Summer Holiday in SA

The day after boxing day was spent packing, packing for a five day adventure in South Australia camping at Aldinga Beach. We left very early in the morning on the 28th so we could make a few stops along the way. 

The first stop was the sink holes and blue lake in Mount Gambier, such a beautiful sight.

Next stop the winery's of Penola & Coonawarra. We had some time to kill before the cellar doors opened so we checked out the Mary MacKillop historic buildings.

We stopped in at Hollick for lunch, such a treat, the food was amazing.

We finished the day with a drive along the coast checking out the local beaches we'd soon be enjoying.

Day two we were off nice and early, heading into the McLaren Vale tourist center to map out our route for the day. We went to four winery's and one brewery with a stop for lunch in the middle.

Day three we made the trip to Victor Harbour for the day, we walked along the bridge to Granite island to visit some very cute little penguins.

 New years eve, off to the Farmers Market in Willunga to get some fresh produce for a New Years feast.

Our last day/night was mostly spent at the beach, it was such a beautiful spot, not to crowded and had the most beautiful coloured pebbles all along the sand.

 The drive home was made a little more interesting with a stop for brunch in Hahndorf. 

We had such a fantastic time it was so nice to really make the most of my time off and bring in the New Year relaxed and Happy.

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I've been an admirer of polli jewelry for a while now and only recently noticed that they have a range of pendants and brooches made from wood. I love me a wooden brooch, and these little beauties remind me of my Diana mini. It's definitely one for the wish list! 

Lomovember.

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To celebrate lomovember i decided to share some of my latest photos from my Diana mini. There's a bit of everything; the lost and found market, the Zoo, Sorrento etc. I love that every photo has a differnt tint, i think my favourite from this batch is the one with the really dark shadowy trees in front of the Sorrento beach.

Lomo

I recently got some more film developed from my Diana mini, I had been a bit lazy about getting it processed and forgotten what was on there.
I'm so glad i finally got around to it because I love them, it was a mix of the beach at home and my trip to Sydney. I really like the one with the Opera house and the lovely chevron patterned walkway. From now on I am going to be proactive about getting my film developed, because i just love the surprise of opening the envelope and finding out how my persistent snapping turned out! 

Photo booth love.

 I'm a big one for rituals and i thought i'd share one of my favourites. Everytime i head to the Melbourne the first thing i do is make my way to the corner of Flinders and Elizabeth pick up a Lord of the Fries mini burger, cross the road  get into the photo booth and take a crazy set of photos, while they're processing i eat my mini burger. It's simple and a bit silly but it's my very own little ritual and i love it!I try to make it fun and do something a bit different everytime which you can see below in my latest strip.



Lomo & The Diana world tour.

For my birthday I had a day trip to Melbourne, it was perfect timing as the Diana world tour exhibition had just arrived in town. The exhibition was held at the No Vacancy Gallery. I was so in love with the customised clones of the Diana F+, but i was even more interested in the Detrich collection which was a history of all the different Diana cameras and clones.


I met Ian who was working there and had a lovely chat about my Diana mini (pictured above) and the exhibition and because it was my birthday he gave me three of the Diana camera chocolates, Lovely!

Since the exhibition i have developed my first roll of film from my Diana mini, these are my favourite shots from the roll.
I'm still learning so hopefully each roll of film will get better and better, fingers crossed.
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