Saturday is Market Day.
Davies Park, where the grime of West End meets the ebbing rivers of the Brisbane, swarms with the colours and sounds of a bustling woodland market town.
It’s a chance to catch up with old friends, and it’s an excuse to sit back and just chill out.
Buy of the day – grapes.
Happy Market Day.
Stranger.
Yesterday was a good day. I put on my beanie and my sneakers, packed my camera in my bag and went for a walk to the Queensland Museum.
I found my way to the coolest section of the Museum – the dinosaurs.
With the latest find in Argentina last week, it was great to see the rebuilt skeletons and imagine just how big the ‘new guy’ would have been.
Amazing.
Next stop was the Ocean Scape.
Have you ever seen a turtle lay its eggs?
I fell in love and awe with the small dioramas they have scattered around the museum.
Brilliant.
The taxidermy sections always leave me with mixed feelings. It did inspire me to take my bird sightings and photography more seriously, for my own personal visual memoir. Hopefully it makes people realise what we have now, and what we had.
Surreal.
What beautiful animals.
I had such a great day. I took some more shots but I’ll share them later, this post it already too heavy. I hope it gives you a bit of inspiration and refreshes your muse, just like it did me.
Stranger.
This weekend, my housemate Jason and my good friend Donnelle are coming on a camping adventure with me.
Donnelle is a very talented musician, and has a huge day set out for herself on Saturday, playing multiple events at a big Cancer Council / Relay for Life meet at a township inland from Brisbane.
This seemed too perfect an excuse to plan to pack some bags and have a weekend roadtrip camping adventure.
Now I’ve just got to pack.
Easier said than done.
Because I am excellent, I managed to forget my sleeping bags back home, but at least I remembered the tent.
It will be freezing. As excited as I am for that fact, I am also mindful that a terrible cold night sleep does not a happy camper make.
Tomorrow I think I will pack my bags. The last thing I want to do is underpack on film or forget a lens.
Stranger.