Australia!

A decade on

Hello,

I am writing to you from London; a trip that is partly work-related, but amongst this I have also been doing a lot of wandering about (because it’s London and as long as it’s not chucking it down, you can just keep on walking), visiting museums/exhibitions, seeing mates, and taking lots of photos.

Perhaps the time doing some touristing has helped to spark some creativity because this is a surprise post as I did indicate previously that I was taking this month off. Although one could argue that this post was inspired by the Memories feature on my iPhone because I was reminded the other day that it was TEN YEARS AGO this month that I was in Australia. A whole decade. Over four weeks I travelled from Melbourne to Cairns, took a flight to Perth, and then home. I loved it.

For that trip, I took my newly purchased but very basic DSLR camera, and it was clear then as much as it was now looking back through them that I had no idea what I was doing. Regrettably, I have lost many of the images through negligence on my part by not looking after the camera/memory card. That said, I thought that I would share a few photos that I salvaged.

Pelican at Noosa

A pristine beach at the Whitsundays. Off camera I did find a few Coke cans lying about, sadly

Random giant mango

View over part of the Great Barrier Reef from the boat

Aboriginal dreamtime story in Cairns

I know it’s blurry, but I could not believe that number of humpback whales breaking on the surface of the water (cannot recall exactly where I took this. On a boat obvs)

Three Sisters at the Blue Mountains lookout (west of Sydney)

Hello!

Angry bird (probably one of my all-time favourite photos)

On the Neighbours tour (cannot recommend enough, very entertaining). This image makes me look like a giant. I am not, the tour guide helps to hold it over you while you attempt to take a selfie. Happy face!

Thanks for reading and see you in a few weeks!

Sarah

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