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Samantha

Samantha's cultural name is Nyawurra Nyadbi, she's an Aboriginal woman from the Kija/Jaru and Woolahnga tribes in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, and performed a traditional "smoking" or cleansing ceremony at today's Australia Day function on the Sunshine Coast.

She was rather busy welcoming 180 new Australian citizens so I didn't get to ask her permission to publish this photo, however given her profile I'm sure she won't mind. You can check out more information about her here: Samantha Martin

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John

John is trying to decide whether to buy a piece of spruce for a new guitar top.  He builds fine Jazz guitars to order, although his son does most of the custom work these days, but he's always got a boat or an aeroplane project on the go as well.

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Priscila

I forgot Priscila's name almost almost as soon as I heard it, but I wasn't too concerned as she was going to send me her email address so I could send her this and a few other photos.

She, like Peter 068 is from Cuba, but lives on the Gold Coast with her Australian husband. She was very keen to point out the (very slight) difference in skin tone and body shape between herself and Peter, telling me they were very much typical Cubans, as were their three other friends who could have come from any other corner of the planet as well.

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Ralph

Ralph isn't a stranger, but he is an eminent Architect, Landscape Architect and author, which perhaps explains a bit of what this photo is about.   I snuck up on him while he was working at his dining table, and I thought the reflections of the front lawn, the trees from the creek visible through the kitchen window beyond, the drawings on the table and the signature corrugated iron wall were just all too conveniently placed to waste.   So here's Ralph, a somewhat ghostly apparition in his socks, loving what he's doing.

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Peter

Peter is from Brazil and living on the Gold Coast with friends for a time.  He was on a day trip to Noosa when I found him watching the setting sun at National Park.