Moomba 2010 – Event & Festival Photography
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Australia’s largest free community festival celebrates Melbourne’s people culture and its most beloved characteristics. The Moomba Parade, a Melbourne tradition, returned in 2010 with another colourful and energetic display.
Spectacular floats with more than 1,400 community members taking part, the theme of this year’s Parade was “Moomba is Melbourne and Melbourne is an eventful city”. Floats celebrated everything Melbourne is famous for; its people, its sport, its art, its food and wine – even its weather.
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Pako Festa 2010 – Event & Festival Photography
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The Pako Festa is the largest free multicultural event in Australia, held in Geelong. Attracting thousands of people, the event has a parade, performances, cultural food, workshops, art and craft exhibitions, street performers and a range of free activities for children.
This year, I only had enough time to photograph the parade.
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Sounds in the Wynd (Point Cook) – Event Photography
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Wyndham City Council’s “Sounds in the Wynd” is a free Summer Music Festival held over 3 weeks in Wyndham’s local parks at Wyndhamvale, Taneit & Point Cook.
Aimed at families in the community, adults and children enjoyed music, face painting and jumpting castles.
Below are some photos from the Point Cook event, staring local acts “The Rifters” and Eshak Awi and the headline act from Beatles Tribute band, “Rubber Soul“.
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SLAM, Don’t Kill Live Music Rally – Event Photography
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
SLAM (Save Live Australian Music) Rally was a peaceful protest, held in Melbourne this afternoon.
With an estimated crowd of 70,000 strong, the people protested that live music will no longer be an automatic trigger for high risk conditions on many liquor licenses.
They marched with their instruments singing ‘LONG WAY TO THE TOP’ from Melbourne State Library down Swanston and Bourke St to Spring Street
Snapshot of some photos below and the full set can be viewed here
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Golden Reindeer
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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Port Fairy to Portland – Australian Travel Photography & Writing
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
For those wanting a beautiful afternoon traveling and discovering the amazing coastline of south western Victoria, then Port Fairy to Portland will not let you down.
A casual 4hr drive from Melbourne, through Geelong and Colac on the Princes Hwy, Port Fairy is 30km west of Warrnambool. A historic coastal town, which in the early 19th century was home to whalers and seal hunters and was a major transport hub, nowadays is a popular fishing and tourist destination.
With a strong Irish influence, and home to Australia’s oldest licensed pub, it was actually renamed to Belfast in 1854, but changed back 33 yrs later. The town contains approximately 50 buildings protected by the National Trust of Australia, and some amazing beaches.
Further west, you pass through old historic towns and you’ll see windfarms lining the rolling landscape, where I saw the birds co-existing with the blades….phew… 🙂
Portland Bay was named way back in 1800. It is the only deep sea port between Adelaide and Melbourne, offering a sheltered anchorage against the wild weather and seas of Bass Strait. Whalers and sealers working in the Strait used Portland Bay for shelter and fresh water, enabling the British to establish the first white settlement in the area.
The port of Portland was recently the first privatised port in Australia. Today it is also the home of a variety of professional and hobby fishing fleet.
Portland has plenty to offer to tourism, places of interest are the Maritime Museum and the Cable Tram. The Tram is a fantastic way to view the natural wetlands, the foreshore, cliff tops and botanic gardens.
Ten minutes west of Portland is a one way road to Cape Bridgewater. Well worth the drive, the road takes you along a scenic drive, with the coast on your left and wind turbines to your right. At the end of the road is the Cape Nelson lighthouse which also has a cafe.
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With so much to see and do, you can spend days in the region. For those wishing to stay, there is plenty of accommodation in Warrnambool, Port Fairy or Portland.
Wye River – Seascape Photography
Monday, December 28th, 2009
My wife and I spent the day driving along the Great Ocean Road.
Below are a few shots from Wye River on our return home.
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Book Cover – “Path To The Wormhole”
Friday, December 18th, 2009
I am thrilled to announce my photo “Path To the Wormhole” will be used as the cover image for a Tracy Daughtery’s book titled “ONE DAY THE WIND CHANGED”, published by SMU.
Tracy’s stories are set in the desert Southwest, and two of which have to do with astronomers having references to the vast, starry night sky.
Tracy Daugherty is a fine writer, having published four novels and four short story collections.
He has also published a collection of personal essays and a biography a major literary figure from the 60s and 70s, Donald Barthelme, Hiding Man. That book was published by a major New York publisher and brought him much acclaim.
He has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Currently, he is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. Daugherty grew up in Texas and received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston, where he studied with Donald Barthelme. He will be a featured author at the Texas Book Festival.
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Ava
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
The gorgeous little Ava…
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Blairgowrie – Seascape Photography
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
This week Neil and I drove down to Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula’s coast for a sunset shoot. I always love it down that way, so much to see and it always offers something new and exciting. There wasn’t much of a sunset, but that’s never stopped me!
The last few photos of me out on the rockshelf were taken by Neil Boucher
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Cruise into Summer @ QV – Model & Fashion Photography
Friday, September 4th, 2009
From the ‘Cruise into Summer’ Fashion Shows at QV Square, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week.
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Fashion at Altitude @ Melbourne’s GPO – Model & Fashion Photography
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
From the ‘Altitude Show’ at Melbourne’s GPO for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week.
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