The farewell tour

Knowing that we're about to leave the States for good (or at least for a while), we've been making a concerted effort to see the main things we want to before things are done. In the past couple of months, we've seen DC, Vegas and Boston. I've also been lucky enough to have a few work-sponsored trips around the place, although the timing's shocking. I've been to Philadelphia, Orlando and Rochester courtesy of various clients. Unfortunately, it's to work, not to be a tourist.

Right now, I'm in the airport lounge in St Louis, waiting for another delayed flight home. This one's only 20 minutes late so far, but we'll see how that pans out. I won't miss the travel once we're back in Brisbane.

I managed to get away from the client a little early the other day, so I had a look at the only interesting thing in St Louis (and perhaps all of Missouri), the Gateway Arch. This thing is massive - apparently, it's around 62 storeys high. That's big. The view's awesome (or at least it would be if there was something else in this city to look at). I may be back for a couple of days next week, then it's a couple of weeks in Nashville, TN, then it's all done. Back home to New York for a couple more weeks, then back to Australia. Time's getting short.

Brooklyn to Brisbane - end of the line

After a little more than two years, we've hit the end of the line. We have around six weeks left on our incredible journey to the United States.

We have mixed emotions about going home. We're certainly going to miss New York, a place we've come to know as home, but on the other hand, it will be nice for everything to return to 'normal' again in Brisbane.

I have a stack of work to get done over the next few weeks, so it's going to be a squeeze to get everything done, but hopefully, I'll have time to drop a few lines before we arrive back home. I obviously have a millions photos and just as many memories of New York, so I hope to share these with our friends and family when we arrive back home. Some memories are funny, some frustrating, and some just downright intriguing.

It's going to be interesting to see how we fit back into the slow pace of things in Brisbane.

See you soon!

The Chairman

OK, so Alicia took this photo, and you've probably even seen it on her new photography blog, barryfreezeframe.blogspot.com, but this is really just a chance to show off my Photoshop skills. Either way, I don't mind the photo.

Hard day at the office

I can only apologise to Cameron. He has his father's genes.

Out and about in NYC

After having a solid dump of snow on Friday morning, New York looks like a winter wonderland. One of the problems with snow is that it needs to be cold outside, but today, luck was with me. It was a couple of degrees above freezing (yes, that's a warm day), so I packed my camera gear and set off.

In all my time in New York, I'd not yet taken decent shots of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, so that was my destination. Here are a couple of those shots for your enjoyment. I hope you like them, but if you don't, as they say in New York, suffer in your jocks.





I highly recommend my newest acquisition - a 16-35mm lens. The wide angles it takes are incredible. I also took the 35mm SLR which gave an even wider view of the bridges - getting them both in the same frame. Once I've had the roll developed, I'll hopefully have something else worth uploading.

Snow day in Brooklyn

It snowed today, a little unexpectedly. As fate would have it, I was in the area so went and took some photos! These are from Prospect Park, just up the street from us.