How to take good pictures

Here’s a tip on how to take good pictures. Photography can be complicated, but this is one tip for point and shoot. There are lots of people snapping pictures at the Twelve Apostles. Bad pictures. Some of them have fancy DSLR cameras. Others have simple point-and-shoot cameras or are using mobile devices. This is not … Read more

The Great Ocean Road

Travelling the Great Ocean Road is an absolute must if you’re in Victoria. The Great Ocean Road is 243 kilometres (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia. It begins in Torquay and finishes at Allansford near Warrnambool. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, it winds through varying terrain along the coast providing … Read more

Luna Park

We went to Luna Park Saturday night and it was awesome. There have been dozens of amusement parks all over the world named Luna Park since 1903. Melbourne’s own opened 13 December 1912. A huge smiling clown face (aka the Hellmouth) greets you as you enter fairgrounds with traditional amusements rather than high-tech rides. We’re … Read more

Two boomerangs.

Boomerangs

Boomerangs are an Australian icon. It’s one of the most popular souvenirs. You see them in all the tourist shops and museum gift shops. Most of these are overpriced and they may not fly well. I wanted to get some real boomerangs for my family and friends back home. The boomerang is tens of thousands … Read more

Puffing Billy Railway

The Puffing Billy is a heritage railway in the Dandenong Ranges. Running 15.6 miles, the railway line opened in 1900 to serve the local farming and timber community. It stopped running in 1953 after a landslide blocked a portion of the line and closed formally in 1954.  A group of people saw something special in … Read more

Collingwood delivers my first AFL game

Thank goodness Collingwood beat Richmond Saturday night because it would not have been as good a first AFL game for me otherwise. In Miami, going to a sporting event can be a real headache. The latest news in Miami’s sports scene is around the new baseball park, a “gauche waste of public funds and taxpayer money” … Read more