by Aaron Spence | Mar 18, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [1.8MB] This virtual tour shows the town of Bicheno & the Tasman Highway. The highway is the main (and only) road through town and runs from Hobart to Launceston via the east coast of Tasmania. Bicheno has a population of around 700 so it’s a lovely small town. See Full Size Google Map with all Bicheno Virtual Tours – Click Here.INSERT_MAP Bicheno Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 15, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [0.9MB] Diamond Island is a tiny nature reserve only 100m (330ft) off the coast. In fact, at low tide there is usually an hour or so to walk over to the island on dry sand. The island was declared a nature reserve in 1977 because of its importance as a large penguin rookery. We’ll have a closer look at the island tomorrow. See Full Size Google Map with all Bicheno Virtual Tours – Click Here.INSERT_MAP Bicheno Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 14, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [2.3MB] Bicheno is a wonderful little seaside town about half way up the east coast of Tasmania. With crystal clear waters, white sandy beaches and huge rocky outcrops it makes for great pictures. We’ll spend a few days here having a look around. See Full Size Google Map with all Bicheno Virtual Tours – Click Here.INSERT_MAP Bicheno Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 13, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window FullScreen Virtual Tour [1.7MB] Shot from the Chevron Renaissance, this sub-penthouse virtual tour gives a good view over the Gold Coast. In this virtual tour we can see the Q1 currently the worlds tallest residential building, and some of the vast network of canals on the Gold Coast. We can see the famous Gold Coast beaches, the ocean, the city lights shining bright that dim heading west out to the suburbs & the mountains. The Gold Coast is wonderful & diverse place, but we’ve only touched on a part of it. When next here we’ll look inland at the hinterland of sub-tropical rainforests &...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 12, 2007 | Panoramas
Cavill Mall Surfers Paradise. The epicenter for Gold Coast tourism. During the week this place is often quiet, but on weekends it can be jam packed. There’s also markets here on Friday nights. It’s a great spot you should see when visiting the Gold Coast, but make time to see the rest, as the Gold Coast is much more than Surfers Paradise. In this pano we’re about 50m (164ft) from the Surfers Paradise beach virtual tour of last...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 11, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [1.9MB] Back in Southport, which is sort of the Gold Coast CBD. Scarborough is the main street through Southport, although all the shopping is a block north of here. From here we see the Southport RSL on the opposite corner & Southport Central across the...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 10, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [1.4MB] Now that we’ve Virtual Toured Gold Coast beaches from south to north, we’ll head south again to Broadbeach, where the new Gold Coast Convention & Entertainment Centre lives. Interestingly this Broadbeach Virtual Tour was shot exactly 1 year ago today. It was from the 1st series of panos I did with my current setup. Another piece of useless information is that my company (formerly known as Fusion Creative) did a multimedia cd-rom of this site & facility for the Jupiters consortium that eventually won the bid to build & run the centre. I think we charged $5,000 – I think they charged $120...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 9, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio FullScreen Virtual Tour [1.3MB] Sanctuary Cove is a luxury mini town on the northern end of the Gold Coast. Complete with paved streets and beach town themed shopping areas, it’s a fun place to visit & have a meal. Sanctuary Cove is also home of the largest on water boat show in the Asia Pacific...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 8, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. Opens In New Window + Audio Here in Paradise Point we’re on the northern most tip of the Broadwater beaches. Esplanade Park is very popular with the locals and those much further afield with it’s BBQ facilities, takeaways and cafes, good swimming areas & easy...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 7, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode with audio. QuickTime [1.6MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.6MB] A couple of kilometres north of yesterdays Southport Virtual Tour is Labrador. Looking across the Broadwater you can see the trees of Wave Break Island, this leads to the Seaway where we were a couple of days ago. (Zoom out on the map below to see the area) Recent years have seen a flurry of development in Labrador, changing it’s status from a little rundown seaside suburb, into a hip place to...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 6, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.6MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.6MB] The Gold Coast doesn’t really have a CBD or ‘City’, but if it did, Southport would be it. We’re off the ocean beaches now, and onto the beaches of the Broadwater. Seaworld is across the water as well as Marina Mirage, (with the big sails) and the lights of Surfers...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 5, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.2MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.2MB] The Gold Coast Seaway is the northernmost tip of the mainland beaches. Across the channel is South Stradbroke Island which extends a further 22km (13 miles) The seaway was built in 1986 to stablise what was a very dangerous bar, and incorporates the worlds 1st permanent sand bypass system. You can see pipes from the system on the pier in this virtual...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 2, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.4MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.4MB] Danger Point, overlooking Duranbah Beach, was named by Captain Cook in 1770 (Mr Cook was credited with discovering Australia). It was so named to warn later mariners of dangerous coral reefs off the coast. For his trouble the Captain Cook Memorial was built here 200 years later. You wouldn’t know to look at it, (I didn’t and I was there) but the memorial is in fact a lighthouse. The memorial lighthouse also marks the state border between the Gold Coast, Queensland & Tweed Heads, New South Wales. You can see a diagonal line under the monument, that is the border, which means this Gold Coast virtual tour, wasn’t shot on the Gold Coast...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 1, 2007 | Panoramas
Only a short distance from yesterdays Kirra Point Virtual Tour is Rainbow Beach & Snapper Rocks. From here it’s a short walk up the headland to Point Danger & the NSW...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 28, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.4MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.4MB] The Gold Coast is beautiful beaches, fantastic year round weather, tropical rainforests, laid back lifestyle & 9x more water ways than Venice. (260kms (160miles) of navigable waterways) With a population of less than 500,000 it is a small city with all the facilities of a state capital, and more. In this Virtual Tour at Kirra Point we can see from the Qld/NSW border all the way to the lights of Surfers Paradise 20km (12 miles) away. Greenmount & Kirra beaches are on each side of the...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 27, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.8MB] Opens In New Window + Audio DevalVR [1.8MB] This amazing spot is down a long narrow ‘goat track’ with no signage or information at the obscured entrance. We’re in Leura across the road from the Toy Museum and only 1 ridge over from Echo Point where we visited a couple of days ago. This is our last Blue Mountains Virtual Tour for the time being. I didn’t have much shooting time in the mountains as I was attending a Bible College class reunion. I hope to get back to the Blue Mountains again this year to do a whole lot more panos for you Blue Mountains Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 22, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.7MB ] Opens In New Window DevalVR [1.7MB ] This is Macquarie St, the main thoroughfare through Hobart City. Travelling all the way down the street will see you arrive at the Cenotaph of the War Memorial we looked at last week, while turning down Murray St, will take you to Salamanca Markets and the waterfront where we’ve spent a lot of time at this destination. St Davids Cathedral sits on opposite street corner. It was built between 1868 and 1936 taking 68yrs to complete the architects original vision. While across the road is the Tasmanian Treasury Building built in 1841, and used as a police station until 1858. I hope you’ve enjoyed a small look at Hobart, it’s a wonderful city. There is far more to see in and around Hobart, and we’ll be checking out some local places like Port Arther & Russell Falls later. I’ve had a request to look at the Blue Mountains west of Sydney next, so that’s where we’ll start tomorrow. Following the Blue Mountains we’ll be checking out some of my home town… The Gold Coast. Hobart Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 21, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.6MB ] Opens In New Window DevalVR [1.6MB ] Behind Salamanca Place is Salamanca Square, where you can sit by the cooling fountain with a cup of coffee and a muffin and listen to a guitar or a flute player. You can even use ‘the facilities‘ if you need to go. I found them via our National Toilet Map See Full Size Google Map with all Hobart Virtual Tours – Click Here.INSERT_MAP Hobart Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 20, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [1.3MB ] Opens In New Window DevalVR [1.3MB ] We visited Constitution Dock last week, here is another view on the other side of the Dock looking back towards the city. See Full Size Google Map with all Hobart Virtual Tours – Click Here.INSERT_MAP Hobart Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
by Aaron Spence | Feb 19, 2007 | Panoramas
See this Virtual Tour in FullScreen High Definition mode. QuickTime [2.8MB ] Opens In New Window DevalVR [2.8MB ] The Hobart Gasworks, pictured here, was first turned on in 1857. It produced gas made from British coal that brought the town’s street lamps to life & replaced a handful of whale-oil lamps. These days it’s a Rum distillery & Museum, restaurant & a couple of other shops. The huge water tank like structure across the road, is actually an 1100 seat concert hall & convention centre belonging to the, attached, Grand Chancellor Hotel. Hobart Reviews, Links, Websites – Click...
