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The big move is underway

After 2 years in his own flat, Grant is moving home for a year. However, in his old room, he has to fit all of his new furniture, as much as he can get in there. The first thing to get into the room is a cabinet to hold his sound system and DVD player [...]

Out with old, in with the new

On Wednesday night after work, I went to mow the lawns. Despite working a fortnight ago, and for the past 25+ years, the lawn mower would not start. In fact, the best I was getting was smoke pouring out of the catcher vents. So I did some research on Friday, and then on Saturday morning, [...]

Westgate Park windmill

I went for a walk at Westgate Park at lunchtime today. Westgate Park, a wetlands containing 2 separate lakes with bird life, is close to my office. It is a great place to escape to at lunch time and go for a walk around the large lake. Since mid 2011 the water levels have risen [...]

Late trip to office – great view of Yarra River

I went into the office late today after a rushed trip to the dentist. I broke a tooth. On the way into the city I was driving along the Yarra River and had an opportunity to photograph Morell Bridge, built and opened in 1899, with a rower approaching it.

Studley Park Boathouse

Having eaten at the boathouse a couple of times at night and enjoyed the ambience and lighting (as well as the excellent food), I have wanted to go back to photograph it at night. I took the opportunity to try out some night photos on the G12. The photo is an unedited jpeg. The camera [...]

NYE Fireworks in Sydney

For the past few years I have wanted to go to Sydney to photograph the NYE fireworks. This year we, my wife and I, managed to get to Sydney. We managed to arrange a car park in the Domain, accommodation and even knew about the access restrictions to Mrs Macquaries Point. What I did not know was the [...]