The Chronicles

Reminding me why I miss Melbourne

October 31, 2015

We have been here close on two years now, each time we get visitors I get a little ‘Melbourne sick’. Not sick for the actual place, take that or leave it really. Okay, well sometimes when I desperately want Red…

Styx with Boots and Beams

October 18, 2015

I totally love the world. The world where there aren’t people. Not that I don’t like people, people are good value and can be highly entertaining at times, but I really really really love the world where plants and bugs…

Two Huts and an Ice Skating Rink

October 12, 2015

Last week myself and a couple of buddies, who for the purpose of conformity across this post shall remain nameless, went off on our first Hut Hunting expedition on a mountain close to Hobart, which shall also remain nameless. No…

Red tide that is blue

May 20, 2015

Lately we have been seeing blooms of Noctiluca scintillans lighting up the beaches in southern Tasmania. Not every beach, everywhere, yet there has been a particularly fantastic bloom happening down at South arm beach. I was out aurora hunting with…

Why I don’t like you butchering my photos

December 19, 2014

Perhaps butchering is a harsh word. Not all people butcher, but there is a huge tendency to crop and edit. When I say edit I really mean add Instagram filters or other various phone app effects to my shots. Look.…