2500km Round Trip

A few months ago I had an opportunity to go on a solo road trip to the Big Smoke. I got to mix with industry folk for a number of days, before heading out to Mulgoa and further West to reconnect with family and friends. Here's a selection of images from that 2500km round trip.

Quiet Street in Mulgoa

Mount Schoenstatt - Mulgoa

The Schoenstatt Shrine is a place of grace & pilgrimage nestled in the hills overlooking the little township of Mulgoa. Schoenstatt means 'beautiful place' and it is here that people from all walks of life, find moments of peace and tranquility on their journey through life.

Inside the tiny shrine

Warragamba Dam

Located about 65 kilometres west of Sydney in a narrow gorge on the Warragamba River, Warragamba Dam is one of the largest domestic water supply dams in the world.

Water is collected from the catchments of the Wollondilly and Coxs River systems covering an area of 9,050 square kilometres to form Lake Burragorang and Warragamba Dam.

Lake Burragorang is the largest urban water supply in Australia, containing four times the volume of water of Sydney Harbour. It accounts for about 80 per cent of the water supply for nearly four million people in the Sydney region.

The quaint Blue Mountains village of Leura



The 3 Sisters - Katoomba


Govett's Leap - Blackheath


Hartley Historic Village

The village was one of the first settlements west of the Blue Mountains and reflects the simple needs and the way of life of the mid 1800's. There are three old inns, two churches and private homes still remaining. The Court House was the scene of hundreds of trials of convicts in the early days and is now open as a museum, brought to life with tape recordings based on actual trials.

Betty & my old mate Stan


Strange cows in Peel


Sunset over Wattle Flat

Tikies Design

Here's some of the range from Islander inspired label - Tikies Design

Oliver

The new member of the Whitehouse family - Oliver

Adrian & Raya

Its been a while since I've visited my blog, I've been on a few trips and plenty of little projects have been keeping me out of trouble :)

The following shots are of my cousibro Adrian and his lovely girlfriend Raya.

At the beginning of the year a number of friends headed out to the Granite Belt for a spot of camping and relaxing in the beautiful surrounds of the Girraween National Park.
Here's a few images from that trip:

Dean & myself found ourselves deep within Mt Norman

Life on the Bay

Over the past 6 months I've been doing little photo missions around the bayside suburbs of Brisbane.

Sydney

The following images I shot a few months ago while on a trip to Sydney

While in Sydney, I went out to the Blue Mountains to see friends and family.

Warrimoo

My mate Gav and his little boy Oscar.

Mulgoa

Australia Day - Sorrento Beach - Western Australia

The following selection of images were shot on a beautiful day along the WA coastline, at Sorrento Beach. The atmosphere and conditions couldn't have been better to celebrate Australia Day. Everywhere you looked people were so happy, celebrating everything thats Australia.

Sorrento Beach also hosted the states, Havaianas Thong Challenge, which was to form the "Longest line of airbeds in water" with proceeds going to the Starlight Foundation and Nippers.
The world record was broken in Bondi with a massive 908 thongs in the water. Sorrento came in with 683 thongs.

It was a great day, and I was quite surprised to see sooo many west australians, getting out and enjoying this beautiful day.

Random Shots

Wow! Its been a few months since my last update, with all good intentions to post on a regular basis, summer has had me too pre-occupied. So with the change in the season, I want to share some new and archived images with you.

Beer & Pie Fest
West End 2003


Mark - New Years Eve 2005


Georgi on her way to Straddie and suddenly being ambushed by a mob of girls

Sumatran Tigers at play - Australia Zoo


Moth - West End