We just had two days of much, much-needed time in the bush! There was: lovely, soothing rain, walks in the Otways rainforest and at Johanna Beach and Blanket Bay, campfires, sandwiches toasted on said fires, rock-and-shell-collecting, time for those long, rambling conversations that only happen on a long drive somewhere, breakfasting with wallabies, laughter, tears, music and other good things. I need to keep reminding myself how good for the soul camping is, especially during this last year when life has been engrossing and tough.
I also had a very brief play with my new camera- a big thanks to my friend Matt for deciding to upgrade and pass his Nikon d80 to me. Now I really have to spend some time learning how to get out of auto mode this year. We saw a whole lot of koalas down there, doing what they do most of the time- eating, scratching and sleeping! Even Australians don’t tend to get over the cuteness of these little fellas and it seemed like a good time to try the new camera.
Contemplating a scratch
Scratching…
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Settling in…
… for a…
… very…
… big…
… sleep…
nice to see you back … I hope you’re well. we must catch up soon xox
Hi Jules, this sounds great 🙂 I’m hoping to do some camping later in the year. Were you tent camping – and if so, do you have any recommendations for nice quiet camping areas? 🙂
Hi… lovely little space here. I found you from another blog, and so I am here ! 🙂
Wow….Cute Koalas!
awwwwwwwwwwww. loving Mr Koala. (obv I am assuming it is a Mr…)
I camped at Johanna Beach, gosh, maybe 30 years ago. There was a massive storm and we had to tie the tent to the car door handles to stop it being blown away! It sounds quite nice now although I think it was quite scary at the time.
I like that you want to move out of auto mode on your camera. I used to know how to use the manual settings on camera but I’ve allowed myself to lose that skill, it would be good to learn again. Welcome back!