We started the day as
we would any other Friday. Up in time for the kids to catch the bus for school. I was trying to keep the kids in as much
routine as I could so they wouldn't bounce off the walls.
I was getting a bit of a stress headache a few days ago
about what to pack and what not to pack. In the end I went and had a good look
at the apartment we will be staying in to see exactly what facilities I will
have on hand. To discover that it’s completely self-contained was a breath of
relief. So I stared packing with the
principle of 3 in mind. Wear one, wash one, dry one. That saved me from packing
so much crap.
Each of our rollie suitcases came in under 12 kilos. Pretty damn chuffed with that, considering
there are heavy weight clothes in there.
I've also swapped over to a slingshot camera bag for this
trip. This bag makes it possible to slip it from my back to my front to
retrieve a camera/lens without having to put the bag down in the snow. I took a
big breath and only put three lenses in the slingshot too. And the Speed-light, filters, batteries, spare cards and cleaning kit. The bag feels so light
compared to my full pack. But I did slip a couple of other lenses into my
suitcase. I've also left the big Bertha tripod home and popped in the skanky
lightweight one that I started with a few years ago. It will serve itself well
on this trip being lighter and more compact.
This trip is a family trip and not so much a photography
trip for me. So with that in mind, I spent some time with Emma Pedler of ABC
Eyre Peninsula, to get some advice and knowledge of shooting bite size pieces
of video and sound to edit into a home movie after we get back. Between my
camera, the iPhone, and the GoPro we will have plenty of 5 second bites to pull
together.
As an intro for our trip I had all of us show our excitement
just before we left. One take and it was done. This is in it's Raw state, unedited and in need of a bit of polish but its the excitement for the kids that's important.
I nearly stuffed up the whole trip from the beginning by
thinking we needed to be at the airport an hour later than we should have been
there. Luckily Kym figure that one out and we were off in time and with time to
spare.
(horrid iphone pic on the run) but it has recorded a moment.
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We are staying in Adelaide tonight to catch the 6am flight
to Melbourne before clearing customs on our way to Queenstown. We walked down
to the Watermark Bistro in Glenelg for tea.
Sarah and Doobie took the trouble to call in to see us, wish
us an awesome trip and to share their snow goggles with us. It’s those little
things that make me truly thankful for the wonderful people in our lives.
I better hit the sack as the alarm is set for 4am to be at
the airport by 5am.
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