Hey folks!

...wow, I never thought of adding a journal entry one day.... but it's always the first time...

At the moment I'm so fucking happy to be able to escape the german winter for a whole month to enjoy the "prime time" of the Australian summer. Three years ago my best buddy went to down under to obtain his PhD in Canberra and eventually he got enough time to at least go on a biiiig east coast trip with me. For the planning part he claimed that planning is not quite a virtue in australia ("we have to let ourself drift away" to quote his words exactly) so I will just bring my tent & sleeping bag and tale potluck

However must-see locations include:
- Great ocean road
- Murramarang Nationalpark
- Jervis Bay (Hyams Beach)
- Blue Montains
- Dorrigo Nationalpark
- Royal National Park (incl. Wattamolla Beach & Waterfalls)
- Sydney (Harbour National Park, Manly, Royal Botanic Gardens, Bondi Beach)
- Byron Bay
- Sunshine coast
- Surfers Paradise
- Rainbow Beach, Double Island Point
- Hervey Bay, Fraser Island
- Airlie Beach, Whitesundays (Whitehaven beach!!!)
- Tropical region around Cairns
... many many more...

Damn, I'm already starting to plan the trip...
I'll appreciate any recommendation of nice locations even thought!

In order to try advancing my technique and to achieve nicer landscape photography I bought myself new equipment:
- ND8 Filter - Cokin
- ND4 Soft Grad Filter - Cokin
- ND8 Hard Grad Filter - Cokin
Unfortunately I couldn't afford the substantially more expensive Lee filters, but I hope these filters will be a good start at all.
I'm pretty sure to get some nice shots within this 4 weeks time
But one thing I know for sure: This will be a hell of a trip!
I'll be departing at the 15/12/09 in Germany and after a journey of over 30 hours (20 hours flight at a stretch) I will finally arrive in Canberra in the morning of the 17/12/09. Wow, losing a whole day in a plane sounds really crazy


Here are some features in terms of Australia:

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