Skunked at The Pinnacles

(Location: Nambung National Park, Western Australia) No, we weren’t sprayed by a skunk. There are no skunks in Australia. I was in Perth for work, coincidentally on the weekend of a new moon, so we decided to stay the weekend and head two hours north for some star trail pics. We had all our gear, […]

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Celebrating my Birthday in Ubud, Bali

(Location: Bali, Indonesia) I’ve always been intrigued by Bali, though I’m not sure why. It’s fairly easy to get to from Australia – a five hour flight, and only a two hour time difference. Rather than try to rush around and see the whole island, we spent all four nights in Ubud. It’s a little […]

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Swimming with Whale Sharks

(Location: Exmouth, Western Australia) In Victoria (the state where we live), the Queen (of England’s) Birthday is celebrated in early June. Other states celebrate it on a different day, and none are near the actual Queen’s birthday, but whatever, we get a day off work. Given June is peak whaleshark season, we decided to go […]

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How to Photograph Vivid (Without Losing Your Mind)

(Location: Sydney, Australia) I had a work gig in Sydney, so I was up there almost every week for a month. This synchronised nicely with Vivid, the annual light/music/etc. festival. What we learned Crowds are less at the beginning of the festival Crowds are less later at night Crowds are less on Tuesdays and Wednesdays […]

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Taking the Train from Delhi to Ranthambore

Photographing wild tigers in India has been on our list for a while. We had a week off around Easter, and decided to spend the entire time Ranthambore National Park. Located in Rajasthan, it really isn’t easy to reach. You can drive (well, be driven) from Delhi in about 8 hours, or you can take […]

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Indian Visa on Arrival. Kind of.

I’ve been to India before. For work. The visa process is complicated and time consuming. It took two trips to the visa processing centre, and I needed a letter from my employer in India, and my employer in Australia. And because I am a US citizen living in Australia, that doubled the estimated four day […]

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Tigers in Ranthambore

(Location: Rajasthan, India) Ranthambore isn’t easy to get to, but it is one of the more likely places to see wild tigers so it’s been on our list for several years. Despite numerous challenges, we finally made it there and had some great sightings. The first challenge that we encountered was visa-related. When I’d planned […]

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Melbourne Photowalk

Sometime you ignore the stuff that is in your own backyard. We’re doing our best to play tourist in our home city, but sometimes a photowalk is a good excuse to get out the cameras. [RFG_gallery id=’53’]

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Swimming with Sea Lions

(Location: South Australia, Australia) For the long Labour Day weekend, we made a quick trip to Port Lincoln. Located in South Australia, Port Lincoln is a pretty easy trip from Melbourne (fly to Adelaide and then hop a prop-plane for another hour). We planned this at the last minute and had a VERY difficult time […]

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Tasmania – Much More than Devils

(Location: Tasmania, Australia) Each night, the ferry to Tasmania leaves from the pier near our house. It isn’t the most efficient way to get to Tassie, and it is probably cheaper to fly, but it’s a ferry to Tasmania that is walking distance. It had to be done. We booked the nicest cabin available for […]

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