Australia
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Elizabeth Street
I’d like to share another wander around central Melbourne. The CBD’s actually pretty small — about one and a half by two kilometres. I headed out to test some new lenses for my Panasonic, including a fisheye. The fisheye really… Continue reading
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Koonya Beach
The ocean shore at sunset is something every photographer shoots. It’s as standard as a bowl of porridge. It’s usually beautiful on its own, and you’d have to really try hard to take an ugly photo. I’ve managed it sometimes… Continue reading
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Modern Architecture
I’ve gotta admit straight up — I’m not a fan of modern Melbourne architecture. I’ve been living in Melbourne since 2001, and heaps of buildings that locals now just take for granted went up right in front of my eyes.… Continue reading
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Kangaroos in Seawinds Gardens
The holiday’s over, and there’s not much time left for photo and video adventures. So this time I’m sharing something that’s not new — it was filmed back in early December. Honestly, I wasn’t even planning to post this for… Continue reading
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The Nobbies
I’ve got a bit of a problem when it comes to heading out into nature for photography — I’ve basically been everywhere already, at least around Melbourne. No exaggeration: if you close your eyes and randomly point at a spot… Continue reading
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Life in Rock Pools – video
To save me repeating myself, have a read of this older post — this one’s a direct continuation of it. In that post I mentioned it’d be great to come back and shoot a video of all this watery chaos.… Continue reading
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The Garden and The City
Just east of Melbourne, pretty much on the edge of the city, there’s a small mountain range called the Dandenong Ranges (don’t confuse it with the suburb of Dandenong — that’s somewhere else entirely). Calling them “mountains” is a bit… Continue reading
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Mildura Holiday – the Gaol and the Cruise
This is it — finally the last post about our Mildura trip. I’ve been writing about this trip for a whole month now, and this is post number seven. You’d think we spent at least a couple of weeks there.… Continue reading
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Mildura holiday – Oddities of Nature
My European readers looked at these photos and went, “So what? We’ve seen frozen lakes in winter before!” And fair enough — at first glance it really does look like a pretty standard winter scene. But if you look a… Continue reading
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Mildura
The trip to Mildura left me with a stack of impressions. I’ve already written about the roads, the dried-up lakes, the dunes, and even the town of Castlemaine. What I haven’t written about yet is Mildura itself. So it’s time… Continue reading
