Kite Surfing

Saturday afternoon I popped out to Shoalwater where the kite surfers hang out and took a load of photos. It was earlier in the day than the last lot and there were a lot more kits out and the sun was higher leaving more blue sky to get decent shots against. I usually just watch them for 15 minutes or so to see who…

Saturday, Saturday..

.. but no fighting whatsoever.. Had a lovely day yesterday – Jay and Anja went down to see a friend so Pipes and I went to the beach for a swim. It was a beautiful morning, very still and the sea was very clear and gorgeously warm. We splashed about for a while, avoiding the transparent teeny (but not stingy) jellyfish, then built some…

Heeeeeerrrrrs Johnny

*peers through hole in door made by axe” Ok, nothing quite so dramatic or scary, but in other words – I’m back 🙂 I’ve been a tad (understatement of the century – I worked 7 1/2 days, 18-20 hours a day) busy with work and haven’t managed to get to anything bloggy or flickry, only managing some tweets on my way to and from…

Monday Monday

So good to me… Just like the Mamas and the Papas, my Monday ended up being awesome. Work was boring, nothing happened at all all day, as this year, Monday is an odd day between the weekend and the public holiday for Australia Day (today).  As a consequence, I was done early and “helped” Jay make pizzas for dinner and we went out to…

down south, part 3

3rd verse, same as the first. Or so sang the Violent Femmes (one of my all time favourite bands of all time) anyways, its a fib, this isn’t the same as part one at all (except that we took the same roads home) The drive back was unremarkable except for the fact that the sun was going down and we were treated to an…

down south, part 2

Continuing from part 1, we had a quick drink in the very posh cafe at Bunker Bay and then went round the corner to Eagle Bay, which is a very small little neighbourhood full of lovely expensive summer houses, Range Rovers, a brand new Porsche Panamera and million dollar for sale hoardings. Eagle Bay itsself was beautiful with a white sand and even bluer…

down south, part 1

As the girls were spending the weekend with their dad, Jay and I decided to take a day trip south to Cape Naturaliste and Dunsborough.  Its a couple of hours easy driving down there and the weather was beautiful as usual. We were aiming for a Yoga retreat with a vegan eaterie as our first port of call – Samudra – or Ocean in…

sunset

Typical, both yesterday and tonights sunsets have been magnificent but I’ve not been able to get down to the beach or Point Peron, so I just watched it from the porch instead.

ok, its official

Whilst I’m reasonably happy with the shots from the other night, there are a few notable shortcomings that are all related to my lens.  As much as I don’t want to be blaming my equipment, a landscape really does need a wider angle lens. Also, the sharpness of the image was a little off – I think I left the image stabilisation switched on…

scorcher

Was very hot in Perth yesterday – 43 degrees according to the news and I don’t doubt it.  It was already over 30 at 7am when I caught the train and when I went out to get lunch, the air was so warm it felt like it was burning the inside of my nose.  You know when you get a blast of hot air…