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West Gate Tunnel
Remember how the Fellowship of the Ring travelled through the mines of Moria in the first book of Tolkien’s famous trilogy? Well, I also got to wander through some massive underground caverns — Melbourne-style this time — though my adventure…
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Sunset on the beach
After a long day at work, I headed down to the beach for a stroll, to breathe in some sea air and watch the sunset. I just happened to have my camera and an extra lens with me. Well, not…
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Aurora Australis
Photos of the Aurora Australis, the southern lights.
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Anamorphic Gardens
“There’s no such thing as anamorphic gardens!” you might say, and you’d be right. But there are anamorphic lenses, and you can use them to capture gardens in photos and video.
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AC/DC and bagpipes
Australia bloody loves AC/DC.Well, to be fair, the whole world does — me included — but Aussies have a special kind of love for them. For starters, they’re homegrown legends. “Acca Dacca”, as we affectionately call them, is hands down…
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Rainy Gardens
Rain, what a beautiful thing! Or at least that’s what folks around Melbourne keep telling themselves. There’s not much else we can do but try to find the upside in the wet, chilly weather.
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Unruly Ocean – video
The ocean is always a mesmerising sight, whether calm or wild. I can spend hours on the shore watching the endless variety of waves and filling memory cards trying to capture yet another “biggest and most beautiful” one.
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Surfing
Another weekend, another trip to the ocean. This one was pretty productive, with enough material for two posts, and this is the first. Off to Shoreham Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.
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Melbourne Aquarium
G’day! You’ve probably noticed the background on my website’s gone white instead of its usual black. Yeah, I liked the black better too — but sadly, WordPress decided to bully me. My blog runs on their platform, and since I’m…
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Chinatown – video
I headed back to Melbourne’s Chinatown one evening to have a bit of a play with my new camera. I’ve written about Chinatown not long ago, so I won’t repeat myself — you can check that post out here if…
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