Raining Chaos

Category: Random

  • Margaret River

    Finally, an eventful Christmas! I got the opportunity to head down to the south of Perth and into the famed Margaret River region. Being about a 3 hour drive, the weather was significantly cooler which is why it’s a great fresh produce area.

    Along the way, there lies the southern hemisphere’s longest wooden jetty – Busselton Jetty. It’s about 2k long with a train track running all along it. All along the jetty there are heaps of people fishing – we saw whiting and squid being caught. Squid make weird noises when they’re dying upon the jetty….

    The place where I stayed had some lovely sunflowers, as well as a tea house and restaurant/winery attached. So very nice!

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  • John Forrest National Park

    Has some rocks that make for good foot massagers!

  • Caversham Wildlife Park

    I’m being kind of touristy, but it’s kind of fun. Managed to take a trip to a wildlife park, with a huge walk-in kangaroo enclosure as well as some other hands on attractions.

    I ran around mainly with my 60mm lens, which is awesome for taking pictures of everything that isn’t food! It also has the added advantage of being able to shoot through fences, to an extent.


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  • lil’ Gilg

    I took lil’ Gilg for a walk again, but he didn’t quite like it. But then I found a tiny patch of grass and flowers that was so fitting.

  • Angove Street Festival

    Wow, I’m posting more than I thought! I’m surprised I have time – I still have so much exploration to do, but I’m glad I’m pacing it out. This weekend was a trip to the Angove Street Festival, and I was testing out my 60mm lens again. It was odd having people stop while I was taking pictures; I’m used to taking them with people just walking through the shot. I think I only like this lens for taking pictures of animals, but it’s also certainly handy for getting past a crowd for some pretty cool people shots too.

    My weakness is always taking pictures of animals, so when there was a petting zoo, photospamming ensued:

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  • In the hills of Perth

    I don’t think Kalamunda classifies as Perth. It’s pretty out there, and the drive here reminded me of the trip from Sydney to Gosford. You could say it’s regional Perth.

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  • Royal Perth Show

    Just a photodump of a fun day at the show, my 60mm lens came in super handy! 🙂

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  • The Perth adventure begins

    And it begins with me chasing birds. Well okay, so I did do my food and coffee rounds first. Again, I struggled with my super short lens (can’t wait until I get a new one so I can take pictures of things from far away!)

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  • New lens, bird shooting

    I love getting a new lens to test with. This is the first lens I’ve bought for my camera. At 19mm f2.8, it’s great for my food shots, however, not so great for animal pictures. While the pelicans were relatively harmless, I did manage to hover around a family of swans and got chased off by the mother!

    So here’s the bird shooting version of picture spam!

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  • Pretending to be a chef: More random market hauls

    So I’ve got a tiny bit of downtime. Finally! That’s what happens when I decide I should take up an active hobby while still cooking, writing, drawing (ok the second two not so much), eating, coffeeing.

    It seems there’s a whole range of interesting things lately, some of which I’ve not seen before or just didn’t have the marginal propensity to spend on. Plus it’s not good when I think that Tasmanian winter truffles are so affordable that I’ve ended up buying more truffle this year than any other time.

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