3012-1.jpg

Lincoln Cathedral?

Yes it's a cathedral, but it is not in Lincoln

Westminster Abbey

Of course

The Tomb of ................................

Were these two there recently?
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2004/04/news/041122/pwilliamharry.jpg

Didn't post fast enough.

Sir Isaac Newton's Tomb

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/qqharg1/P1070334.jpg

Castle Cary Lock-up.

Yes sabredog. Your turn.

An easy challenge,with lots of visual clues. Should last no longer than ten minutes!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/WoE9.jpg

Yes it's a cathedral, but it is not in Lincoln
That troubles me a bit, Wodrick, because although I am no expert in matters Christian, I think that Westminster Abbey is not a cathedral.
I think it is an Abbey. I get the clue from the name. There is I believe a Westminster Cathedral but it belongs to a different section of that faith.
In the anglican line there are St Paul's and Southwark.
I was quite thrown off the scent by that, I think, inaccuracy.

And tonight's winner of the "Pompous Pedantry Award" goes to!!

Yes but she/he is probably right, I only put it up to keep Isaac in there !

Aviation Museum, Belgrade?

That was funny, Wodrick!

And tonight's winner of the "Pompous Pedantry Award" goes to!!
Do I only get to keep the award for tonight? I would like to keep it at least until the end of the week.

That would give me time to show it to my friends... well, my only friend, actually, because I seem to have lost touch with most of my friends over the years. I do not know why.

Awwwwwww, wings, I'll be your friend cos I ain't got any either! :p

Capetonian keeps getting out of his shirt collar!:E:O:E

Calm down, dears!

Where can you view this? (Assuming that Belgrade is correct).

http://www.bmag.org.uk/uploads/shop/prod/34_00.jpg

Belgrade Aviation Museum is correct.
YHC,Sirikit.

Sirikit,

Yes, it is odd that folk get hot under the collar over what I think is a genial and jovial game.

But let us play on.

Not my turn, and a virus on my puter has put me out of touch for now with my piccies. Working on it, will get there sooner or later.

This is a goodun.:rolleyes:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a194/Deaddogbay/Picture013.jpg

Prauge. East side of the river.
Franz Kafka museum

P.S., Nice city to visit. Been there. Took this photo because the phrase "FUN EXPL0SIVE" in the lower right corner is one of the weirder ways I've seen to draw tourists to a gift shop.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4898135-md.jpg

Correct Mr Miles,one is not very good at this,one shall get back to me own thread.:(
:rolleyes:

Draper, don't go away! Most locations I posted were identified as fast or faster.

It's a balance between fairly easy and impossible.

Which reminds me, there's a highway underpass that allows a stream to run its natural course, with colorful graffiti sprayed on its walls by local teenagers. The odds of anyone other than the sprayistas (to invent a word) recognizing it are slim. I saw it when following the stream uphill for fun. I've wanted to take photos, but haven't yet.

Jeez. For a moment I thought that the Drapes' one was of Cottesloe on a Saturday night but then I realised that the figures were actually statues.

sirikit - the Louvre?

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
"Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Donor"
Giovanni Bellini, 1505.

sabredog - You are brilliant. You sure know your stuff!

Your call!

tonydraper - Stop cutting in! The RULES state......! Such attention seeking behaviour!:p

Thank you,Sirikit.
The next is;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/WoE4-1.jpg

Did you just use Google for the answer for Bellini, sabredog? Can't say I am a fan of Bellini. I like Rosetti and Degas. Hmm!

sabredog - Is that a train station?

Scrub that question - just noticed pylon behind it!:O

Google Image Result for http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/d82/7a2/buu-dien-post-office-ho-chi-minh-city.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/d82/7a2/buu-dien-post-office-ho-chi-minh-city.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00d8-27a2-e2bf&usg=__HUOeAvt2Iv3orCTnnHcSv2cncgc=&h=413&w=550&sz=183&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=RBm2Z9E_Hwk9SM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=133&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpink%2Bmuseum%2Bbuilding%2Bbuu%2Bdien%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D589%26tbm%3Disch&ei=yhjNTfCjH9Gu8QO8qMTkDQ)

Well done,Sirikit. Correct answer, and excellent detective work.
YHC.

Now I can see why it looked French to me.

Open House!

Well, as it's OH and nobody in Europe seems to be awake enough to take advantage of it....

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/PC260036.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/777d7292.jpg

Oh yes we are, sisemen

Think mine will go well before yours!

Sirikit

I will keep checking in this time, honest! :O

The Bosphorus?

Told ya!

Rather recognisable ferries, eh?

At least I don't feel too bad about sneaking in with an OH offer :E

It was the fog that gave it away.

Siseman's challenge.
A very long shot;
Mandurah, Peel Harvey Estuary,W.A?

Far too long a shot Sabre :}

Mallan - 'tis funny you should say that - for me it was the dead giveaway. I can't remember a pic from that area without it being enshrouded in fog/smog.

Is it in Australia, sisemen? All your pictures have been Australian so far.:p

Probably because that's where I live Siri :} Anyway, not all ... quite a few in the UK.

So, back to the challenge - not Western Australia.

Anyway, gone midnight here so I'll catch up in about 8 hours.... :zzz:

Back again. Western facing and it's not a lake.

Adjusting my elevation somewhat for my next shot,Siseman;
Topsham,Exe Estuary.
Assuming we are now searching the U.K?

Not UK. It is Australia and it's in the southern part. Salmon would be a clue.

Eyre Coast/Peninsula. Elliston/Streaky Bay?

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/small/21962873.jpg

Oyster beds at low tide. Etang de Thau?

Any chance of a bigger/clearer photo?

Ah c'mon Siri - could be bleedin' anywhere :{

OKI. It's been long enough. Tasmania. Gold star for whoever can name the place.

Freycinet Peninsula?

Not Freycinet. 250 km short :E

Huon Tasmanian Salmon Port?

Not Huon - 175 km short.

....the Gordon estuary at Strahan?

The Ancient Mariner

Bingo! Somebody had to get it. Well done Rossian. You have control.:ok:

...posting photies yet, so it's open house again.

As an aside, I'm pruning intermittently whilst finishing off a bowl being turned from a lump of Tasmanian myrtle bought from a nice chatty lady in the sawmill in Strahan earlier this year.
(Maybe this should be in the Coincidence Engine thread)

The Ancient Mariner

Hi folks
If open house try this...

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh48/Griff747/DSC00812_edited.jpg

cheers

As it's OH ......


http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee406/Helios340/WITW6.jpg

Sorry OF you beat me to it, didn't mean to jump in there, you were posting at the same time as I was.

Yours is probably off the coast of Norway, or somewhere similar.