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 spent the second half of last week on a short break in the South Island based mostly in Christchurch, although I ventured out a bit to the wider area of Canterbury. The weather was excellent for landscape / travel photography, and I managed to get some pretty good shots of snowy mountains, and for my third trip to Banks Peninsula finally got to see it in nice weather (although once again got the timing of the tides wrong as I often do!).
The general lack of international visitors / tourists was pretty pronounced, even in normally popular tourist spots.
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!).
