Retrospective Photographical Repertoire

I wanted to share some landscapes that I have not posted before - from being too self conscious or busy. Revisiting albums with a new perspective, we see colours and details that we never noticed before, and sometimes it is the subtleties that resonate the loudest.

Queenstown

silver linings

Wentworth

I wanted to catch the feeling of this summer as the afternoon clouds roll over the mountains 

and bathe the gumtrees in an ambience of melancholy

Where have you been little bottle? Tell me of all the walls you have climbed and crags you have seen

Interlude of Inhibitions

Sometimes our time is stolen by work and study. 

We forge ahead in the hope that new adventures will once again arrive; that our resolve to carry on and hold out will be soon succeeded by freedom and discovery. Thoughts relentlessly converge on nostalgia, memory is the furniture and crockery of an antique store that is curated, restored, and polished to a grade and quality far exceeding its former standing. So we are to bound ahead with pace and purpose, clear the salt plains and arid flats, until immersed in the crisp mountain air; air not bottled, exported, imagined, but discovered, experienced, pursued. 

The best climbs have the longest walk-ins,

And the best best powder stash is over the ridge.

Busy semester is that much wasn't so obvious already. Many excuses for not going out, few of them very convincing. In the meantime i'm sharing a few photos with some character to fulfil my civic duties to the blogging cause.

A study in sunglasses, Ohope

 Somewhere on Coromandel Peninsula

Newcastle

Jason, Wakatipu

Convicts and Clouds, Sandstone and Sailing - A brief history of Hobart

Hobart is an incredible city and impossible to appreciate in just one week. For bold sandstone buildings, seafood and coffee, it is world class. 

To see: Port Arthur, Battery Point and Salamanca Markets, MONA art gallery

To stay: Centre of Hobart city is best for transport and views

To eat: Jackman & McRoss bakery, any seafood by the harbour, innumerable boutique cafes

Chapter 1: Port Arthur

Chapter 2: The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Chapter 3: Mount Wellington

Lost on a ledge

Sometimes more is found when getting lost than one could ever imagine

Deck the halls with quickdraws

It's that time of year again; the season for climbing!

Summer has come and brought with it a mixed bag of tropical rainstorms, fry-an-egg-on-your-bonnet heat, and dry refreshing sendage breeze - in vastly unpopular ratios. Making the most of the weather windows is the art, and finding someone silly enough to give you a catch is the science. 

Also wishing everyone a happy xmas and new years, send hard :)

Medlow Bath, Sunbath

 Dams Cliffs, Bell

Bellbird Wall, Pulpit rock

Chris and Damo pulling on small holds, White Linen wall - Centennial Glen

Happy xmas and new year 2016!!

Far Cry 3: The Rarotonga Chronicles

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Wilson? is that you?

Note the defensive cannon beside the palm tree

Stay: Magic Reef Bungalows on the water

Eat: Waterline, Beaches, Avana Fishing Club

Drink: Wilson's Beach Bar

Do: Hire a 125cc moped, Punanga nui market, Black Rock and Tikioki beaches

 8 Weeks on the North Island of New Zealand; from Whakatane to Ohakune

Karangahake gorge

Ford XR6 at Ohakune

Lake Taupo