Off into the sunset …

It was a rather frantic day today and my intentions of leaving in sufficient time so that I would (a) not be travelling too late and (b) be able to catch the light for one of the photographs I had hoped to take, went out the window. However — speaking of “out the window” — before […]

Yarn-bombers have attacked Campbell Town. The eclectic knitwear bedecks the statue of Eliza Forlong(e) who, in the early 1800s, was largely responsible for getting merino sheep established in Australia (hence the ram that accompanies her). Although it is, perhaps, ironic to have her clothed in knitted finery I am guessing that most of the yarn is […]

After running a day of professional learning in Hobart I jumped in the car to head north, hoping that I’d have the light for at least half the journey (short daylight hours are the down-side of winter travel).

With the sun having its winter northerly orientation it was lighting up the big historic 1860s mansion, Wybra Hall. […]

I was running a full day of professional learning for teachers in Campbell Town today, but despite the relatively early start I failed to capture what was a lovely sunrise as I headed north (we were keen to be on our way and the angles weren’t “quite right”). On the way back the light wasn’t quite […]

The second northward trip for the week had Burnie as its destination. The mid-afternoon sun put in an appearance, setting things aglow with a gentle autumnal luminosity. I have taken a shot here before (and given it the black and white treatment), but today there were new shoots of green illuminated after the recent rains had […]

This week’s first Midlands trip allowed me to capture something I’ve been waiting for awhile. Just south of Ross, on the property “Somercotes”, stands all that remains of Horton College, once a fairly prestigious boys’ school that operated in the mid-late 1800s. The arched entrance — which I once thought was a “folly” rather than the […]