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East Coast 6 Day Road Tripping

September 2016

The last week for us involved a mammoth 2900km road trip all the way down East Coast Australia from Cairns to Sydney using http://www.coseats.com/campervan_relocation and what a great way to experience and see the vast landscape!

A few recommended whistle-stops includes the picturesque palm tree splattered Cardwell, for a quick tea break, Bunderberg for some delicious rum sampling, and of course Byron Bay to observe the surf pros gliding across the waves. You’ll never be far from a beautiful hidden beach, we discovered Grants Beach just south from Port Macquarie!

#campervan #australia #eastcoast #roadtrip

Two Fat Blokes Wine Tour, Hunter Valley

12th April 2016

For anyone travelling around Australia, I highly recommend heading straight over to the stunning Hunter Valley. Packed with wineries and vineyards in the most spectacular scenery with quality wine, cheese, chocolate and kangaroos scattered all over the valley, it’s truly worth the visit. Home of Shiraz, Semillon and Verdelho and award-winning Chardonnay’s that we all found a new love for!

Two Fat Blokes picked us up in a minibus and we were taken to 3 locations to sample a huge variety of wine and cheese. These masters of taste introduced me to my new favourite combination of wine and cheese: De Luliis 2014 Shiraz paired with King Island Vintage Cheddar is a real dream. Not to mention the delicious Moscato Granita to finish.

#wine #huntervalley #vineyard #grape #kangaroo #wineregion #winery

SURFEST, Newcastle

27th February 2016

SURFEST is held annually at Newcastle and showcases the finest surf pros doing their thing. Awesome display and impressive skills out there on the water, especially with a local entry who did a great job!

#surfest #newcastle #australia #surfing

Surfing, Spot X

3rd - 8th February 2016

We spent nearly a week at surf camp and I had the best time learning to surf! It was extremely hard work but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. These images are only a few from a collection of shots of the instructors I took whilst walking up the stunning stretches of beach.

#beach #australia #mojosurf #surfing

Taronga Zoo

25th January 2016

I’m loving the animal shots at the moment so here’s a few more. This time, these images are from our trip to Taronga Zoo. It has the most beautiful backdrop of Sydney (the Giraffe’s should appreciate) and a great range of animals. The top image is our view from the Sky Safari into the park and I wonder if you can spot the bird flying through the crowd in the fantastic bird show. The Giraffe’s were undoubtably our favourites for their comedic faces but there was also a fabulous bird who cracks open food with a pebble- that was great. To get to the zoo, you have to cross the harbour on a hop-on ferry which was great to see the harbour for all it’s worth. We also by-passed Watsons Bay which is beautiful boat town (images to follow on Art Hive).

#tarongazoo #animals #zoo #giraffe #vulture #crocodile #amphibian #sydney #australia

Featherdale Park

23rd January 2016

En route to The Blue Mountains, we were dropped off at this fabulous wildlife park, just outside of Sydney. Saw some classic animals here today and it was great!

#australia #koala #kangaroo #animals #wildlife #sydney

The Blue Mountains and Katoomba Falls

23rd January 2016

This day took us to The Blue Mountains and an incredible view of the waterfall. The weather has been pretty sketchy in Sydney so we were unsure whether we would see much of the mountains. To our delight, we had a cracking view and after a huge trek, we were guided to the waterfall which was stunning. A really amazing view and great guide who showed us Tea Tree plants (pictured).

#bluemountains #australia #katoomba #waterfall

The Journey To Australia

18th January 2016

As always, I was loving the sights from the flight. This particular journey took us over mainly ocean stretches until we reached the northern tip of Queensland and followed south down, parallel from the East Coast over some incredible colourful and diverse landscapes.

#aerial #photography #landscape #flying #mountains #australia #sydney

Christmas 2015

Have a goodun y'all. Many Christmas Wishes to one and all!

#christmas

Planetarium at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park, London

9th December 2015

Thursday evening brought me the pleasure of viewing this beautiful cityscape from Greenwich Park at the Royal Observatory shooting a job in the Planetarium.

The job was at the launch of the Call It Spring, Debenhams blogger event and I felt privileged to be exclusively in the grounds to see this magnificent sight of the city of London.

A very successful evening with imaginative and exciting vibes around the new collection and of course, a spectacular display from the astronomers and team at the Planetarium. Well done Debs!

#debenhams #callitspring #eventphotographer #fashion

Fireworks Night Sweet Treats.

November 2015

Blueberry & Lemon Yoghurt Cookies

Recipe from: http://www.spoonforkbacon.com/2013/04/blueberry-yogurt-cookies/?ref=ssssclpnunkwn

Dark Chocolate Tropical Fruit & Nut Splodges

Recipe from: http://theviewfromgreatisland.com/dark-chocolate-detox-bites/

#sweettreats #chocolate #driedfruit #blueberry #cookies

NEW FOREST Part 2

October 2015

A study of two wild horses.

#horse #newforest #wildhorses

Lunar Eclipse paired with the Supermoon

2:20 - 4:56am, 28th September 2015

As my frustration grew at being unable to capture the Lunar eclipse like how I’d mentally pictured (i.e. giant high definition image of the moon with flaming fluorescent orange glow) I continued in an arty direction. All the same exposure, varying from 10-30 seconds, tapping the tripod every 4s or so.

#supermoon #lunar eclipse #astrophotography