We are currently caught in the grip of winter with freezing nights and cold wet days. Still Adelaide has quite a mild winter compared to other cities so you will get no complaints from me. Clearly the city in this image its not Adelaide but Galway, Ireland and about as far away from here as […]
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I can think of any of number of reasons why I might not. It’s late at night. The ally is narrow and very confined. Dodgy looking doorways with who knows what’s lurking behind. Less than robust looking scaffolding. Dark cloaked figures. I can think of any of number of reasons why I might. A shortcut […]
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Back in December we had the good fortune to experience an Irish Christmas. I can’t begin to describe the differences between a wet Irish Winter and a hot Adelaide summer but needless to say there was considerable culture readjustment in both directions. This blustery evening in Galway on Ireland’s west coast ended in us getting […]
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From a cold Austrian winter to balmy Australian evenings the difference between these two worlds could not be more different despite only an ‘al’ in name. The place is Port Parham, a ramshackle collection of holiday shacks on the Gulf of Saint Vincent in South Australia and the the holiday destination of my childhood. When […]
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This spectacular view is of the Austrian village of Hallstatt on the the western shore of Lake Hallstatt in the Salzkammergut region. As I have described in a previous image how I adore this place and feel it rightfully deseves its reputation as Austria’s most beautiful mountain village. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Hallstat’, 1/125s f/10 ISO160 […]
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