While Xuan and I were at Emerald Lake we stumbled across these little red mushrooms. We were both fascinated by them and ended up spending quite some time taking photographs. They kind of reminded me of the mushroom houses in the 1980s cartoon The Smurfs. The proper name for this species of mushroom or fungus [...]

Xuan and I headed to Emerald Lake Park today which is located in Melbourne’s outer east, about 50 km from the city. The park has two lakes, Lake Treganowan and Nobelious and offers barbecue facilities, paddle boats, walking tracks, fishing and the famous Puffing Billy heritage railway. We spent the afternoon walking on the tracks [...]

A group of us headed down to Fairhaven this weekend for a bit of rest and relaxation away from the city. Fairhaven is a small coastal town near Aireys Inlet and Anglesea on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. We rented a large house overlooking the beach which was sensational. The place had five bedrooms, two living [...]

Xuan and I headed down to the Yarra Bank Reserve in Burnley (An inner city suburb of Melbourne) yesterday afternoon to get a bit of outdoorsy time. I’ve never been to this part of the Yarra River so it was nice to get out for a walk and take a few photos. The park has [...]

On our way back home from Warrnambool we decided to take the senic route and drive down Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road. I wanted to see and photograph the beautiful rock formations along the coast in and around the Port Campbell National Park area. We saw the Bay of Islands, Loch Ard Gorge, the Grotto, [...]