Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Sherbrooke Forest Walk

SHERBROOKE FOREST is part of the Dandenong Ranges National Park east of Melbourne. It occupies the largest section of the Park.

For over a hundred years the beauty of the area has attracted visitors.

There are many walking tracks leading from picnic grounds in the forest.

I am fascinated by the eucalypts and their varied bark, the tree ferns and the birds.



Mountain Grey Gum
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 



Fern Frond
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 



Tree Fungus
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 




Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 




Superb Fairy-wren
© Barbara Oehring 2012




Monday, September 24, 2012

THE MAGIC FLUTE

 
 
OPERA AUSTRALIA'S Oz Opera in association with Deaf Children Australia presented a shadow interpreted Auslan performance of The Magic Flute at Knox Community Arts Centre, Bayswater on 22 September 2012.





© Barbara Oehring 2012

Spring in the grounds of the Knox Community Arts Centre.



Oz Opera’s Schools Company production of The Magic Flute was a fully staged version of Mozart's opera devised by Tim Sexton and Christine Anketell.


 
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 
In this adaptation of The Magic Flute the Auslan interpreters were involved as performers on the stage.



© Barbara Oehring 2012
 


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© Barbara Oehring 2012

 Oz Opera's transport of the day.




Thursday, September 20, 2012

ARRIBA, The Arabian Horse

I photographed natural horsemanship educator Wrangler Jayne and her beautiful horse ARRIBA at Eastern Regional Pet Expo 2012.



Wrangler Jayne
© Barbara Oehring 2012


Jayne provides education for horse owners and horses - Horsemanship with Heart.



 
Arriba
© Barbara Oehring 2012






Arriba
© Barbara Oehring 2012


 
Arriba
© Barbara Oehring 2012

 

Sunday, September 16, 2012

ANDREW CHAPMAN - Nearly a Retrospective

 
This exhibition is held at Burrinja Gallery, Upwey, Victoria.


© Barbara Oehring 2012


 
Nearly a Retrospective features 60 black and white images spanning 40 years of documentary work by Andrew Chapman.

I recently visited the show with a friend and returned to attend an exhibition tour with the artist and hear stories behind the pictures.


 Andrew Chapman talks about his early images.


Andrew Chapman
Left: Saturday night at a pub in High Street, Prahran, 1974.
© Barbara Oehring 2012



The photographer with his political work.



Andrew Chapman
Right: John Howard and his family, sing Advance Australia Fair
after his sweeping victory in the 2004 Federal elections, Sydney.
© Barbara Oehring 2012


 
Signing his book Woolsheds for the President, Friends of MGA Inc.


Andrew Chapman and Godfrey Clay
© Barbara Oehring 2012



 
Posing in the Burrinja Café


Andrew Chapman
© Barbara Oehring 2012


The following events are part of the Andrew Chapman Exhibition Public Program at Burrinja:

Andrew Chapman: Sink or Swim
Sunday 7 October 2012, 2pm
New trends in photography discussed by professional photographers Andrew Chapman, Rodney Dekker, Jaime Murcia, Morganna Magee and David Callow.
This panel discussion will go for approx. 2 hours. Places are limited so please book online or call 9754 8723.

Andrew Chapman: Seeing and Believing
Sunday 21 October 2012, 2pm
Introduction to documentary photography for teenagers with Andrew Chapman.
Suitable for teens aged 12-18 years. BYO Camera. Bookings essential.
This workshop will go for approx. 90 minutes. Places are limited so please book online or call 9754 8723.

Andrew Chapman: Around the Sheds
Sunday 28 October 2012, 11am
Andrew Chapman, author of The Shearers and Woolsheds presents his new book Around the Sheds.
This talk will go for approx. 60 minutes. Places are limited so please book online or call 9754 8723.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

SPRING SHOW

THE FERNY CREEK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC. in the Dandenongs is celebrating its 80th year.

The 10 acre Ornamental Garden Reserve at 100 Hilton Rd, Sassafras,Victoria is developed and maintained by the Society.

I visited the Spring Show on 9 September 2012. It was a beautiful spring day.


© Barbara Oehring 2012


© Barbara Oehring 2012


© Barbara Oehring 2012



Blooms among the gum trees


© Barbara Oehring 2012



© Barbara Oehring 2012



The Society's Ian Wallace with cuppa and magnificent camellia specimen

© Barbara Oehring 2012



Among the rocks

© Barbara Oehring 2012



© Barbara Oehring 2012
 
 
 
© Barbara Oehring 2012


The Ferny Creek Horticultural Society's next Show Dates:

Flower Festival  Sat/Sun 27 & 28 October 2012

Summer Show Sat/Sun 12 & 13 January 2013


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

'A Year in Ferntree Gully' at The Hut Gallery

I was invited to show A YEAR IN FERNTREE GULLY at The Hut Gallery in Ferntree Gully on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September 2012.
 


© Barbara Oehring 2012
 
The Hut Gallery is the home of the Ferntree Gully Arts Society established in 1944.
History tells us that local potter Allan Lowe sent a letter to the Secretary of the Ferntree Gully Shire suggesting that an Art Exhibition be held to "develop the cultural and appreciative level of our residents and (the money raised) donated to the Red Cross to aid fighting men".
 
From a successful exhibition, including works on loan by such luminaries of Australian art as Arthur Streeton, Louis Buvelot, Phillips Fox, Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Julian Ashton, William Ricketts, Merrick Boyd and Albert Namatjira as well as works by local lesser known artists, the germ of a society was formed, the result of which is still going strong today.
 
 

'A Year in Ferntree Gully'
© Barbara Oehring 2012



Jill and Ian Wilson
© Barbara Oehring 2012
 



'A Year in Ferntree Gully'
© Barbara Oehring 2012




Anne Boyd
Editor, Ferntree Gully News
© Barbara Oehring 2012




Teresa Cannon, Shivanii and Jenny Cameron and Francis Reiss
© Barbara Oehring 2012