It was fantastic to be back at Lake Inverell Reserve in northern New South Wales recently, with some quality time on my hands for photography. This time around I enjoyed a much closer view from the perspective of a telephoto zoom lens. Sony’s 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS is a welcome addition to my kit. It’s…
In the previous blog story I visited Empress Falls, and had plans to explore more of the Blue Mountains. I’m happy to say that since then I’ve discovered some fantastic new trails and reacquainted myself with some old favourite spots, taking full advantage of the fresh winter temperatures. With a million hectares of wilderness in…
Introducing my latest print releases from Empress Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park. I’d been waiting for the right mix of recent rainfall and calm, overcast conditions to revisit these impressive falls in the Valley of the Waters area of Blue Mountains National Park. A Friday morning in February was showing promise, so I…
Another December was drawing to a close impossibly quickly. A hectic lead-up to Christmas, the long road trip to Inverell, and day upon day of summer heat had been draining. The premature prospect of the New Year was looming large. Adding insult to injury, the first hot cross buns had appeared most impertinently in the…
Whether I’m in the city or back home in the bush, the first thing I do each morning is check out the sky. In fact, I could happily sit back and gaze skywards all day … as long as there are clouds, that is. Maybe it’s the country boy in me, but I do feel…
Taking in a superb Inverell sunset is one of the simple pleasures I enjoy most about my visits back home. There’s no better spot for this than the top end of Lake Inverell. Not only is it easily accessible, tranquil and often teeming with native birds, but also a sunset over water always has that…
Crawling my way out of Sydney in the interminably slow stream of northbound traffic, I knew it felt a lot like Easter. The reward for this curious ritual was to spend the long weekend with family in Inverell. It was shaping up to be my only autumn visit to the New England for this year,…
This Christmas, like many others before, we loaded up the car and made the long road trip from Sydney to spend time with family back home at Inverell in northern New South Wales. As usual I packed the camera bag. And as usual, I knew it would be difficult (and yes, a wee bit anti-social!)…
My latest short escape from the city was to the laid-back coastal town of South West Rocks on the New South Wales mid-north coast – about half way between Sydney and Brisbane. The highlight for me was time spent on the beaches of an early morning and late afternoon. Thick cloud clung lazily to the…
What an extreme month of weather we’ve just witnessed in eastern Australia! From record high temperatures and catastrophic bushfires, to the gigantic force of tropical cyclone Oswald, which left record rainfall and flooding, and a trail of devastation all the way from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the coast of New South Wales. The impact…