Wellington’s famous winds have been thrashing our land this year like no other I remember in the three years since we moved into the house. Our trees have really suffered and we’ve lost at least three which have been blown out of the ground or snapped in... This year we said our New Year wishes standing watch on the luggage conveyor belt at Wellington Airport having touched down minutes before from Melbourne. I liked the quiet passing of time from one year to the next. Traditionally New Year is the time for reflection... My biggest lesson in photography this year is that if you take photography seriously you need to treat it as an activity in it’s own right. Trying to combine holidaying and serious photography just doesn’t work. I decided in Melbourne to take... After years of attending outdoor plays performed by the Oxford Shakespeare Company when we lived in the UK it was a total treat to relive the outdoor theatre experience in Melbourne. We watched Comedy of Errors by the Australian Shakespeare Company which was a rip... With the Ashes Cricket over by lunch time today thousands of folk poured out of the ground and into the City. It was at this point I was reminded how crowded Melbourne is with the influx of visitors for this sporting festival. Simply moving around was tough and... 