Child of the Planet

Continuing on from the previous post… Time-lapse video set to music, of the Sculpture by the Sea event in Sydney Australia. Last years video had a bit of Time-lapse at the end, and being strapped for inspiration this year, I decided to use the technique all the way through.

This is one of my favourite events in Sydney. Sculptures are placed either side of a path that traces the cliffs above the coast, to the East of Sydney city. I went with some friends of mine who regularly buy pieces if they find something that appeals. Unfortunately this year there seems to have been an increase in the prices, and a decrease in pieces that piqued an interest. I’ve posted some photos in the gallery. Some at a stupid resolution so zoom in and check out the details. I was a bit disappointed by the standard of works this year so it was thin pickings.

Twas a very hot day and I scored a sunburn despite the posh Nivea sunscreen lol While looking for a coffee, I discovered a stall selling ‘non colonialist’ coffee and chocolate. www.mayancoffee.com.au Great coffee (I went back for a second later in the afternoon) All the staff looked like they were volunteers, and I bought a bag of chocolate coated coffee beans with a hint of cinnamon and chilli. They were canvassing for volunteers to travel to Guatemala to teach English and suchlike. Boy the French must be pissed that English and Spanish became the international languages.

Over the summer months there will be many festivals. Some will be free, and others will cost (usually and arm and a leg.) I like the free ones. I think it has something to do with my negative reaction to 'over professionalism' in society these days. First up, a couple of videos of musicians that played at the Surry Hills street festival that was held a couple of weeks back.

LINKS back-to-whales whale-holiday-part-three more-of-whale-holiday http://www.oceania.org.au

Daily Operational Schedule: (Subject to weather and operational factors) • 0600-0630 Breakfast • 0630 Anchor up and underway • 0630-1200 Humpback research • 1200-1230 Environmental readings • 1230-1330 Lunch break • 1330-1630 Humpback research • 1630-1830 Photo-id archiving, matching and data entry • 1700 Anchor down • 1830-1930 Dinner • 1930-2030 Evening activities.  I’ve recently been in email contact with the Oceania guys and they’re having an amazing season of data collection, and general awe and wonderment. Such a shame that with Humpbacks back on the menu, that there may be a few less jumping about in the bay next year. After dinner, we're all a bit exhausted from the day’s activities so we sat around in the cabin and listened to a prepared talk by Wally, or we watched a video documentary with a theme applicable to our mission. I was sleeping out doors in a swag rolled out on the bow of the boat. The dew was really heavy and the water ran off the oiled can...

I’m using the new ‘embed’ function in Google Maps, to give you guys an idea of where I was at for a week. The dark polygon approximately outlines the research area. We dropped anchor in the evenings and spent the nights nestled up against the protective curve of the island, and ranged all over the study area during the days. Click on either of the two ‘pins’ and a video should open out showing you the view from that spot. The sunset video was taken on the last night. There is a deep underwater trough which the whales use to exit the bay.