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Afterglow Lights Up Brisbane
Brisbane City Botanical Gardens was host to Afterglow as part of this years festival – a walk through the park IKEA like style, wandering along the paths to experience displays of light and sound. This was a ticketed event so… Continue reading
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wivenhoe sunset
Last weekend saw me head to Wivenhoe to my favourite spot because it has a tree that reminds of that infamous Wanaka tree in New Zealand. Except this place doesn’t attract tourists or many photographers either. There were a couple… Continue reading
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In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit
Hobbiton, Matamata Having read the books and seen the movies, it was a beautiful summer day to visit the movie set now a tourist mecca set in lush, rolling farmland. What was surprising was the number of people still fascinated… Continue reading
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Family…or part thereof
Boxing Day 2024 saw most of the family come over to finish off the food from the previous day and muck around outside playing games and goofing around. Just a really nice relaxing time being able to get out the… Continue reading
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Strange Road
Google Maps will give you directions to this rural road from Te Aroha, a town in the North Island. I grew up here. I biked along this road growing up. I travelled along this road earlier in the year. It’s… Continue reading
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Graceville Christmas Carols 2024
…and that time of year has come around yet again. Remembering the birth of Christ and celebrating God’s gift of grace will never grow old or weary. Continue reading
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Discover Toowoomba’s Flower Festival: A Colorful Journey
There is something about flowers that is very appealing. Just visit Toowoomba during the flower festival and witness the numbers of people travelling distances to soak in the array of colour and vibrancy of nature blooming. And I was unashamedly… Continue reading
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SH6 – Wanaka to Haast
State Highway 6 is the road leading from Wanaka to the West Coast of New Zealand. Mountainous terrain with winding roads and views that make you want to stop at every turn. This particular stretch of road starts at Lake… Continue reading
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The Pass
Lindis Pass is a stretch of road on the way to Queenstown….another one of my favourite roads and this time it was snowing. Continue reading
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Passing the Lindis
So another gravel road was discovered during my last trip to NZ. Take a right from Omarama Lindis Pass Rd onto Birchwood Rd, up the Ahuriri Valley. It was a pretty miserable day when we took this little detour but… Continue reading
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Mt Cook – The Drive
A day trip to Mount Cook and a walk along the Hooker Valley Track. Now this walk is 10km and pretty straight forward without too much huffing or puffing except when whole area is covered with a blanket of snow.… Continue reading
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Good Morning Twizel
Twizel was a place I was hoping would be smothered in snow – a cold, frosty, very white type of snowy day which really is a photographers dream. But sometimes things don’t quite go as planned or hoped for. However,… Continue reading
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The Road to Sunday
You may need to google Hakatere Potts Road but it has become one of my favourite stretches of gravel in New Zealand – 49 kilometres to be precise, from our accommodation in Mt Somers to Mt Sunday. For those of… Continue reading
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The Pink Lake
When in Victoria…a road trip to Lake Tyrell, a four-hour drive from Melbourne to my mind, is well worth the visit. Well who wouldn’t want to see a pink lake! The largest inland salt lake in Victoria is an amazing… Continue reading
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To Ripley with Love
A beautiful wedding – filled with love. Elise and Alex were married at Ipswich Central Church surrounded by family and friends. After the ceremony, there was a chance to mingle with all the guests over afternoon tea. From there it… Continue reading
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Waihi Beach – Sunrise Version
So in my last post I mentioned that when visiting my mother, I have sort of started a tradition of going out to Waihi Beach for a sunrise. I always park near the Flat White cafe which is obviously always… Continue reading
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Te Aroha – 2023 edition
One of the highlights each year, is the annual visit in February to Te Aroha, New Zealand to spend time with my mother. This year she turned 95 years young. Since immigrating from Holland in 1951, Te Aroha has been… Continue reading
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Vivid Sydney 2023
This year I went to Vivid Sydney. It was everything I expected it to be. The light shows, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge all painted in a dazzling array of colour and light. I loved it and so did… Continue reading
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Endometriosis High Tea
I had the pleasure of photographing this event, where the keynote speakers were Anastacia Palaszczuk and Emily Seebolm as well as Endometriosis Ambassadors, including radio queen and podcast princess Ellie Angel-Mobbs, media personality Mel Greig, Laura Furiosi from Bossy Mummy… Continue reading
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one fine morning…
New Zealand and back again – two weeks that simply disappeared. Post COVID catchup with family and friends. This is one particular morning that I hadn’t booked for a 5th day of ski hire or lift passes…so I headed out… Continue reading
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