Here be the mid-point of the 30-day Writing Challenge 2016, where I outline three things that I do not like at all. They peeve me and get the ole blood to boiling. Continue reading Three Pet Peeves
Tag: Photography
Full day in Koya-san (Japan 2014 Day 7)
16 July 2014 – Today I spend the full day in Koya-san, Japan. It becomes the midpoint of my trip, where they inner change I’ve come here to execute crystalises. Continue reading Full day in Koya-san (Japan 2014 Day 7)
March 2014 – What it looks like
Hello!
The year so far for me has been an eclectic mix of sights, sounds, words and wonderful people – it’s hard to believe we’re already 25 per cent into 2014!
March has been dominated by capturing how things look and feel rather than creating portraits in the imagination with words. Continue reading March 2014 – What it looks like
Northern NSW – January 2014
From the end of December 2013 to the beginning of January 2014 I took a two week road trip. I set out north from Sydney, overnighting in Forster with some friends before continuing on to Pottsville, where I put my feet up, read some books, and relaxed my way into the new year.
An intense week, framed by kindness
For years I’ve had a wall hanging in my home, a present from my mother years ago, with the Chinese symbol for peace at the top and bottom framing a quote from the Dalai Lama – my religion is very simple, my religion is kindness.
On Tuesday morning I shook the Dalai Lama’s hand. It was unexpected.
The opportunity came up because I had been asked to take some photographs by Greens NSW MP John Kaye, who was hosting His Holiness at an event in the NSW Parliamentary Theatrette – the Dalai Lama in conversation with the ABC’s Andrew West, presented by Stuart Rees and the Sydney Peace Foundation.
Sculptures by the Sea, 2012
NYE 2011 – EP01 Not the fireworks bit [PHOTOS]
I spent New Years Eve this year with some of my oldest friends having a picnic on the grounds of Vaucluse House in Vaucluse, which afforded a fantastic view of Sydney Harbour and the fireworks.
Continue reading NYE 2011 – EP01 Not the fireworks bit [PHOTOS]
Bundeena Daytrip
When my sister was out visiting from Japan recently, she and I went on a good little Sydney day-trip to Bundeena and Jibbon Beach, on the Cronulla Coast, inside the Royal National Park.
International Women’s Day
When I was at Macquarie University, it wasn’t uncommon for guys to remark ‘There’s a women’s room, where’s the men’s room?’ (The clever answer was ‘the bar’) and you might ask a similar question about International Women’s Day, which is this coming Sunday. Coming from a family with extremely strong women, who haven’t always had it easy, I think a ‘global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future’ is a pretty good idea. You don’t have to look too far to find celebrations of the achievements of men, do you?
Lunar New Year 2009
Tonight I went to Prince Alfred Park, in Parramatta, for some Lunar New Year celebrations. I was a bit disappointed. The festivities had been advertised as a ‘Twilight Noodle Market‘, in reality it was just a regular market, complete with Carnies, and only one noodle stall out of about a dozen food outlets. I had a chorizo hot dog. It was good.
