I’ve been so worried about my own lack of rhythm, stumbling into and through the days lately, that I’ve lost the ability to sit still and listen and feel and get into the rhythm that is buzzing away there already. It’s contained in the movement of the clouds, it’s sometimes gentled and other times roared by the ocean, it’s in the funny noises my cat makes and it’s a heart beat. … Read More Rhythm
The traditional Aboriginal fish traps at Brewarrina, also known as Baiame’s Ngunnhu [pronounced By-ah-mee’s noon-oo], comprises a nearly half-kilometre long complex of dry-stone walls and holding ponds within the Barwon River in north west NSW. The fish traps are the largest group recorded in Australia and are arranged in an unusual and innovative way that allowed fish to be herded and caught during both high and low river flows. According to Aboriginal tradition, the ancestral creation being, Baiame, generated the design by throwing his net over the river and, with his two sons Booma-ooma-nowi and Ghinda-inda-mui, building the fish traps to this design. … Read More Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps – Baiame’s Ngunnhu
One of the things I love about those I love is an inherent generosity that’s expressed in a range of ways, whether it’s through providing a shoulder or financial support, an open house to whoever needs connection or shelter, a sharing of grief and fun and support for aspiration and a determination that we hold tight to one another. And I love that while I can be really hard on myself, their love for me is unconditional.… Read More Not Just Marking Time or Why Christmas is Coming Too Soon or Just What do You Expect?
I really do need to put some decent walking shoes into the car though…I keep finding myself trampling through long grass and across boggy ground in my Birkenstocks! And as Stephanie told me later in the evening, there are snakes about…… Read More Stoney Creek Underbridge
We didn’t get into Dubbo from Brewarrina until about 7.30 pm on Wednesday night and flew out early the next day for Sydney. So I went for a bit of an explore and found the bridge on Wednesday night, then got up early to photograph it the next morning. It turns out that what I know about myself, mornings and lack of coffee means I’m not at my sharpest, applies to early morning attempts at photography too…not quite functional! But, the bridge has some wonderful Indigenous artwork on the pylons well worth sharing.… Read More Tubbagah People of the Wiradjuri Nation: Celebrated on the Bridge
Photography: Trish Jean A beautiful jetty and gorgeous looking water…though a couple of days later there was a shark in there and so the jetty was closed. Glad I got the opportunity to take pictures with clouds overhead and a lovely light to enhance the reflections.
ots from Kiama on the NSW Coast. The seagulls lined up above the fish and chip place made me chuckle! … Read More Walk at Kiama
Grafton NSW, it turns out, is a great spot for photographing bridges. There is a railway viaduct extending across the city and the Clarence River that changes its form. It’s a bascule bridge, or draw bridge, with a section that raises. I also found an abandoned bridge and a stretch of the old timber rail bridge preserved beside the new cement stretch in recognition of the timber industry.… Read More Grafton Bridges
My family congregated in Canberra this week. A bunch of us met for breakfast on Friday morning at the botanic gardens. I got there first and went for a walk…and met some small things that delighted!… Read More Small Things: The National Botanic Gardens
The Colours of Cornucopia: The lilies are making a stand, the rosemary hedge is stout and strong, the blossoms are entertaining the bees and the sky was a beautiful Canberra Spring blue.… Read More The Colours of Cornucopia
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