Down the coast

Sorry guys, I've been super lazy the last few weeks. Back in business though :) I've been spending my time in the new year catching up with all my friends after being away, working, and getting ready to start Uni! Two weeks ago I went down to my families beach house for a week, my absolute favourite place on earth at Hyams Beach. I spent my time reading Harry Potter, surfing and sleeping so I didn't take too many photos:

My little slice of paradise.

One last getaway

Because I am leaving, Will and I decided to take a few days off and head down to my beach house at Hyams Beach. It was the perfect time to go, as we have been experiencing ridiculously hot weather for winter at the moment. When I was on the beach in my bikini, I kept turning to Will and saying "Jeez, can you believe we're in the middle of winter!?" It was crazy. Anyway here are some photos of our time away. 

On a not so nice note, I started getting a sore throat on our last night and woke up the next day with a cold. I'm so upset - I always get sick before something important happens and am praying it will go away before my flight on Sunday!!

Get the picture: Trees

So, my beautiful blogger friend Lauren from Outside Voice is hosting another photo sharing event, which I am so so so so excited about! If you missed her first one it was called Shades of Spring and it was so much fun getting involved. Anyway, this new one will work a bit differently. Where every month she decides on a theme for people to post about, and then they link their post up to her blog, and this months theme is trees. So here goes:

Trees

Seeing as my blog is all about photos I'm not going to write much (oh and the fact that I don't actually know that much about trees), i'll just show you in some piccies!

This beautiful setting is somewhere in the Australian outback (oops can't remember where though)

                                                                 

These two were taken last year out at my relatives farm in Cowra. The 6 of us (Will, Matt, Rob, Tori, Molly and myself) spent a whole afternoon climbing this gorgeous tree like we were 10 again - the photos bring back such fun memories!

This would have to be my favourite photo from this post because it reminds me of summer.

It was a scorcher of a day on the beach so Will and I found a couple of tiny trees along the back of the sand to lie under (can't remember why my top was hanging up though... I think I was drying it)

This is another photo from the farm at Cowra - I just love this one because it's so bizarre seeing this huge palm tree in the middle of the country! 

Yes yes, I've realised I posted this photo only a couple of weeks ago... but it's simply spectacular with the sunset! 

My Top 5

To get my blog going i thought i'd do a post showing my top five favourite photos i've taken. It was really difficult trying to narrow it down to five but i think i've chosen well. 

5) This photo perfectly captures my love of sugar. I bought these in a 

small alleyway down in Melbourne and they were delicious! 

4) I'm instantly relaxed when i see this picture. It was taken up north at Nobby's Beach. A friend and i decided to wake up at 5:30 and wait for the sunrise. Just sitting there staring out at the beautiful view breathing in the crisp morning air was perfect.

3) This was taken at my relatives farm out at Cowra. I've been going there since i was about four and it's a very special place to me with so many great memories. The three guys in the background are my boyfriend Will, my cousin Matt and my friend Rob.

2) This photo captures my favourite time of year...summer. This is down on the South Coast at Hyams Beach - which i like to think of as my second home.

1) Melbourne. What isn't to love? The fabulous shopping, the cute little alleyways and the beautiful old buildings. This is my favourite photo, taken one night after dinner at a sneaky little underground restuarant with my family.