Some flowers from the Byron trip

Flowers/leaves lit by sunset during our Byron trip

Byron Bay

All in all, I'm not too happy with my Byron Bay shots, but this was my first attempt at photos while travelling...I have learnt some new things from the experience :)

As the clouds pass by

The most eastern point

Interesting patterns on the sand made by the tide

Reception of our accommodation...Atlantis

Inside of our Cabin, white, white and more white

And now, the Cathedral shots!

The St Mary's Cathedral...breath taking with it s beautiful structure during the day, but even more so during these nights when the Sydney Vivid Light Show is on.

Sydney....in Vivid Colours and Light

What an exciting night of photography!

The vivid show was definitely worth going to (and taking photographs of...) It's a rare chance to see Sydney's beautiful old buildings dressed in so much colours and light...

To the garden again!

Back to the Royal Botanic garden. Autumn's footsteps are closing in and most of the flowers have disappeared.

I was hoping to get a few photos of Autumn leaves but there weren't much of those around either. Instead I took a few shots at different angles to see if I could get variations of images. Hopefully the garden will be replenished with new flowers or plants for us to photograph.

Visit to St Mary's Cathedral

Shots taken of the St Mary's Cathedral and Hyde Park fountain using my original 28-200mm lens...I'm quite happy with the results. The weather wasn't the greatest that day and as per the first photo I had a few raindrops which fell on my lens so the image is slightly flawed.

Unfortunately the cathedral no longer permits photography inside so I didn't manage to take any photos of the interior which was also beautiful.

Surprise guests

I've been hearing some birds bicker outside the balcony for a few weeks but never bothered to check as I didn't really want to encourage the curiosity of the cats...

On Saturday I was out watering the cat grass when I spotted Shadow crouched really low and looking intensely at something...I glance across and there they were, a pair of beautiful rainbow lorikeets feasting on the nameless fruiting plant right outside my balcony! They were vibrantly coloured and the fruits they were feasting on were bright red which complemented their blue/green feathers beautifully.

I rushed inside to get my camera and moved quietly to the edge of the balcony trying not to scare the birds while I took the photos (although they looked very comfortable even in the presence of 2 cats staring at them). Below are some of the shots I took while there were still enough light.

These creatures sure know how to pose~ Although I hope they wipe their beaks after eating a bit more often :D

Hopefully I'll get to see them again this weekend ^_^