Pure Australia

Forest in mist near the vines, Morton National Park , NSW

Morning mist on Govett's Creek, Blue Mountains National Park , Australia

 Noosa River , Cooloolah National Park , Australia

Sunset, Lake Matheson , South Island , New Zealand 

Dawn at Milford Sound, Fjordland , New Zealand 

Zoe Bay and Mount Bowen at sunrise, Hinchinbrook Island National Park , Australia

Tarn reflection after sunset, South Island , New Zealand 

Hotel Mardan Palace

Hotel Mardan Palace, Antalya ,Turkey

The Mardan Palace is a luxury hotel in Lara, Antalya, Turkey, built by Azerbaijani Mountain Jewish businessman Telman Ismailov. It was opened on 23 May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton, Seal, Tom Jones and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev. It's considered as Europe's and the Mediterranean's most expensive luxury resort.It cost $1.4 billion. It has the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool within which is a sunken aquarium containing 2,400 fish.The hotel has 560 rooms, a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) spa, and its own beach containing 9,000 tons of sand imported from Egypt. 10,000 m2 of gold, 500,000 crystals, 23,000 m2 of Italian marble are used in the construction of the hotel. The corporate identity and website for the hotel was created by Brash Brands in Dubai, for which they received an International Design Award.