Well, what a great weekend!
Absolutely exhausting with hours of walking and photography and silly pranks and driving and eating and drinking and meeting new people and laughing and basically enjoying ourselves.
The five girls that I shared accommodation with were fantastic fun and easy to get along with.
We walked for over 5 hours on Saturday night getting our many and varied night lights shots.
Luckily, I decided to empty my clothes out of my little suitcase with wheels and put my camera bag in it. Then I wheeled the bag all over the city. I would NEVER have been able to carry my camera bag around for that long. It weighs 10 kgs!
So here is the view from our motel room and a few of my night shots...
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We ended our night with a few glasses of champagne and some debriefing. Some giggles. Some D&Ms. It was well after midnight when we all turned out the lights.
The Nikonian was a very cheeky monkey after we all went to bed, trying to steal my toes in the dark and then pretending to be a ghost in the night and THEN taking a photo of me sleeping and drooling on my pillow and posting it on Facebook!!!
She knows that she should be very afraid. **Expect me when you least expect me**
The next morning we all ate a hearty breakfast and wandered around the markets for a little while before leaving Brisbane and heading north toward Woody Point.
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I loved the jetty there and would really like to go back for a sunrise or sunset shot with better light. These were taken in the middle of the day.
Everybody sat under a shady tree near the shipwreck for an hour or so, killing time so that we didn't arrive at Bribie too early for our Christmas gathering.
I, for the umpteenth time, had to go searching for a toilet (I have an app for that!)
We drove to Bribie Island, headed over to the surf side, but it was quite busy and we couldn't find a place to park quickly. Since we were responsible for finding a place to set up for the party, we returned to the other side of the island to search for a good spot.
Because it was such a beautiful day, all the tables and sheds were full of people. Luckily, one of the newer members had already arrived and found a table. They also found 'us' and we gathered all our gear and joined them.
Gradually, about 30 members of our group arrived in dribs and drabs. We met lots of newbies and caught up with other more established members. We discussed cameras and various photos that we had taken during the year.
We talked about how we discovered The Master's course and what we got out of it. How we discovered photography and why we love it.
We wandered around and took photos of the Tawny Frogmouths in the tree, the sunset, the Glasshouse mountains across the waterway and anything else that looked interesting.
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I drank too much wine for the second time this year and both times, funnily enough, have been in The Master's presence .. I do hope he doesn't think badly of me!
We didn't leave Bribie til after 7pm and we didn't arrive home until almost 11pm. I collapsed on top of our bed and that's where I stayed until 8.30 this morning.
Absolutely exhausted but it was so worth it. I had a ball and I can't wait til our next gathering.
Today, I am grateful for that happy exhaustion, when you have pushed yourself to keep up with everyone and filled every minute with experiences that create happy memories to last a lifetime.
That was my weekend :D
Now I am climbing into bed at almost 1am.
Nite all.
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