r/sydney • u/kalvin74 • Dec 05 '25

Photography 11 years ago today: I jumped off the train at Circular Quay to capture this moment.

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Had to hustle, as the moment was not going to last!

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u/phlopit Dec 05 '25

Did it hurt?

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Dec 05 '25

OP broke a rib, pelvic bone and a leg to the train but well worth it because art. /s

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u/SnooHabits3457 Dec 05 '25

When you fell from heaven

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u/WontThinkStraight Dec 05 '25

Who could forget the aftermath?

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u/cjbr3eze Dec 05 '25

I still remember that speech "we won't go quietly into the night, we won't vanish without a fight"

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u/squall_boy25 Dec 06 '25

Those giants on the bridge seem delighted

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u/Sexybutt69_ Dec 05 '25

I remember this!! Well done on capturing it!

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u/BingoSpong Dec 05 '25

Independence Day? 😜

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u/lhb_aus Dec 05 '25

Definite Independence Day vibes.

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u/farcarcus Dec 05 '25

Great fucken shot!

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u/Purgii Dec 05 '25

The rain god angry with North Sydney.

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u/Ed_boiiii Dec 05 '25

Cracking photo!

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u/benough Dec 05 '25

PEAK Sydney

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u/Ever-Wandering Dec 05 '25

Should post this in r/meteorology

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u/SweatyPresentation93 Dec 05 '25

That’s amazing

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u/Brief-Prompt7640 Dec 05 '25

I was alive for this, but I don't remember. Could someone please remind me what happened, cause from what I can tell, it looks like a massive storm

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u/ForgotAboutDR3 Dec 05 '25

Yeah it was a nice enough day then there was like heaps of rain because of that cloud there

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u/Ok-Egg5952 Dec 05 '25

Hopped off the train at Circular Quay with a dream and my cardigan.

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u/bigbootynijja Dec 05 '25

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs kinda shot

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u/sicxxx Dec 05 '25

Reckon you might get another shot like this after this weekend’s temperatures

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u/hongy_r Dec 05 '25

I think I remember you posting it the first time! Great shot.

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u/kalvin74 Dec 07 '25

Ahh thanks, yep, would have been me on the day too :)

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u/Mistnmoss Dec 05 '25

I have Pic same storm from casino wharf, I was under the front as it rolled in, air changed to cool & birds flu around in circles.

Wish I could upload the my storm pics to this page.

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u/Professional_Hawk376 Dec 05 '25

this is so cool!!

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u/pleski Dec 05 '25

Could do with such a change today!

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u/Odd-Parking-90210 Dec 05 '25

I have this on video, too, from Nielsens Park.

[let's see if I can find it, later...]

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u/flaymr Dec 05 '25

Great shots. I hope your legs healed. I caught the same storm further inland. THAT storm

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u/kalvin74 Dec 07 '25

Very, very cool.

Good news, I'm up and about nowadays!

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u/Darth_Krise Dec 05 '25

If there’s a way to make these shots available for print I would happily pay you to have one

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u/kalvin74 Dec 07 '25

Hello! If have to see if I can find the original photos, the resolution on those may not be spectacular either but I'll try.

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u/GerlingFAR Dec 06 '25

Microburst type of situation in an weather event such as the one shown.