Great Places To Visit.

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale 17.8.-15.9'13. A bunch of photography friends and I caught the early train to Ballarat this morning (Saturday 30th Aug 2013) Our destination was the biennal Photo exhibition, which was scattered throughout the central area of Ballarat. The weather was beautiful, with lots of sunshine and lots of walking. We walked through and photographed both Core and Fringe Venues. Lots of fantastic photographic work to see and learn from. Exhibits included but were not limited to The Mining Exchange, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat Trades Hall, Gallery B1, Post Office Gallery, Town Hall, Sebastians, Phoenix Brewery, The Unicorn Hotel, Her Majesty's Theatre Craigs Royal Hotel, The Bean Barn, Europa Cafe', L'Espresso, Gallery on Sturt, just to name a few. We grabbed ourselves a program (gold coin donation) and followed the map inside. Such a beautiful day and lots of good eateries along the way. Everyone did their own "thing"

Our little family recently had a wonderful holiday on beautiful Hamilton Island. Not being "yacht people" we were blissfully unaware that part of our stay included Hamilton Island Race week. We were delighted! We stayed in a very comfortable 2 bedroom apartment: Panoramic No 1. There was a balcony for each of the 2 levels looking out towards Whitsunday Island. Lovely views. The apartment was nestled in "the bush" which enabled us to enjoy (and curse) the local wildlife. We were visited (and burgled by) the local sulfur crested cockatoo's. Very cheeky and happy to "pose" for photos. WARNING: if you stay in Panorama No 1, lock your glass balcony door as well as your screen door (on the living level) when you go out or you might get "burgled" by the cockies! We did. Little mosters chewed through the screen mesh ripping a space just big enough to squeeze through and then proceed to go into the kitchen and open our packets of biscuits, sugar, ce