2011 Noosa Triathlon, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Late last month I enjoyed a few days at Noosa Heads photographing the Noosa Triathlon and the Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival. Here are some of my favourite pics from the main event: the Sunday morning Noosa Triathlon for elite and general-public competitors:



Clayton Fettell, who went on to come fourth, and also win an Ironman 70.3 the following weekend!


Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (Women's 4th place)


Oxygen please!


Courage, Guts, Determination - Michael Milton


Men's winner of the 2011 Noosa Triathlon: David Dellow


David Dellow with last year's Women's winner, Caroline Steffen


Women's Winner Melissa Rollison






Refreshing Spray





Here are the Smugmug photo galleries:
1. Favourites / Highlights gallery; and then,
Unedited: 2. Extra pics from Nikon camera*, 3. Extra pics from Canon camera*.

The Photoshelter gallery, for prints sourced locally in Brisbane.

***30% Discount! A 30% discount applies to all purchases (not shipping) in the two ‘extras’ galleries, up to & including 3 December 2011. Use the discount code Tri30. (The discount applies in the extra two Photoshelter galleries as well.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/event/Noosa-Triathlon-Multi-Sport
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Australian Boomers v New Zealand Tall Blacks FIBA Oceania Championship Basketball

Hi all

Recently I attended the FIBA Oceania Basketball Championship in Brisbane. The second game, featured here, was a men’s fixture (for direct Olympic qualification) between the Australian Boomers and the New Zealand Tall Blacks. I’ve already shared my favourite photos in my Myspace blog here, so here are some extra pics:

Young point guard Matthew Dellavedova brings a smile to the Boomers' faces


National Anthem


The New Zealand Tall Blacks with their famous Haka


The Boomers respecting the Kiwi Haka


Mika Vukona shoots over Mattie Nielsen


Brad Newley, Casey Frank


Casey Frank, BJ Anthony, AJ Ogilvy


Boomers Matthew Dellavedova & Mark Worthington v Tall Blacks Mark Dickel & BJ Anthony


Patty Mills gets hooked up by Alex Pledger’s screen as he attempts to stay with Kiwi Veteran Mark Dickel


Strong Neck? - Break Dancing


Here’s my Smugmug photo gallery.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Swell Sculpture Festival - Outdoor/Beach Art - Currumbin Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2011

Hi all

Recently I enjoyed another visit to the annual Swell Sculpture Festival at Currumbin on Australia's Gold Coast. I find it such an enjoyable experience to be able to see and photograph a wide variety of modern art and sculpture in a beach/coastal environment. Here are some pics:

Altared Memory, by Pamela Lee Brenner


Georgina the Slayer, by Dave Machen


Journey Music, by Mariana Martin


Kindled Spirits, by Carmel Marsden


State of Square, by Fatih Semiz


Part of the "Swell Smalls Gallery"


The Ocean Cubed, David Ardley


The Rising Tide, John Cox


Transient Migration by Anne Leon


War Ears by Pat Hoffie and Stefan Purcell


White Death, Glenn Sanders


Here's my Smugmug photo gallery.

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Art
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Sunshine State Challenge Pre-season NBL Basketball Tournament, Gold Coast & Brisbane, Sept 2011

From 22 to 24 September 2011 I was lucky enough to attend the Sunshine State Challenge NBL Basketball Pre-season Tournament, held at the Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The impressive and well coached Perth Wildcats beat the much improved Sydney Kings in the final. Here are some pics:

Joevan Catron, Ian Crosswhite


NBA Portland Trailblazers player Patty Mills defending Brad Robbins (Perth Wildcats)


Anatoly Bose (Kings) defended by Thomas Abercrombie (NZ Breakers)


My favourite pic from the entire weekend: Sydney Kings big man Martin Iti with the Alley-oop against the reigning Champion New Zealand Breakers


Chris Warren (Adelaide 36ers)


Mark Worthington (Gold Coast Blaze)


Kerry Williams, Ian Crosswhite, Andrew Warren (Cairns Taipans), Ash Cannon (SEQ All Stars)


Outstanding Shot Block on Matthew Knight by Jerai Grant [nephew of Horace Grant (former team mate of Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls)]


Talented Wildcats Head Coach Rob Beveridge has a quiet chat with Vaughan Mayberry


Here's my Smugmug gallery, with all of my favourites from Thursday and Friday now added, and some more to come for Saturday.

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Cairns Taipans v Gold Coast Blaze Pre-season NBL Basketball, Brisbane, Qld, Aust; 3 September 2011

Hi all

I enjoy supporting basketball, so I'm very much looking forward to the Australian NBL (National Basketball League's) pre season tournament over the next few days. Recently I saw a good game between the Cairns Taipans and the Gold Coast Blaze, in Brisbane. Here are some pics from the game:

Brad Hill, Will Hudson


Really happy to get this one - Deba George, who just confirmed his place in the Taipan's official 'ten'.


Brendan Carroll


Blaze Head Coach Joey Wright being nice and not taking his debate further


Dean Brebner, Tom Garlepp


Brad Hill, Zac Carter, Dusty Rychart


Brad Hill, Jason Cadee


Jimmy Todd, Jamar Wilson


From the Photoshelter gallery (If the following 2 pics don't display correctly, please refresh your browser.)
Zac Carter, Brad Hill


Yep, the shot went in - Heath Gameren


Here are the 2 identical photo galleries: Smugmug; Photoshelter

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Cairns Taipans v Gold Coast Blaze Pre-season NBL Basketball, 3 September 2011, Auchenflower - Images by Des Thureson