coastal times...

Had a brief respite from work the week before last and took the opportunity to visit the parents in their always idyllic home in Ettalong Beach... Sandy seaside walks with Ma, Pa and Dana dog and balmy bbq evenings with a couple o glasses of red...

Also finally had the opportunity to present Mama with her belated birthday present, a commissioned portrait of the family pet, care of talented artist and friend, Grant Molony. 

Check out more of his amazing skills at www.krop.com/grantmolony

OLD...

Myself and the evil twin galloped a little closer towards forty this year, celebrating a joined 76 years on this watery sphere... We celebrated at their new Paddington apartment with family and friends, where some gruelling pong battles were won and lost, before heading to the nearby Allianz stadium to watch the Socceroos trounce Jordan 5-1! Getting old ain't so bad... ; )

 Pa's pong domination!

 Handsome spectators...

 Paxton!

 What's up there?!

Family fun for all...

emily and dave...

These two! Sydney really is a little less special without them in it... : (

At the moment, Em is covering the Olympics in Rio, while Dave is traipsing through the Americas in an RV... I'm a little green with adventure envy!

Here's a couple o portraits and a rad group o friends from their going away bash a while ago...

Love yas!

freelance united... champions!

I managed to snap a few frames of my team's nail biting grand final win on the weekend... (Sadly I was injured for finals time for the second year running!) We'd been pretty dominant as a group throughout the year, but with injuries and holiday departures,  our squad had been left a little decimated at the critical point in the season! 

Thankfully, through sheer force of will, they managed to get over the line for the win, the first for Freelance United since the league began more than ten years ago! Huge congrats to a rad group of peeps! FU! FU! FU! Looking forward to more celebrations soon...

a birthday and rassy b...

Happiest of 30th birthdays to one of the loveliest people i know! Wishing you and Rassy B the most amazing of days... Here's some pics the three of us shot on a cold winter's morning in Manly a few weeks ago... 

Love you to pieces! xxoo

manly family...

I've been spending a bunch more time in Manly in the past six months... My niece moved there last year, I often meet a friend and colleague there for work and I play for a northern beaches football team... It can be a frustrating place to get to and from, but, if you can make it work for you, it seems like a pretty idyllic lifestyle!

 Silky smooth...

 Summer sun slouchin...

 Silly...

 Dana dog!

Col living the dream...

on the horizon...

So after many attempts at repair, I finally had to accept, earlier this year, that my beloved Hasselblad Xpan is dead... Final autopsy revealed irreparable water damage... Sad times...

Rather than shell out for a new body, i decided to try a cheaper, Russian alternative (what seems to be becoming a more and more common solution for me) Presenting the Horizon 202!

He's a strange and wily beast, but takes some pretty rad panoramic images, given the right conditions!

 Park cricket birthday vibes...

 New pad for the evil twin...

 Redfern parklife...

Packed Parsley from below... 

 And above...

 Alexandria Hotel... RIP

 Sky highs...

 Kilcare...

Balcony bookworm...