Globe of Death

The Globe of Death, where stunt motorcycle riders ride inside a metal globe. Demonstrations held during the Melbourne Formula 1 activities.

The Globe of Death [HDR]

Ready to enter the Globe.

Motorcycles riding around the model.

4 motorcycles inside at same time.

Melbourne Formula 1 - Other Stuff

Crusty Demons stunt riders

Crusty Demons stunt riders 

Australian army tank

Historic cars show

Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Ford GT

Bruno Senna from Williams 

Melbourne Formula 1 GP - Part Three - Red Bull & McLaren

Part 3 of a photo series from the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, Albert Park. Focus of this post on Red Bull Racing and McLaren. See previous post for other racing teams.

Jean-Eric Vergne @ Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber @ Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button @ McLaren

Jenson Button @ McLaren vs Nico Hulkenberg @ Force India

Lewis Hamilton @ McLaren

Sebastian Vettel @ Red Bull Racing

Melbourne Formula 1 GP - Part Two - Ferrari & Mercedes

Part 2 of a photo series from the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, Albert Park. Focus of this post on Mercedes GP Petronas and Scuderia Ferrari. See previous post for other racing teams.

Michael Schumacher @ Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg @ Mercedes vs Charles Pic @ Marussia

Nico Rosberg @ Mercedes GP

Felippe Massa @ Ferrari vs Vitaly Petrov @ Caterham

Felippe Massa @ Ferrari vs Kimi Raikkonen @ Lotus. Former teammates at Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso @ Ferrari

Melbourne Formula 1 GP - Part One

Part 1 of a photo series from the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, Albert Park. Photos were taken during the practice stages of the Melbourne GP, which is the first Formula 1 event of the year.

The focus is on the less popular racing teams in this post, with the other teams such as Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes to follow in later posts.

See Post Two - Ferrari & Mercedes
See Post Three - Red Bull & McLaren

Racing conditions weren't great during the practice sessions, with the track a bit wet from heavy rains throughout the day. The actual race day on Sunday will be a lot warmer and drier.

Narain Karthikeyan @ HRT

Paul di Resta @ Force India

Sergio Perez @ Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg @ Force India

Kimi Raikkonen @ Lotus

Pastor Maldonado @ Williams

Pastor Maldonado @ Williams 

Pastor Maldonado @ Williams & Timo Glock @ Marussia

Kimi Raikkonen @ Lotus

Romain Grosjean @ Lotus & Pastor Maldonado @ Williams

Moomba Fireworks

Fireworks by the Yarra River during the Moomba Festival 2012 in Melbourne.

Moomba Festival 2012

Moomba is Australia's largest free community festival and one of the longest running festivals in Australia. Held annually in the city of Melbourne, Australia, Moomba is celebrated during the Labour Day long weekend and has been celebrated since 1955.

Little Scarecrow

A relaxing afternoon in a herb garden, with a pot of herbal tea. Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

The Merlion - Night & Day

The icon of Singapore, the Merlion, is a combination of a lion's head and fish body. The lion's head represents Singapore, also known as the lion city, and the fish represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village.

There are multiple merlion statues around Singapore, but the original is the one located at the mouth of Singapore River, in the Merlion Park. This statue has been moved 120m to the current location in 2002, since the construction of the Esplanade Bridge blocked the Merlion from the river.