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Adelaide > Sydney

Jacqui, sans make up. Sory Jacqui, I know you look tired, but it is a content tired and I love the soft light.
Anyway, at Adelaide airport sipping a few before we head back to Sydney Not our plane Adelaide airport love this shot with the line markings and shadow walkway pulling back
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Adelaide CBD at the end of the runway up and away good view of the salt crystallization plants at Greenfield, got some great photos there 3 years ago and we had planned to go there on late afternoon and get some sun set shots, but it did not happen this trip, next time Adelaide suburbs around Magill crossing the hills Clouds out north ( around here you would expect them more south, no ? ) farmland beyond the hills nice colours this afternoon Mannum on the Murray

prints please !! Circle Crop farming at Bowen Hill love this with the dark cloud on top and cumulus underneath

approaching the massive Murray Sunset National Park that's about a 70km perfect border between farm land and national park pretty Edge on the other side of the national park, about 25 km out of Hattah Farm land ( not showing up on google earth ) near Liparoo



Narrung and Walderra Lake In NSW now



hear it was cloudy and grey in Sydney, so we must be getting close

nice shot

fav, print please descending down to Sydney down down down sydney nice angle looking down the harbour with the bridge woauw, never saw this before, big building, The Sydney College of the Arts, formerly Rozelle Hospital CBD Cross Parramatta road , then land

Mc Claren Vale, Adelaide, South Australia

Next day and we are off venturing again, after a surf at Onkaparinga Heads ( near Noarlunga - 20 min out of Adelaide ) pics to come once Micke has finished travelling around Australia :-), anyway, after that surf, we turn the car point it inland and not even 20 min later and we are at a winery, Penny Hills in Mc Claren Vale I had seen some photos of this winery in a fashion mag, so I wanted Jacqui to try the wines at this one, so I could also get smoe shots Love how you can go for a surf and lunch at a winery after, and visit wineries with sculptures ( although surf options in Adelaide are very inconsistent and weak- never saw surf the other times I visited )

self portrait

After visiting some wineries I wanted to check out Myponga Beach, about a 20 min drive away, never got down there last time we were here

I wonder if these hills, pre-Adelaide, were covered with trees. I'm guessing yes-  Eva ?





The old Jetty at Myponga beach so this tells me that the old jetty got knocked off by a big swell so there must be waves here from time to time







Rivermouth at Myponga ( one day I will surf a 4 foot left out here, I just know it )

heading back up the hill with great view of Silver sands beach and Adelaide suburbs beyond that

Lake Bumbunga, again and again

This is my 4th time to this spot, just love coming here, and everytime we do it is a totally different experience. Today was not as nice as there was what felt like a 40knot wind blowing across the dry lake First time was back in 2009 after doing a shoot at Arkaba Station, then again in 2010 showing it to Jacqui for the first time, and then again last Easter holidays with the kids funny thing is, when you say to any Adelaidians you meet that you are planning to go to Lake Bumbunga again, they all are like,  " ? ... where " Norton before his hat got blown off and Micke nearly ran the full lenght of the lake chasing it, strange how there is no sign of it in the photo, but it was sooo windy I prefer it here when there are all those fluffy white clouds in the sky, they're all blown away today :-) Having gotton so many great landscape shots before, I focus instead on shapes form
and details





and now for some with the macro lens
as there are som many shapes and details to bewonder up close what amazes me is the shape, even though it is so windy, you would expect the salt to be rounded and smooth from wind erosion
but no look closely, I'll zoom in the salt crystallises into perfect rectangle shapes, amazing















heading back to the car and try the other side, see Lochie and if it is not as windy there, as it is not much fun for the swedes with this howling biting wind

There's Lochie ( although she was not intact and I had to fix her head back upright ) Nasty spikey thistle but amazing colour. And yep, was just as windy on this side, I wanted to walk out a little but got distracted stumbling upon an old dump site and found about a dozen old glass bottles, some from the 40's and some older, sadly loads of broken glass from what would have been some awesome old bottles. And then it was time to go as Jacqui & co were not enjoying standing in the cold as I went bottle fossciking :-)

Clare Valley, Adelaide, South Australia

Next day, after Kirsty's birthday party, we head north north-south, in adelaide it does not take very long in either direction before you are in wine region Jacqui's swedish friends, Micke and Ellis, join us for a road trip with their kids Norton and Aprillia naturally we pop into a few wineries, and we opt for some of the smaller boutique ones like this one just outside Auburn, Eyre Lake winery, Jacqui is first in the door :-)

and I check out the massive bull ants nest

Clare is up higher than all the hay country surrounding, and we are going to go back down, so we can visit Lake Bumbunga again, at Spring Gully there is a look out where I was hoping to see the salt lake in the distance, but can't
get's very dry up here

getting on the road to Blythe bit not without stopping and getting some photos of the landscape as you can see, very dry in the summer months

Hay = Mice + Heat = snakes, lots of snakes

Adelaide Party Time

Late afternoon sun
Sun still out and we are on our way out to a party Jacqui's friend from Adelaide, Kirsty, was having her big birthday party ( which is why we are in Adelaide-nice to be somewhere not for work for a change ) and one of her friends had set up a photobooth at her party ( have photobooth - will party ! ) complete with accessories , like this moustache being modelled by our model du jour. Not only was this fun, but I was impressed that this guy- Luke ( turns out he is a Qantas enginner ) had built the thing from scratch, built the booth, put in a light, hooked up a canon G9 to his computer,put the computer screen in as a monitor, and then also connected to his printer, plus, you had B&W or colour option button, well done Luke, anyway, enough talk, the photos....
yes, it was a fancy dress party Leen, remember that fighter pilot suit you had, and you told me to hang onto it in case I ever had to go to a fancy dress pary and you said I could go as a fighter pilot, and I dissed the idea saying I don;t do fancy dress party, well, I found the fighter suit a few days ago while going through some stuff ( yes, I'm cleaning up and throwing stuff away- a tiny bit ) and the theme was F, so perfect me as fighter pilot and Jacqui as a Fairy :-) ( So kids, always listen to your mum :) my fairy with those big lashes

people in the photobooth Kirsty, birthday girl, open her present from Jacqui, a shot from Jacqui's " Adelaide, paintings in the sky" series oh no, not Raspberry and cream spilled on a Kym Ellery dress
always in the kitchen at parties

Sydney > Adelaide

Jacqui has a fear of flying, but here we are again, lappin' it up in the first Class lounge at Qantas. Flying to Adelaide to visit Jacqui's friend, and we are on an international flight, even though we are only going to Adelaide, the plane then goes on to Simgapore therefore it is classed as an international flight. Bonus
Looking pretty relaxed for someone who has a fear of flying ( guess the chamapgne helps ) But I doubt we will be on one of the big birds Sydney's western suburbs, with Fairfield golfcourse smack in the middle Massive Wetheril Park industrial area a lot of people live in Sydney aah yes, those funky airbus windows Warragamba Dam Blue Mountains

funky blue mountain sky shot a look out from the right side of the plane This is Australia :-) self portrait of fear of flying Fear ! what Fear ? looking pretty comfy to me :-) Country South Australia

the bend in the mighty murray at Bow Hill 5 corners patterns at Lenger Reserve S.A. Sky near Palmer, getting closer to the Adelaide Hills Tungkilo

vineyards coming into view near Forreston
Millbrook reservoir Houghton old Higbury quarry Highbury Hope Valley Reservoir North Adelaide, wait a sec, zoom in
yep, the Meridien Hotel we will be staying at ( again ) Adelaide Oval with Adelaide behind it North Adelaide Gold Course Historic Adelaide Goal a lot of construction going on just outside Adelaide C.B.D. about to land touch down Let the Fun begin

Gasoline, Vespas & Bikes ( & soon muscle cars ) Sydney

After meeting up with Toni, I popped in to see Jason who runs Gasoline bike shop, he had just finished doing this Vespa for a commercial client nice seat Anyway, Jason And I had a good little catch up and might possibly even be able to work on something in the near future as well. Stay Tuned.

Toni Maticevski Sydney Showroom

Toni the past few days had his showroom set up in Sydney for his Sydney clients and media ( Toni is based in Melbourne ) He asked if I could pass by for a chat, and as Toni in my mind is up there with the best of the best Australian designers, because he is a real craftsmen, I naturally popped in to have a look I think I covered just about everyone of his shows in New York ( Click here for AW10/11, then here for SS10 and AW11/12 ) We are looking at possible collaborating together in the new year, very excited to be a part of it if this project goes ahead :-)

Shooting for M.A.C. Cosmetics, girls getting ready for the ARIA's

so this was one of the reason to get back to Sydney pronto, to get behind the scenes shots of James Molloy doing his thing on the presenters for the ARIA ( australian music industry awards night ) that, and to see Jacqui & the kids again so after travelling for 28 hours, racing home to Avalon to see the kids before they go to school, have some breakfast, back in the car and back to the city to go up to the plush rooms at the Darling hotel near the casino, one could have a worse job, even though I'm tired, feeling pretty lucky to have such a fun job, and meet and work with great fun people So James and Jesinta Campbell ( did not know, but Jesinta turns out to be the Australian Finalist for Miss Universe competition, and she's a trooper )

as time goes on, more and more people are turning up, including TV crews. now I see why we are in this 3 bedroom pnethouse Michael getting ready to put in some extensions

Sam is here as well and kindred spirit Lanie Lane Jesinta, nearly finished done and she still has some time up her sleeve, so she's all like " Dear Diary " kidding No, I think she's just writing some notes for what questions she will doing when she is interviewing some of the music and fashion stars when they turn up on the red carpet what a great smile, and this is not a set up, this is genuine. Love girls with a good natural smile Mi Mate Richard Cavanagh doing hair on Maud Garrett ( another tropper I had not met before ) more troopers :-) Nicole and Diane Sam in make up Lanie in make up Maud. Yep....trooper :-) quick bronze
ready so's Maud :-) Lanie nearly made up as well, everyone looking glam indeed

so every one is glammed up, dressed up and turning up in limousines at the awards, whereas Lanie, as she is pure class, turned up at the red carpet in a white 70's Kingswood, now that's class money can't buy, love it Sam really has a great smile she's ready Jesinta doing her thing on the red carpet and looking great and she has James close by for touch ups Maud also looking great So that was fun, thanks M.A.C. for getting me involved, enjoyed it and met some great people, but now time for me to head back home and get some real sleep in a real bed :-)

Singapore > Sydney

sunrise somewhere over south west nsw, as soon as we left Singapore, I asked the stewardess to make my bed ( got to love upgrades ) so I did not have any dinner service, but damn I had a good sleep, and see-ing as I go straight into work mode when I arrive in Sydney felt it was pretty important to get a decent sleep. So it's nice to wake up to these colours love this  fluffy mauve colour




sun's coming up








I can see some more prints coming up
how nice would it be to have one of those expensive printers in your garage to then just print up some of these nice and big






time to land home :-)