Slowly but surely we’re building up the courage to plant a broader range of colourful plants in the garden. For the first time ever I planted sweet peas and after weeks of rambling up their wigwams they are finally starting to burst into colourful flowers. No... The ebb and flow of Melbourne streets was a constant fascination to me. There seemed to be space for everyone – horse drawn carriages, trams, buses, cycles and cars, not to mention the multitude of people moving along. I wish Wellington had better transport... 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... 