The Canadian Navy celebrates 100 years of service in 2010 and CFB Esquimalt hosted an international fleet review as one of the events.
Fleet reviews are pretty rare and used to be a way of showing one's marine military might. Now it's more of a bragging contest. Victoria hasn't seen a review in more than 50 years.
Coast Guard and navy ships attended from Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean inspected and the Snowbirds air demonstration squadron paid a visit.
Many of the eight thousand sailors (hello) from those ships took to the streets of Victoria making for an eventful weekend.
Throw in a couple of cruise ships, Buccaneer Days and the Naked Bike Ride and, well, there was plenty to point a camera at.
I even resisted the temptation to post the much racier picture of the fellow on the right.
Really, the long lens I'm waiting for would have been more suitable for that assignment.
In all other ways my new photography kit performed wonderfully.
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