Thanks to those of you who have kept me in your RSS Readers, and thanks to those of you who keep popping back in every so often to see if there's been any activity.... Well, 8 months since I left... [...

275/365. April 4. Breakfast with Kat, Jake & Julie at a cool little cafe in Cairns - look at the size of the portions, dude. Insane. And delicious. 276/365. April 5 2009. The weather has been... [[ Th...

The weather has been incredible - magical, the kind of blue skies so blue that resort photographers don't need to retouch their pictures, and often not more than about 30 by day and cool enough for......

261/365: Mar 21. A 3 hour breakfast at The Alibi Room with Mirko, Seja & Simon - the last time we 4 were together was about 4 years ago when they toured Japan. I love love love these gorgeously ace......

268/365. Mar 28. Flowers, flowers everywhere. 269/365. Mar 29. I took some pictures of the manager of Sea Temple Golf Course and the Carnivale Cup as a favour for him, to help promote the Port... [[ T...

247/365: Mar 7 2009. On one of my last days staying at my brother's place, we were treated to a spectacular post-cyclonic sunset (I posted the video a few weeks back). 248/365: Mar 8 2009. Harry and.....

Then after another dear friend (Elisabeth's sister, Mandy) dropped me off in the middle of buttf*ck nowhere to collect my freight cargo which had arrived from Tokyo - they told me I had to have my... ...

Post cyclonic sunsets are often spectacular. This is what we saw yesterday evening, after Cyclone Hamish kicked his clouds across the skies of Port Douglas. (The new Lumix has a lovely video feature.....

241/365: March 1 2009. The Sunday markets. This is Teya, we lived together for about 3 years way back in the early 90's in a gorgeous open plan timber house in the rainforest in Kuranda. A bunch of......

234/365: Feb 22. Fairy parties are fill of sugar and spice and everything nice, like fairy bread and ice-cream cake and giggling girls being as silly, loud and energetic as possible. 235/365: Feb 23.....

227/365: Feb 15 2009. We visited some friends who live at Newell Beach, just north of Mossman, for lunch and a stroll on the beach. Evie, my god daughter & niece, got a little tired on the way back......

220/365: Feb 8 2009. My nephew Darcy celebrated his 13th birthday today. This symbolic day is the reason I chose to fly back this weekend. Lots of silly showing off and excited kids and a big fancy......

133/365: Nov 24. You know how your body is. It can take only so much. And then, when you are over that essential hump - that event/project closure/exam... whatever.... bang. It gives up. And you go......

150/365: Dec 1 2008. Dave Gutteridge is a comedian at the Tokyo Comedy Club. We met through the Dr Sketchy's nights and I was honoured when he asked me to do his headshots for the book he's writing,.....

157/365: Dec 8 2008: Wandering around the city, you can stumble on some gorgeous, unexpected scenes. This one is in Shinjuku - an old red brick wall with a round portal facing a children's... [[ This ...

165/365: Dec 16th. Packing packing packing. Moving across continents is daunting, to put it mildly. I am having a sayonara sale. Also, if you want to rent my house once I'm gone, you should get in... ...

Christmas in Japan. I'm off to the Ghibli Museum (my second time) with Tyler, Mihoko and 2 of their friends from Wisconsin via Korea..... then back here to my place for a nabe party with the local... ...

171/365: Dec 22 2008. Street performer in the park. 172/365: Dec 23 2008. The streets in my 'hood. 173/365: Dec 24 2008. I will miss the superb presentation of Japanese products. This is a bottle of.....

178/365: Dec 29 2008. Look at those leaves, just gorgeous. I love seasons. 179/365: Dec 30 2008. Sigsy and Kei moved into a new apartment in Shin-Nakano and decided on an inpromptu house-warming with....

185/365: Jan 5 2009. Everywhere in this city, if you look closely, you will see little signs indicative of the national obsession the Japanese have with cats. There are little shelters constructed... ...