Our New Zealand Adventure – Day 5

Today we drove to Paihia (pronounced Paheeha), we were booked on a Cruise out of the Bay to see some Dolphins and The Hole in The Rock, as well as Cape Brett Lighthouse and of course the coastline. We grabbed a coffee (best we have had the entire trip) and wandered the harbour, while we…

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Autumn Skies

I cannot really call it a day trip, more an evening out, about 30 of us all trouped up to RJ Hammer Arboretum, in Olinda and played with crystal clear Autumn skies, the moon would not rise until after midnight. I have shot in the park many times, but never at night, I’d never thought…

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Summer Outings – Night time Beach Bliss

I am sure you are all aware now of my affection for the ocean, I always feel a sense of calm and release when I can see, hear and smell the ocean; apparently I’m not alone. I guess Seafarers for centuries have spoke of the desire to be near the ocean. The is a way…

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WPC – Resilient

When I first saw this week’s WPC Theme – Resilient I was not quite sure what photos to use, so I sit on it for a few days and looked at what others had put up, it then became quite obvious, well to me. One of the places I visited recently was Uluru or Ayers Rock…

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Super Moon……….Super Clouds!

The Moon is coming the Moon is coming……..sounds a little like Chicken Little and The Sky is falling, The Sky is falling; doesn’t it. There was a lot of hype over this particular Super Moon, but it really was not all that spectacular. If you read this post by Gary Hart, he explains it all quite…

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Monday Musings

Another fun weekend away with our Photography Group, not much in the way of stars, but lots of fun

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Summer Outings – Sorrento

So this weekend was our big Astro Photography Workshop, we had decided as it was Valentine’s Day we would get a BnB and stay down the Peninsula for the weekend. We stayed at Whitehall Lodge in Sorrento, a lovely old style lodging house right near the surf beach. Granted it could have done with a…

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Tales from the Shoot – Summer Night Skies

As I am sure you have all heard me babble on about the Astro 101 Workshop that Moth and I ran over the weekend……..it was a complete bust as far as the Summer night skies was concerned. Working with Mother Nature can be amazing and have it’s rewards, but she can be unpredictable. We also…

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Manic Mondays

Wow such a great weekend away, but I’m exhausted. We went away down to the Mornington Peninsula again, this time we stayed in a lovely old lodging house in Sorrento. We wandered the back beaches and explored the Sorrento / Portsea area. Then on Saturday night we met other Togs for sunset and a night…

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Cee’s Share your World – Week 6

Falling short of deciding what to post today I was spurred on by others post for this week’s Share your World, Week 6 (is it really – already? Yikes) What is your favorite word? a) I don’t know that I have a favorite word as such, but there are two that often escape my lips,…

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