Mar 31.

Another shot from Byron Bay.

Mar 30.

A shot of the beautiful beach in Byron Bay. The lighthouse in the background is at Cape Byron – the most Easterly point in Australia.

Mar 29.

Marion and Beth taking photos of their respective families. I thought it was a funny shot, so I took it – didn’t realise I managed to catch my own shadow in there. 🙁

Mar 27.

After walking my sister home, I decided to go out and take a few photos out and around Manly. Pretty much every shot was a disaster – not helped by a few beers at dinner. I guess you win some, you loose some. This is a shot of the Manly ferry on it’s way back in to Sydney.

Mar 26.

A fine selection of Cakes for desert. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of my favourite – Bananna Cake, baked by Chris’ sister Liz. I was too busy stuffing myself to concentrate on taking a photo of it.

Mar 25.

This is, the only photo I have of my parents on their own in Sydney – and they’re posing outside one of those “new McDonald’s places”. Immediately to my left there is a beautiful building – which would’ve made a nice city backdrop – but no, I had to use McDonald’s. For a lad who is trying his best to learn a little bit about photography, sometimes it scares me how little thought I put into it.

Mar 24.

As we got off the train at Circular Quay and walked out towards the ferry wharf, both Síofra and I were pretty much overwhelmed by the smells, sounds and the sight before us. Thousands of memories of old friends came rushing back in just a few seconds. On our left was the Harbour Bridge and on the right was the Opera House. Both of which looked much bigger than either of us remembered. We hadn’t known each other the last time we were here five years ago, but we both had the same reaction.

About the photo:
This shot was taken on the Manly Ferry. I like it because it captures the moment well. We had been traveling for 37 and a half hours at this stage, we were too tired to talk, but we were very happy to sit there and take it all in again. After months of saving, planning and waiting, we had arrived. I’m not sure how obvious it is, but that’s the Harbour Bridge in the background and you can see the Sun** over the silhouette of the Opera House in Síofra’s shades.

**For the Irish folks: The Sun is that glorious light that shines in the sky about once a month.

Mar 23.

In Singapore Airport, still a little the worse for wear after the Six Nations party, I decided to take a shot of our bus to Sydney – the original “King of the Skies” – the Boeing 747-400. The first time I ever saw a 747, I was amazed at how big it was – 24ish years later, I’m still amazed. Although the interior of this particular one was looking dated, it’s an awesome machine. Just to put it’s size into context, that little winglet (sticking up at the end of the wing) is 1.8M (six feet) tall.

Mar 22.

The Six Nations, the Triple Crown and the Grand Slam – what a day, what a night, what a headache. Ireland would have to win – with the specific purpose of sending Sí and I half way around the world with a hangover.

This is a wall with quotations from various authors in the Departures area of Dublin Airport. I can’t remember which particular author this wall was quoting – if anyone knows, be sure to let me know.

Mar 21.

Happy Six Nations Day!!!! 🙂

Mar 20.

Mar 19.

I went for a walk at lunch time today – along the Shannon. Got a few nice shots of the Swans and some dogs playing in the river, but I said I’d spare ye another Swan/ Wet Dog shot. Now I only noticed this after I put the image on my pc, but if you look really really closely, you’ll see that this is indeed the resting place of “The Hoff”.