Local photographer Glenda Hubbard or Butterfly Blue to her online followers shares some more of her muted, poignant, textured, images of Byron Bay and surrounds that leave us feeling just a tad warm and fuzzy on the inside. Read more about Glenda in her Common Ground BIO and follow her HERE. Thanks Glenda!
In late March I was lucky enough to be in Sydney to see my dear friend (and regular lunch companion) Murray (Muzz) Burns perform with a reformed Mi-Sex, a band that he was a founding member of in New Zealand in the late 1970’s. Matt and I danced down the front at The Annandale Hotel and sang/screamed every word to songs that Murray wrote at the top of our voices with quite a few hundred… Continue Reading…
Textures of scale, harsh and rough to the skin, The Secrets of Ages amongst layers within, Neglected and frozen with lack of attention, Soon turned timeworn with mass oxidisation. This is bareboned and skeletal me, Scarred and in ruins from the mist of the sea, Burnt orange depth right through to my Soul, Crumbled and crumpled, Time taken its toll. Archaic, though who knows it’s real age, Once shiny and sparkly….on a previous page, This… Continue Reading…
The Grinning Face Back in the old days this tropical fruit was known as cocoanut, a term derived from16th century Portuguese and Spanish cocos, meaning, “grinning face” – because of the three small holes on its coconut shell. Approximately one third of the world’s population depends on the humble coconut with one billion coconut palms blowing throughout the tropics, which in turn produce over 50 billion coconuts per annum – mostly for consumption as detailed… Continue Reading…
Chris Goodnow – photo by Tony Fitzpatrick The Mentawai Islands ….. In late October 2010 the world watched in horror as images emerged of the aftermath of two massive earthquakes. The first hit the city of Padang inWest Sumatra, the second, hit the Mentawai Islands, where a tsunami swept 100’s of metres inland, destroying a local sea port and submerging hundreds of houses, and tourist resorts. Prior to this the Mentawai Islands was a private mecca… Continue Reading…
It is no secret that I love storms – Tuesday afternoons was awesome in everyway. I have seen, and put myself in some very dangerous situations shooting storms and Tuesday evening was no exception. But something weird happened. Not only did the lightning strike so close my ears were ringing and I felt the ground shake as I stood on Paterson hill across from the water tower in Byron Bay, but as I looked through… Continue Reading…
You might have seen these masked renegades today. Last seen heading for a swim, between the flags of course…..Who says DVDs and couch time indoors are for everyone in this weather? This good chuckle is courtesy of Joggly.
“5pm hit on Friday afternoon, we jumped in the car hoping to find a road less travelled for a magical sunset like Wednesday’s… We climbed a few obstacles, jumped a couple of fences and found a nice green hill on a property out near Possum Creek. Lacking the usual sunset hues… A black and white day it was…” By Carly Brown.
