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My Dream Reader

Should my dream reader be someone famous?  Someone I aspire to? Or just someone who I want to say cooee, I’m here to.  When I first started my blog, I thought I would be imparting words of wisdom and advice to people in the same boat as we were in almost ten years ago, when […]

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Aussie Life Photo101 Assignments

Day Fourteen: Scale & Observation

A great theme to have fun with which I shall do at the weekend – for the time being a few observation photos

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Photo101 Assignments

Day Twelve: Architecture & Monochrome

From geometric patterns on skyscrapers to the ironwork on historical buildings, there are many opportunities to capture the beauty and complexity of architecture. It would have been easy for me to use the images of the Sydney Opera House from our Day 7 assignment, but that’s no fun! Instead I spent some time capturing images […]

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Day Nine: Warmth

I was giving up hope of capturing a photo for today’s theme and there it was waiting for me at home!

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Aussie Life Photo101 Assignments

Day Eight – Natural World

A moment captured before a new fern unfolds itself in the warm sun

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Day 7 – Big & Point of View

One of the most photographed buildings in Sydney is the iconic Opera House.

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Day 5 – Solitude

As a boy who never sat still for five minutes, this photo has captured a very rare moment when my son just stopped and contemplated the beautiful evening. Taken on the River Murray, South Australia in 2006.

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Aussie Life

Changing Seasons

Happy first day of Spring to all my family, friends and fellow bloggers who reside in the northern hemisphere.  With your Spring comes our Autumn; the ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfullness’.  The ripening on the vines and the lengthening of the afternoon shadows. The 2014 vintage is well underway in our local wine region, […]

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Aussie Life

Ten Things About Living in Australia You Won’t Find in the Guide Books

With easy access to so much information at our finger tips on the ‘interweb’, there is no excuse for not researching your new home and culture as you embark on your new life in a new country. Even with an abundance of websites and forums to aid your transition into a new culture, there will […]

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The Liebster Award – An Introduction To New Blogs

What a wonderful start to the year for me and I haven’t even kicked off the blogging new year yet.  I’ve been nominated for a blogging award! It’s the Liebster Award, which is a fantastic way to discover and recommend new blogs. Thank you very much to Secrets of a Trailing Spouse for nominating me […]