Pretoria, South Africa
Here we are popping up in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa. We are here to join a tour commencing tomorrow morning that begins with a trip to Cape Town on the famous Blue Train and then a tour of South Africa more generally. I spent a week in South Africa in around 1982 […]
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Corinna – Part Two
Our second night at Corinna was very clear. The temperature was mild and the stars in the sky shone like diamonds. I managed to get a reasonable photo of the milky way between the trees near our cabin. Going back inside, I spied a number of little wallabies eating the grass and some possums sitting […]
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Corinna – Part One
Last week we spent a few days at a little ‘resort’ in the Tasmanian Tarkine Wilderness at a location called Corinna. This is a remote historic mining town set in pristine rainforest surrounded by stunning wilderness and impressive nature. It’s located at the southern end of the Tarkine wilderness and is set amongst rainforest on […]
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My Afternoon With the Friends of the 15th Brigade
Today is the day before ANZAC day when I will march with my mates with whom I served in Vietnam. It’s also Villers Bretonneux Day – the day commemorating the liberation of this little village on the WW1 Western Front in 1918. I have attended my second function held by a local organisation called ‘Friends […]
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March -We’re Well Into Autumn
We haven’t travelled anywhere for a few months but we have still been doing plenty of fun things around Melbourne. March is the first month of Autumn. I love the balmy days at this time of year – mild temperatures and calm sunny days with little wind. However, it seems that we had a much […]
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Catching Up With The Perth Branch of the Family
We’ve just come back from a visit to Perth to see David, Yuki and Orin. We missed seeing them at Christmas because David and Yuki had been back to Melbourne (over east) on a couple of trips for weddings and birthdays late last year. Orin has just had his second birthday, so we thought that […]
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Summer Days in Central Victoria
The early days of January are a good time to get away for a few days and we have just spent the last few nights at the RACV Resort at Creswick. We last stayed there with Cathy and the girls a year or so ago. The resort is on the local golf course and was […]
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Christmas and New Year 2017
The weather here in Melbourne has been quite variable over the Christmas and New Year period. The temperature has changed considerably and to use an old expression, it’s been up and down like a ‘whore’s drawers’. Christmas Day was hot at 36C and then it cooled down to about 20C for other days. This is […]
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Back from Norfolk
I arrived home from Norfolk Island on Wednesday afternoon after a solid week of activity. I had a busy week and I was pretty tired after having three early mornings (3.45 am) in a row. I filled in my second last day (free of any planned activity) revisiting some of the places that I had […]
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Norfolk Island Photography
The weather turned yesterday – back to a sunny day with a slight breeze. It was very different to the gloomy fog and humidity of the previous day.. We were very active again with so many interesting things to photograph. Hrere’s a sample of some of my images from the day. I found this Golden […]
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More Time on Norfolk Island
I have been very busy over the last few days with our photography group on Norfolk Island. We have enjoyed the scenery and the opportunity to take an unlimited number of shots throughout the day. Michael Snedic has presented us with a lot of opportunities to photograph the highlights of this place in a well […]
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Back on Norfolk Island
Well, I’m back on Norfolk – a place that I hadn’t expected to return to, at least for many years. This time, I have a different set of expectations and I’m busy with a photo workshop run by Michael Snedic, a Brisbane based photographer. Last time I was here, I was disappointed. Not by the […]
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