Category: Writing

  • The Lake at Night

    The Lake at Night

    In the dark nightThe world looks similarBut different;I walk on I took these photos along the Belmont lakefront last night. It was a lovely clear night and I thought it was a good chance to see how my new camera performed at night as well as to stretch my legs. I used to do quite…

  • I Can’t See New York

    Seventeen years ~Feels like a lifetime,And yesterday ~We remember In some ways it’s hard to believe that it’s been seventeen years since September 11. It seems like an age ago – it was more than half my lifetime ago now, in fact. The world has changed so much. And yet in other ways it barely…

  • Rise to Save Our Coast

    Rise to Save Our Coast

    The Rise for Climate event was on this Saturday, September 8. You may have seen some of the news reports about it over the weekend but if you didn’t, Rise for Climate saw hundreds of cities and towns around the world join together to hold peaceful protests and rallies calling on the world’s leaders to…

  • Mr Percival

    Mr Percival

    Nature’s prime favourites were the Pelicans;High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.~ James Montgomery The weather has been pretty wet and ordinary around Lake Macquarie lately, not the best for taking photos, although given how bad the drought is in NSW I don’t think anyone minds the rain. It was nice today though, sunny with a…

  • Seagulls by the Lake

    Seagulls by the Lake

    A cold wind blowsAs I sit and watchThe sun setAnd the seagulls swarm I took this down by the lake in Belmont this afternoon. The light was beautiful as the sun started to go down but it was bitterly cold, particularly in the wind. It made for some nice choppy waves on the water though.…

  • Central Street Revisited

    Central Street Revisited

    Just a day, just an ordinary dayJust trying to get byJust a boy, just an ordinary boyBut he was looking to the sky~ Ordinary Day, Vanessa Carlton I took this photo about a year ago during a day trip to Sydney. It’s of one of my favourite spots for street photography in the Sydney CBD,…

  • Sunset Over the Hills

    Sunset Over the Hills

    Seven worlds will collideWhenever I’m by your sideDust from a distant sunWill shower over everyone~ Distant Sun, Crowded House I took this a few weeks ago while walking by the lake in Belmont. It was a beautiful sunset and I loved the way the sky was lighting up just behind the hills. It came out…

  • Blowing in the Breeze

    Tall grassSways gently in the breezeAs the sun setsOn another day I took this a few days ago down by the lakefront in Belmont. The sky had just started to turn this beautiful orangey-yellow and there was a lovely cool breeze as well blowing through the trees and grass. I knew the sunset would make…

  • Newcastle Customs House

    Newcastle Customs House

    This is one of my favourite buildings in Newcastle, the Newcastle Customs House. It’s a beautiful masonry building designed by James Barnet, who as the New South Wales Colonial Architect also designed many of NSW’s most distinctive buildings, like the General Post Office in Sydney’s CBD. I particularly love the tower; it’s 32 metres high…

  • Pelican on the Lake at Dusk

    Pelican on the Lake at Dusk

    Sometimes I wishI had wingsLike a pelicanAnd could fly away I took this the other day at Eleebana. The dying light gave the scene a beautiful pink-orange hue and I managed to get this shot just as the pelican came into frame. It was a nice way to end the day. Photo and haiqua ©…