Webcams
Thanks to The Age for compiling the following list of webcams, located around the world. Interesting stuff.
Original article by Lia Timson here.
If you have any other cams that you enjoy, or perhaps one of your own you are keen to share, let me know.
EarthCam Network
www.earthcam.com
This site belongs to a webcam software company that promotes the medium but is the most reliable aggregator of webcam links we found. Use the World Map facility to search for cameras at your favourite destinations or search by word, Top 10, Most Popular or Editor’s Choice.
RTA NSW
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficreports/index.html
Don’t leave home or the office without checking these fixed cameras. See what the traffic is like on the M5 or M4 before going home, or the F3 before taking off for the weekend. Traffic reports are included, so there is no need to wait for the half-hourly radio broadcasts.
HMAS Perth Dive Wreck
The 133-metre guided missile destroyer was scuttled off Perth in 2001. These two cameras - one above, the other below water - allow divers to see the conditions before they set out for the day. Their friends and families can also see them at work.
NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
When it is not transmitting live from space, this site broadcasts interviews, news conferences and videos of various missions. It has three channels (Public, Media and Education) and the “What’s On” tab details the daily broadcast schedule. Watch out for mission launches and landing coverage. Best watched at night (Australian time).
The Rocks, Sydney
http://therocks.com/sydney-Webcam_Rocks_Viewing.htm
The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority’s two adjustable live webcams aim to show Sydney Harbour to the world. Use your mouse to control the camera’s zooming and panning functions, but be patient: with more than one million hits a year, you’ll probably need to wait your turn.
Australian Antarctic Division
www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/mawson/default.asp
Cameras in Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie Island give visitors to this site a glimpse of researchers’ life on the frozen continent. Images are refreshed every 10 minutes and arrive at your PC via a satellite link to the division’s headquarters in Tasmania.
Surf conditions
www.surfit.com/surfit/display.asp?ss=5&id=72
Check your favourite break before you crawl out of bed in the morning. Click on the map to go to the beach of your choice around Australia, see the static images and read the reports.
Most boring
Watching paint dry may be as exciting as watching an apple grow, ( www.applecam.co.uk/index.html ) although the blossom is pretty - best viewed in the morning (Sydney time). This Dutch site ( www.icepick.com ) tracks every time Sparkey the cat eats, the fridge opens and the doorbell rings.
Other links
French bakery www.siteparc.fr/bonneau/Webcam.htm
Panda www.oiccam.com/webcams/index.html?/panda
Times Square www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare
Moscow www.mdmbank.com/webcam
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