Category: Personal

  • In Transit

    I am lost And have no home But I have all I need – Love and my dreams A home is more than Bricks and stone: It is the memories In your heart I took the photos in this post over the course of the last week. All of these photos are from around Caves…

  • Come Home

    Sitting alone with my thoughts I feel the tears come again They run down my face Like rain in the desert And I’m not ashamed For I’ve seen stronger men cry For far less than this And so I cry and I cry Until the tears fall no longer And then I stare at your…

  • Sunday Morning at Coogee Oval

    Just a quick update. One of my photos, “Cricket at Coogee Oval”, won a photo competition last week. I entered it in the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club’s photo competition a little while ago and found out last week that it won first place. There was a small presentation on Sunday morning at Coogee Oval hosted by…

  • Summer Sunset

    A summer sunset A moment of pure beauty In an ugly world I took this photo this evening from our balcony, just as the sun began to set. It was a spectacular sunset, with the entire sky seeming to catch fire for many minutes, before gradually fading away. After receiving some upsetting news today, it…

  • Christmas in Photos

    Christmas light panorama from Frederick Street, Randwick These are some of the other photos I took over the Christmas period. I had meant to post them before Christmas but didn’t get a chance to sort through them all in time, so I thought I’d post them now instead. Most of the photos are from around…

  • Have Yourself An Aussie Kind of Christmas

    Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating in their part of the world today. I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family and friends. To celebrate I thought I’d post another one of my Aussie Christmas songs. Last year I wrote Deck the Ute, an Aussie version of Deck the Halls, and this year…

  • Another Year Passes

    Another year passes I am older But no wiser Life goes on I turned 28 yesterday. I don’t like much fuss over my birthday so I just had a fairly quiet day overall; I spent a few hours looking through some old photos and mementos (a bit of a birthday tradition), then had afternoon tea…

  • Bronte Beach Panorama

    Walking acrossAncient shores,Thinking of a time whenThis land was free Went for a walk with the wonderful @AlexandraRobin3 on Sunday and took this shot looking across Bronte Beach around midday, just before the beach started to fill up for the day. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun taking photos,…

  • Novel Update

    I haven’t posted much about my writing recently but I have a little good news to share about my novel for those following my progress: I finally finished the novel’s outline last week and as I couldn’t sleep last night as it was so hot in Sydney, at about 5:30 am I sat down and…

  • Deck the Ute (an Aussie Christmas song)

    Christmas Dinner Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today. I hope you’re having a wonderful day with family and friends, wherever you are in the world. I had a quiet day with my parents today; it was just us as most of our family live overseas and we don’t see our Australian relatives that often. We…