The Brothers…

Adapted from Harry Buchanan (1975)

“There were 3 brothers who lived near the Camden Haven River near the sea. As part of their initiation, they were required to live alone in the bush for several months before they would be recognised as fully initiated. After being in the bush for several months they began to worry about their mother and father, so the youngest brother volunteered to go and check up on them. Just as he left the camp he saw an old witch but paid her no attention. He told his parents about her when he reached them, and his father gave him a special boomerang, and told him to quickly return to his brother’s camp to warn them that the witch would try to kill them. The youngest brother headed back to his brother’s camp but did not make it there by night fall, at first light he continued his journey but the witch was at the camp when he arrived. He asked the witch what she had done to his two brothers, and she replied that she had eaten them and would eat him too. Before the witch had a chance to do anything, the youngest brother hit her on the head with the boomerang and split her in half. He buried half her body in the river and half in the sea. Then returned to his brother’s camp and gathered up their bones. He buried their bones where the North and Middle Brother mountains now stand, then went to where the South Brother mountain now stands and died. That night a mountain rose up where each body lay to mark the tragedy. The mountains were then named after the Three Brothers.”

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Stop pretending this nightmare will abruptly stop with the arbitrary changing of

Stop pretending this nightmare will abruptly stop with the arbitrary changing of the calendar year.
Werner Herzog

A cool quote i found on Maryam Laura Moazedi post which I think is very fitting.

I gotta say they should have just cancelled the fireworks this year, pretty dismal display when compared to previous years and of course all it really did was encourage people to go out.

These couple are from my local park which a small glimpse of the fireworks and the sydney skyline, whilst raining. Taken with with some good friends from the fuzz, a bunch of drunk young people and some wanker flying a drone around (noting the fact this park is under the flight path no wonder we as a society need to apply draconian rules, humans and common sense just do not seem compatible..




Just testing out the new skate park, we available for consulting anytimes ya kno

Just testing out the new skate park, we available for consulting anytimes ya know we can evaluate surface finish, accessibility and fun factors..
https://www.instagram.com/concrete_skateparks/
On a little side note, can say that the City of sydney’s tender portal is rubbish, i should be able to search and see what tenders have been awarded in the space of 3 clicks..

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Kingfisher Pool – Heathcote

Sarah Joy found a nice walk in a less busy park of Sydney, it did involve a fairly steep descent and ascent which the kids nailed better than the adults, including the 3 year old, she pretty well walked 75% of the 1.6km each way trip… which is kinda lucky since my shoulders would have struggled otherwise.

Its a nice walk with some good shade which is nice when its really hot, lots to see on the way in and out and the actual pool is pretty good – if your looking for an accessible short day hike, Kingfisher pool is a good choice.

#kingfisherpool

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85mm f1.4

This lens is by far my favourite, it clears the mess in the house, hides the chipped and peeling paint, the texta on the wall and even reduces the other two wild chops (aka sisters) to a manageable soft bokeh blur

If your not familiar with photography or camera stuff then thats gonna sounds alien to you probably but, just think of the Nikon 85mm f1.4 like the device that makes the backgrounds so nice and smooth. Which, as a point of interest, alot of mobile phones do now, however its software, not hardware and it often looks crap

Here is little E doing what she does best, look darn cute Thanks to middle sisters for the hair highlights

The 3 Sisters

ha, i made them stop here and look at the 3 sisters just to get this cheesy photo
The new lookout platform and walk way is good I reckon, lots of people seem to be dissing it but it works well and opens the place up a bit more and seems to be more accessible…

Bushwalk…

Makes you feel old when your kids are telling you to hurry up…
Centennial glen, a favourite little waterfall of mine, out of the way and very few people visit it, the location is more popular with the rock-climbing crowd where there is a nice overhand wall which seems to tick all the boxes and always seems to have someone hanging off it:) .

Its also only a short walk which meant its suitable for all three of these crazy chops, anyone who has been to this spot will appreciate the fact its not made for those of us with a larger stature, these little ones could not figure out why it was so hard for me as I’m bent over double crawling along the tiny rock ledge to get to the head of the creek and waterfall. If anyone was gonna fall in teh drink it would have been me

Chilling out on Bare Island trying out some new toys, would be a bunch more inte

Chilling out on Bare Island trying out some new toys, would be a bunch more interesting with the other type of Bears, according to my middle daughter

Nikkor 24-70 @ 32mm, f13, 183s
with Kase Magnetic Filters KW-CPL and KW-ND1000

What i really like about these is that you can use them with the lens hood and remove them very easily between shots where need be. Whilst not critical for this kind of scene, when your under a shower of spray in a waterfall a lens hood can make the difference between a miserable session and a great one
#kasefilters #kase

Tiffany KaseFilters

Seacliff Bridge

I’ve been to this spot a few times over the years, each time go i remember the first time I went here way back in 2009, before social media discovered it, back when Nearmaps (better imagery than google) was still free, which at the time was what i used to see where to walk. It was a bunch easier then, very little vegetation and it was pretty easy to go down the old road and get to the bottom, now its shin scratching spider infested, head crab eating stroll..

I go back every couple of years and its cool to see how time has worn away at it and overgrown it and restrictions put in place to stop people photographing it….

Sorry – to the couple who had their photoshoot photobombed by us, there is me ca

Sorry – to the couple who had their photoshoot photobombed by us, there is me carrying a 3 year old whilst yelling at chaos to stop climbing the cliffs..
sorry to the couple in the rocks who were trying to enjoy a romantic moment.. haha.. we killed that moment
not sorry to the snake i scared the crap out of when i tried to retrieve a shell from between a bunch of rocks.. thanks for that one middle daughter…. i reckon the embarrassment of getting bitten by a snake would have killed me before it did