photography
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Golden Autumn
April in Australia is the height of golden autumn. To be honest, Australian trees don’t really turn yellow or shed their leaves in autumn. If you want to admire golden autumn in Australia, you’ll only find it in gardens with… Continue reading
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Emerald Lake
Visit Emerald Lake in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne. See Puffing Billy steam train cross the bridge and enjoy beautiful autumn scenery. Continue reading
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The garden at Broughton Hall
The Garden at Broughton Hall South Gippsland just keeps surprising me. You’d think I’d driven it back and forth a hundred times, but nope—there’s always somewhere new to stumble across. And what a place this turned out to be. This… Continue reading
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre
This is the next part of my report on the rock gig in Melbourne on 27 March 2026. I’ve already written about the brilliant Swedish band Les Big Byrd, who opened the night. The main act was the legendary, scandalous,… Continue reading
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Les Big Byrd
This quirky name is actually the name of a Swedish rock band. Rock musicians do love giving their bands names that are a bit nonsensical but catchy. Think of that Liverpool band whose name, if you read it literally, would… Continue reading
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Platypus Lake
In the Dandenong Ranges there’s a little town called Belgrave. It’s a cosy, good-looking place, mostly home to people who are a bit better off than average. But this time I’m not writing about Belgrave itself — it’s about one… Continue reading
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Rainy Melbourne
I don’t usually take photos in the rain. There’s always a good excuse — either I don’t feel like getting soaked, or it’s not actually raining, or I don’t have a camera with me. But the other day everything just… Continue reading
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Wilsons Park
There’s this nice little spot out in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne — Berwick. It’s a public park made for wholesome family outings, which normally isn’t really my thing. Still, I ended up going there — twice actually —… Continue reading
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Dimmicks beach
So I headed back out to the ocean again to shoot the sunset. Why? I’ll answer with an old joke: Someone asks a rabbi:“Rebbe, why do Jews do circumcision?” The rabbi says:“Well, first of all… it is beautiful.” И вот… Continue reading
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Labassa Mansion
My latest photo adventure started in the usual way — by poking around on Google Maps. At one point my eye caught a little camera icon. The place was called Labassa Mansion, and it was in Caulfield North. Caulfield North… Continue reading
