Last week I returned from a trip to Perth, Western Australia, where I explored the city and the outer suburbs, as well as drove up and down the coast a bit. This was the last major Australian city I hadn’t really spent more than an afternoon in until now (I’d previously twice spent a night in Perth, once due to a flight diversion), and I also managed to spend a day on Rottnest Island and saw some of the quokkas there.
The weather was reasonably good, and I managed to take quite a few photos, which I’ve just finished the initial run of processing, although it turns out my EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II lens has started having minor (but quite noticeable when looking at the images on a large monitor) issues with focusing, which is a bit annoying. It means a fair number of the photos aren’t as sharp/focused as they should be, so I might need to have the lens looked at if it continually has this issue in the future.
A week ago I returned from a week’s trip to central New South Wales in Australia, driving from Sydney down to (almost!) Batemans Bay, then up again to Newcastle and then back to Sydney.
The aim was to spend a bit more time exploring places I’d skipped / missed when I motored through quickly on my trips passing through NSW in 2018 and 2019 - which I did end up doing, however it turned out I’d forgotten I had actually visited some places before! Jervis Bay Territory in particular - although this time around it wasn’t overcast, so I was able to see it (and the white sand beaches) with the sun out.
The weather was excellent, and once again I got some photos I’m pleased with.
I got back from a nice trip to Tasmania last week, meaning I’ve now visited all of Australia’s states, and most of its territories (not Jervis Bay!).
The weather was not great, although it was mostly dry and there was sun occasionally, and I even found a bit of snow falling (and gathered) in the Central Highlands where it got down to 3 degC, as well as some on top of Mount Wellington in Hobart.
A surprise was driving through a region called Dorset: funny how names are re-used in other parts of the world by settlers.
Coming back to New Zealand via Sydney, it was very apparent (flying in and out) the number of bushfires in the area from the smoke in the air and the amount of haze and limited visibility.
Last week I returned from a trip to Australia, driving from Sydney up to Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and have just done a first pass of
photo processing. The weather was generally excellent (although it was very windy in Byron Bay and Gold Coast, so walking on the beach was not amazingly pleasant with the sand blowing), and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and took some photos I’m very pleased with, including several sunrise ones (getting up somewhat early was worth it!).
