Shot Notes

There are many critics of the Australian bush. Trapped by some romantic image of formal gardens and verdant hills far away, their forebears tried to fancy up the place by importing lots of fancy plants which are little more than pests and weeds. This is especially true in Canberra, where the sight of king parrots feasting on acorns inspires dread, where the battle with the blackberry is never ending and eucalypts are being trimmed and trashed to prevent them dropping bark and branches on garden gnomes hiding behind hedgerows. The PEN once again proves its worth as a light weight travel companion, able to quickly respond to the call and capture depth and detail unmatched in cameras of a comparable size and weight. Here we find a young wattle showing snowy silver grey against the green and red backdrop of gum leaves. These two mates lurk in an untidy, untended and lovely patch of green space, where the natives run riot …next to a plantation of cork trees once planted to support a self sustaining city, which would, of course, need bungs for bottles and such.