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Flinders Ranges 2022: Exploring in Manual Mode
Exploring South Australia, Flinders Ranges and the nuances of manual mode on a digital SLR
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At least the birds and possums eat well
Meet the noisy dudes who dropped into my last Focusing partnership call.
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Treasure Maps, New Zealand 2019: Tranquility, mountain walks and exploring our inner places
Six says of Untangling those places inside that do want me to succeed and just want to be heard. Slowing down and listening to them freshly can provide a fertile foundation on which to produce a more balanced me.
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New Zealand 2019: Summer sun, island views and volcanos
The image above is from the waterfront at Devonport looking back to Auckland, with the big butt (stern) of the Pacific Princess heading in to berth. I thought the other cruise ships docked were big. The Pacific Princess is massive.
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Melbourne, Victoria: Ancestors and night photography
A four day weekend visiting family, researching family history and taking a photography class/tour.
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New Zealand 2015: Mild winter with occasional showers
Ten days in the North Island of New Zealand to relax, take photos and writing.
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Let’s do that differently next time…
My thoughts on preparing for the next time I travel.
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California: No fog in San Francisco – just blue skies… mostly.
Time to catch up with some familiar faces.
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Jamaica: In search of Thomas Alexander Bennett
On my first day – with the task of looking for a needle in a hay stack; I didn’t know which Parish to look for – I was advised that the Baptism records was the place to look, however for some reason the records for St Elizabeth were not there.
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Jamaica: the unexpected language barrier of Jamaican Patois
After travelling through Lisbon and Cape Verde and getting by with practically no language skills in Portuguese, I thought I'd be fine in Jamaica as the official language is English. Sometimes the Jamaican patois threw me.
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São Vicente and Santo Antão: serenaded by Cesária Évora
One day in Santo Antão and the following day in São Vicente showcased the beauty and diversity of the islands.
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Abolition of Slave trade and ownership
A brief history of when the trade and ownership of slave labour became illegal around the world.
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Boa Vista: Getting a feel for ancestry
We know from official records in Australia that Antonio Albress was born on Boa Vista, Cape Verde. We don't know where or exactly when: sometime in the 1840s. We do know Albress was not his birth last name, making finding records of him difficult.
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Santiago: Sunshine and history
Moving from Winter to tropical heat, I was quite sluggish getting used to the change. Adding a cold picked up from the 24 hour flight Australia to London, I sweated it out. Santiago is a little like the East and Southern Africa I travelled around in 1990, and nothing like it. It is its own unique place.
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Lisbon: Just add water
While it rained the whole time I was in Lisbon, it wasn't as cold as London – so things were looking up! So happy I have a water proof camera.