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Easter Long Weekend in Denmark, Western Australia, Part I

Greens Pool, Denmark

The Easter long weekend feels like a months and months ago, yet it was only a few weeks ago. For the first time, I actually did what many West Aussies typically do on a long weekend, head down south. My four-day trip down to Denmark, WA was the quintessential girls trip. We stayed at a homely bed and breakfast close to Denmark town. Picnic-ed, wined and dined. Beached. Hiked. Hung out.

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Meet and Greet with Perth’s Fujifilm X Shooters

A few of us from Perth who connected on the Fujifilm X Australia Photographers Facebook community decided to have our first meet and greet. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon to be walking around Perth. As none of us had met before, we decided to meet at the most iconic sculpture at Elizabeth Quay. We spent a bit of time introducing ourselves, talking about how we got into photography and more specifically how we fell in love with the Fujifilm X series of cameras. It was a great to get to meet and get to know strangers who share a passion for photography as a hobby. A bit thank you to the very passionate and enthusiast Gustavo for organising a lovely afternoon meet up.

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Walking along Darling Harbour waterfront

After we spending a bit of time at the markets, we continued on foot towards Darling Harbour. Darling Harbour is yet another well known must-see sight for any Sydney first timers. It’s located next to the city centre. The waterfront has lots of nearby attractions. We visited The Star Casino and walked along the harbour front until Kings Wharf. Given we were there close to midday, it wasn’t the best time to be taking photos. I did like a few of the photos I took of the yet-to-open Sydney Convention Centre in black and white. I have a tendency to enjoy taking architectural/building photos in black and white. There is just something about black and white that brings out the shapes and patterns of the buildings.

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Exploring Sydney’s Chinatown and Fish Market

I’m really glad we decided to stay at an AirBnB in Surry Hills. It’s really the perfect location to explore Sydney. It’s walking distance to the all the popular sights of Sydney. It’s also the perfect location for foodies. There are countless of cafes, bars and restaurants within walking distance. Surry Hills as a inner city suburb is also quite pretty, with it’s colourful terrace houses and corner cafes. It can get pretty rowdy along Oxford Street and Crown Street at night, but I didn’t feel unsafe walking around during the day or night.

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Hiking Victoria Reservoir and brunching at Jack & Jill in Kalamunda

Since my trip to New Zealand last year, I became interested in hiking and exploring nature. I’m by no means an outdoorsy person, but I find walking in nature very peaceful. I’ve been following the hiking adventures of The Life of Py since I first heard of it last year from a couple of colleagues but never quite made it to any of the organised hikes last year. I managed to attend the Life of Py’s first hike of 2017 a few weeks ago. It was a nice and easy trail called the Victoria Reservoir Trail up in Carmel. As it was the first hike of the year and a fairly easy one, there was a massive turn out (probably around 30+ people). We met at 8.30am along Masonmill Road to start the 7km loop. It was a lovely day to be hiking in the morning. It was great to see hikers of all ages (including children!) doing the hike with us. The loop only took us around 1.5 hours to complete at a fairly leisurely pace, with a few stops along the way to allow people to catch up.

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