As far as photographic locations go, Dandenong Ranges National Park couldn’t be more convenient for me. The park boundary is only a few hundred meters from where I live, so it’s the perfect place to escape to without too much forward planning. The park covers an area of approximately 32 square kilometres in Melbourne’s outer…

Every couple of months I like to jump in my car and take a drive out along Maroondah Highway, heading north-northeast away from Melbourne. In no time I have left behind the outer suburbs and entered the wine country of the Yarra Valley. I keep going, passing through the town of Healesville and winding up…

Living in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, I have a number of national, state and public parks that are within easy reach when I wish to get out with my camera. I have the Dandenong Ranges National Park only a few hundred meters from where I live, Yarra Ranges National Park and Kinglake National…

I should start by saying that I never actually stayed in Cairns at all, but for whatever reason I have always referred to the holiday as The Cairns Trip. But anyway…. In October 2013, after a few years of frustrating false starts, I finally got to fulfil my lifelong dream of visiting the lush tropics of Far North Queensland….