Entries from 'Australia'
“I’m not sure you’re built for climbing Everest, darling”
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 80
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
- Location: 34° 55.3′ 0″ S 138° 36.47′ 0″ E
Warning: The following post describes some gross and decidedly un-ladylike behavior. Read at your own discretion. Throughout our relationship, I’ve frequently teased Him for possessing a weak immune system. If someone — anyone — at his office had a cold, he would invariably catch it. Somehow, I managed to escape unscathed almost every time, and…
Chasing wombats
- Aperture: f/20
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/60 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
When Him and I were in Nadi, Fiji, a remarkably witty hostel employee named Rico innocently instructed members of his kava circle to tell the group their favorite animal. Strumming on his guitar, Rico then began a sing-along in which each participant took a turn filling in the gaps of the song with two noises…
Sydney-side up
- Aperture: f/9
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/1000 s
- Focal Length: 20mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
I can’t imagine there are many major cities in which you’d spot someone lugging a surfboard down the sidewalk. In that respect — and many others — Sydney is unique. It’s a city of tunnels, many of them containing or leading to upscale shopping, and of water with a network of high-speed ferries available to…
Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 50
- Shutter Speed: 1/2404 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
Our second “adventure” from Cairns was an overnight trip to Cape Tribulation located about an hour and a half north of Cairns. We booked, again through our hostel, with a company called Active Tropics Explorer, a.k.a. Foaming Fury (they apparently also run white water rafting trips). The trip promised us a guided bus ride to…
The Great Barrier Reef
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 160
- Shutter Speed: 1/8000 s
- Focal Length: 1.85mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
This was the opportunity I had been waiting for since the summer of 2011 when I got scuba certified in Jupiter. I was going to be on a boat directly above the Great Barrier Reef and all I would have to do is strap on an air tank and mask to dive down and see…
Welcome to Oz
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 50
- Shutter Speed: 1/1314 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
November 20, 2012 was a very busy travel day for us. We got up early to catch a 9AM flight from Nadi, Fiji to Sydney Australia. We shared a cab to airport from our hostel, Bamboo Backpackers, with a college-aged girl from Canada. She was in the middle of a multi-year trip in which she…
