vivid sydney

last couple weeks, there has been this art festival in sydney called vivid... they set up a bunch of sculptures, installations, and projections around circular quay... the coolest one had to be the opera house, where they projected different colored light patterns onto the iconic building.







using a tripod and long exposure I also got a couple pictures of the boats going by





and the rocks, the oldest part of sydney:

feed me

saw my coworker nick's band, feeding edgar (myspace.com/feedingedgar) play again, at the gaelic in surry hills. fun local show.













more news soon!

feeding edgar

party after work last friday with coworkers band feeding edgar

le castle vania

last friday saw le castle vania play a show at candys apartment in sydney...

it was an amazing time, he sounded great, and people were just dancing like crazy. and i brought my camera and snagged a couple pictures:

gold coast

had this week off of school so went traveling around the gold coast... went to byron bay, coolangatta, and surfers paradise... relaxed at the beach, did some surfing, and met some interesting people in the hostels


couple watching view in coolangatta


coolangatta


beach club at night


byron bay




surfers paradise beach


surfers paradise skyline

now i have to write 3 papers this weekend!

tasmania

my family was here to visit last week... showed them around the city and school and had a really good time.

royal national park


view from mountain


my sister fiona skipping down the mountain

then went to tasmania with my friends hilly and julio. had an amazing weekend driving all around the island and seeing the mountains, beaches, lakes, and waterfalls.


julio taking pictures on the beach


julio and hilly


port arthur


hilly and a wallaby


wallaby! sadly we did not see a tasmanian devil (except roadkill)


frecynth national park view

sunday was really amazing but i didnt have my camera...
we woke up early and drove across the island to this national park. we hiked through the forest, and it was drizzling but the trees were tall enough to keep us dry. we saw wallabies munch on leaves and peer at us curiously before hopping away. at the end of the hike was a waterfall from the top of the mountain, that had multiples levels as it fell down to the river. after heading back to the car, we drove to a lake in another part of the park. it had gotten colder and we were higher up, and it started to hail while we drove on the bumpy mud road. at the lake, it was snowing lightly, and we did not dress for the weather. we took the path around the lake, and hurried back to the car after taking in the scenery.

it was a really cool trip. and i have break this weekend but still havent decided where to go! but im sure it will be interesting

v fest

my family is here so been hanging out with them last few days

v fest last saturday... saw kaiser chiefs, louis xiv, razorlight, elbow





kaiser chiefs... they were really fun.



the singer climber halfway up the stage scaffolding


razorlight






razorlight bassist



elbow... worst band name ever...



elbow violinist



so in between songs, the band members all took a shot... and the violinist didnt take it so well and i took a picture of it...


louis xiv... with the guitarist making the "im a badass guitarist" face




i was right up front and im fairly sure he is looking right at me personally in this one


tasmania tomorrow!