The Year in Pictures - 2011

The Boston Globes "The Year in Pictures":

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I love looking through these each year - the photographs are so powerful.

Below are some that I appreciated.

There are some quite graphic images amongst the collection - not for the faint hearted or children.

Amazing Photographs

I love these photos from the National Geographic's 2011 Photography contest, depicting nature, people and places.

There were a couple of photos, in the people category, taken in Australia amongst the honorable mentions. They show our great cultural diversity.

Take a look at the other winners, they are fantastic.



 Panic in the Pan

 Auburn Pride

Cyber Monsoon

Camping at Little Beach

The kids and I have just returned from a rather wet camping experience a day early. Unfortunately our time away was cut short by incessant rain, and the dread of having to spend another damp night together in a small tent. (The term four man tent, is a complete misnomer!!)

We went to Little Beach to camp with a couple of friends from work, Tracey and Cath, and their children.

Tracey has camped there since she was a child, and still returns every year with lots of her relatives, staying for 2 weeks. Cath joined Tracey last year, and returned again this year.

Little Beach is a beautiful spot. A small and secluded camping area in the Bouddi National Park.

 sand modelling - a mermaid

 surfing

 a face in the cliff

 looking at the rain from a cave

 beach cricket

 Tracey's well organised tent

 swimming in the rock pool



It was so lovely to meet some of Tracey's cousins, and to spend time with them and Cath & Tracey. Hopefully we will return one day in sunshine.

And a big thank you to Andrew who drove up early to help rescue us from the wet.

January Catch-up - Matthew's First Birthday

We travelled down to the Botanic Gardens in Wollongong for our nephew Matthew's first birthday.

There was a rogue rooster who was very annoyed we had taken over 'his space'. He spent the day letting us know about it too.

January Catch-up - Christening Doug & Bel's New House

Our friends Doug and Belinda have bought a new house and we went around to have a picnic on their deck... BYO chairs. When we arrived they were packing up from another day of painting and carpentry.

I can't wait to see what they do with it!



January Catch-up - Movies by the Boulevard

We went to see "Real Steel" at Sydney Olympic Park.

Unfortunately most of my photos involved people shoving food into their mouths... so there are only a few that are making it here.