photography – Page 2

Phillip Island and Cape Woolamai

December 2, 2021June 10, 2024yggdrasille

I’ve been to Phillip Island almost every year for the last 26 years, and never knew that this beautiful nook existed.

Hampton Beach 2 Brighton Beach

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021yggdrasille

Six Melbourne lockdowns later, there’s finally a cautious hope that The Most Locked Down City in the World is putting those times behind it. So to mark the occasion of eased restrictions, I thought I’d do a photo tribute to my favourite beach walk that helped me keep my sanity in 2020 and 2021.

If there’s any silver lining to the Covid era, it’s the fact that it got me walking outside in almost any weather, on an almost daily basis. There are a few nice parks and green areas around where I live, but nothing has done more for my mental health during lockdown than a brisk walk by the beach, and a chance to look out on that infinite horizon, breathe in the salty air and feel less boxed in. I loved watching the beach change from day to day, and couldn’t resist taking photos.

One of the most pleasant things about this walk is getting rewarded with a view of the city and the famous colourful Brighton Beach cabins from the top of a small hill; on occasions I would extend the walk and check them out.

Bright & Mount Buffalo

April 29, 2021June 11, 2024yggdrasille

A weekend trip to the alpine region of Victoria, to re-visit an old favourite and see something new. And pick mushrooms!

Mallacoota

March 31, 2021June 11, 2024yggdrasille

Interstate travel in Australia is still a gamble, so we explored a new corner of Victoria instead, this small holiday and fishing town near the border with New South Wales.

Warburton

March 2, 2021June 11, 2024yggdrasille

The third Melbourne lockdown had delayed my weekend getaway to this lovely little town on the Yarra River, but two weeks later my plans were back on.

Wilsons Promontory National Park

November 17, 2020June 11, 2024yggdrasille

I don’t blog about every weekend getaway around my home state of Victoria, but as a first post-lockdown trip beyond the boundaries of Melbourne this was quite special.

Lockdown Photography Project: Look Closer

August 29, 2020June 12, 2024yggdrasille

It’s safe to say that my travel options are severely limited right now, what with Australia’s international and state borders slammed shut and Melbourne suffering through Lockdown: Part II (a bigger but not better sequel nobody asked for). But who said that you can’t play tourist in your own neighbourhood?

New Zealand Car Trip 2009

May 13, 2020September 1, 2020yggdrasille

2020 was supposed to be another big year of travel for me, with a four-week Europe trip in August and September including Iceland, the top country on my bucket list of places to go. Safe to say, COVID-19 tore these plans to shreds and there’s no certainty on whether any international travel will be possible this year at all. So I thought I’d look back and blog about one of my most memorable overseas holidays, a solo car trip in New Zealand.