Chateau Glenunga

Overseas Visitors and McLaren Vale

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:15:00 +0000

On Saturday, November 15 we took our friends Noel and Marie and Marie's son Steven and his partner Tina for a trip down to McLaren Vale. We met Steve and Tina a number of years ago at Noel and Marie's and we were really thrilled to be able to show them some of our favourite haunts in McLaren Vale. Steven and Tina are based in London and both are architects with Tina specialising in designing restaurants. And both like their food!

The itinerary for the day was a pre-dinner stop at Samuel's Gorge Winery which has wonderful views of the Onkaparinga Gorge wall and on the other side of the ridge, the valley that encompasses McLaren Vale, Willunga and McLaren Flat.

We then took them to our favourite restaurant, Fino, at Willunga. After about seven or eight courses (one loses count) we headed to Primo Estate (great architecture) and Hugh Hamilton (great views) wineries.

Marie at Samuel's Gorge

Marie taking a photo of Steven and Tina at Primo Estate

The group at Samuels' Gorge. It's a beautiful place

David at Samuel's Gorge

David and Noel at Primo Estate

Tina at Samuel's Gorge

The photo Marie was trying to get above. Steven and Tina at Primo Estate

Steven and Marie at Hugh Hamilton

Steven at Primo Esate

Noel at Samuel's Gorge

Us - taken by Noel or maybe Marie . . .

Mt Artwork Published

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0000

I'm to be published . . . well an artwork of mine, originally seen in the 'Detours' exhibition, Aloft and Aloof, has found its way onto the front cover of a low volume anthology of new Adelaide writing called Small City Tales of Strangeness and Beauty.

This is only the cover concept and it may change and it needs an 'and' between the names of the two editors.

About the book - From the publishers Wakefield Press which operates out of The Parade, Norwood here in Adelaide.

Small City Tales of Strangeness and Beauty
EDITED BY GILLIAN BRITTON AND STEPHEN LAWRENCE
FOREWORD BY BRIAN CASTRO
PB 224 PP 210 x 135 B&W ILLUS ISBN 9781862548343
AU$24.95 NZ$32.90 Anthology/Creative Writing Wakefield Press December 2008
‘In these stories, poems and photographs with Adelaide as its theme, the city sighs with shifting sands. Its mornings swirl with readdressed mail and untended gardens, its afternoons seethe with melting bitumen and its nights crackle with heat, breakdown, the attrition of marriages. The city disgorges stories in the way waste yields coloured glass, not as a collector’s item but as something being halted from passing out of memory.’ - From the foreword by Brian Castro. Contributors include: Nicholas Jose, Jude Aquilina, Rachel Hennessy, Anne Bartlett, Carol LeFevre, Jill Jones, Ken Bolton, Graham Rowlands and John Tranter, writing as Mark Pallas.

A link to the original work:
www.flickr.com/photos/8622063@N04/597925743/

The exhibition it came from:
harveys-exhibitionism.blogspot.com/2007/06/detours-exhibi...

Art 'n' Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:01:00 +0000

On the exhibition front I’ve had the exhibition at McLaren Vale but I’ve also had pictures in the regular Artist’s Voice exhibitions at the Hahndorf Academy. Nothing has sold from there so far but perhaps the Christmas exhibition will present an opportunity to move some stock. I also have a new website where you can purchase my work as cards, poster, prints of various sorts and calendars! Check it out at . . .

http://www.redbubble.com/people/ChateauGlenunga
and
http://chateauglenunga.redbubble.com/

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View of the front page of the Bubble site.

An image of a framed print.

The calendar that is available of my photography - 'Flowers and Foliage'

At the end of February I will be presenting an exhibition of new work at the Rising Sun in Kensington – the same venue I presented the exhibition ‘Detours Re-routed’ in September 2007. Part of the Fringe, it will be listed in the guide and I hope you can all come along.

All That Ails

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:59:00 +0000

Not sure what I’ll do about triathlons this season. My knees and calves don’t want to come to the party and be soreness free. I’ve been lazy and haven’t been doing my stretches which I suppose I really need to do every day. We’ll see what happens – anyway the yoga, weights and swimming keep me active so I shouldn’t just immediately turn into a lump of lard.

A not entirely serious self-portrait. I called it Flashdance.

Langhorne Creek Picnic

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:57:00 +0000

Our QCar run on October 19 was organised by our friend Hillary. We decided to leave the Mini at home on the day and take up possession of the back seat in Hillary’s 1962 Dodge Phoenix. It was great day out. We had a tour of Bleasdale winery and learnt all about the history of the family that established the enterprise. A rain shower forced us from enjoying a picnic at the local park so we were taken off to Hillary’s relative’s place where we dined in their backyard. They too, the Cleggets, are vignerons and wine makers so we were able to sample their ‘brews’ while having our lunch.

The old disused cellar beneath Bleasdale Winery at Langhorne Creek.

"The cellars, constructed from red gum and limestone, house the old red gum vats and some of the equipment used by previous generations. The splendid red gum lever press, hand-sawn in the 1890's, is well worth a look. Built in 1892, the Press is still used today. The lever weighs 3.5 tons, its 15 metres long and stands 7 metres high. Today's winery has the latest technology but still maintains the family traditions - the Pott's philosophy of producing honest, consistent, reliable wines, which are receiving accolades throughout the world." From the Bleasdale website.

B&B Stay in Angaston for David's Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:54:00 +0000

On Friday, October 10 we set off for the Barossa and a stay at a B&B. On both nights David cooked at the well-equipped B&B which overlooked a swathe of Angaston. We were going to go to a restaurant but the house was too nice to waste.

On Friday David learnt about what I had organised for the nest day, a winery cellar door tour of the Barossa in a 1935 Auburn car.

The tour was fantastic and the weather was great. We went to a number of places we hadn’t been before and of course we had to purchase souvenirs to take home! I took a lot of pictures while we were out including quite a few of that marvellous car.

On the Sunday we went for an aimless sort of drive around so that I could take some landscape pictures. We then decided that we needed lunch so we headed down the road where the Rockford winery is to see if we could find an eatery that used to be there. It was gone but what we did find was the Krondorf Road Café which is housed in a huge ‘tin shed’ designed by the architect owner of the restaurant who is also a wine maker. The food and wine was superb and we lingered there – it really is the most beautiful spot.

David and me next to the 1935 Auburn we rode in around the Barossa.

The Auburn on the driveway to the Willows Cellar Door.

We went to the Farmer's Market on the Saturday morning. We didn't buy any garlic - we were tempted.

The Krondorf Road Cafe. A magnificent building set in a wonderful scenic spot.

David's Birthday - Rising Sun Nibbles & Drinks

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:28:00 +0000

October 9 was David’s birthday. To celebrate, on that night, I organised drinks and nibbles at one of our favourite pubs. I invited all our Adelaide friends and as it was a Thursday night, the weather was good and it wasn’t near a long weekend, they nearly all turned up. So we ended up taking over the pub, particularly it three smallish main rooms. David received a lot of presents which neither of us envisaged or expected when I organised the ‘event’. It was a great evening and David and I thank everyone for turning up, having fun and, of course, for the cards, best wishes and presents.

Clinton & Keith.

Brenton (left corner), Gary, Hillary, Clinton.

Kay, Michael, Michael, Kenneth & Terry.

Terry, Clay, Ray, Mark.

Effy, Andrew, John.

David, Steven & Gary.

2008 Bay to Birdwood

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:58:00 +0000

On September 28 we spent the morning by the side of North East Road eyeing off a two hour procession of vintage and veteran cars – the biennial Bay to Birdwood Run. Clinton and Brenton from the car club had organised a barbecue (complete with gluten free sausages) to eat while we watched the cars go by. I had great fun taking photos and took lots and lots.

Our friend Malcolm took part in the Bay To Birdwood for the first time in his newly restored 1948 Wolseley.

The Wolseley.

The magnificent machines.

Yorke Peninsula Weekend Away

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:48:00 +0000

On September 19-21 our car club, QCar, had a trip away to Port Broughton. We stayed in nice cabins at the Port Broughton Caravan Park, on the foreshore of the town. On the Saturday we drove inland and visited a few towns, the highlight being a visit to Melrose and the North Star Hotel and the cellar door which operates from there. They make a good sparkly red.

That evening we visited Robyn and Julie’s shack just down the road (they organised the trip away). We got there just in time to watch the sun go down. And unfortunately also just in time for the mosquito horde to descend. That night we dined at Palate to Palette in Port Broughton’s main street.

On the Sunday we visited Port Germein and Wallaroo. We took a drive along the beach at Wallaroo and went for a walk down to one of the most unique houses/shacks I’ve ever seen. The shack is 100m from the shore on a spit of rocks in the main bay of the town and it is surrounded by public land and beach. A colony of shags seem to reside a few metres from the shack’s front door.

We had lunch at the new pub, restaurant, apartment and docking facility next to the new canal estate in Wallaroo. We saw the new ferry too, that takes cars across the gulf saving drivers 400km off their trip.

Lunch was great and as it was a beautiful day, David and I hung around at this lovely spot for a few hours and ended up staying for an early dinner before heading back to Adelaide – and we missed all the traffic too.

Everyone and their cars.

David rescuing Julie's dog from a passing doberman.

Neil in Adelaide

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:46:00 +0000

Neil, my brother, who is a primary school headmaster, was down from Queensland for a conference during September. On the Saturday he was in Murray Bridge we were in McLaren Vale at the exhibition conducting a ‘Meet the Artist’ day.

(The day was only moderately successful and the exhibition itself closed without a sale, a new experience for me. The work was well received but there were no takers. All of the work had been exhibited before, so I didn’t have a formal opening for it, and perhaps that accounts for the lack of sales. I’d always have a formal opening for new works.)

The exhibition in the Rosemount Barrel Hall - Great venue.

We managed to nab Neil for meal on the Monday night. We went Greek and dined at Estia on Henley Square. We even got him to try whitebait! A few reds, great food and a lot of chat – a good night out.

Lately . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:00 +0000

The year is speeding by. It's a cliche but "Where has the year gone?" I've been asked to design Christmas stuff at work . . .

I have another exhibition coming up. Called 'Views, it will be held at the Rosemount Estate Cellar Door in McLaren Vale - locals will be more familiar with it's old name - Seaview. The exhibition is an opportunity to hang works from the past two years and give them another airing. You're sure to see something new though - I don't think anyone has been to all my exhibitions (Oh, except David and he's even missed one opening!).

Click on the pictures to see them at a larger size.

The exhibition poster.

Something new! We're both doing yoga. Our friend Effy Kleanthi, who opened my 'Detours' and 'Detours Revisited' exhibitions invited us along to a couple of sessions. David went first and I then went along with him. It's Bikram yoga which is practiced in 40 degree heat (or up to that temperature). The heat means you sweat a lot but it also protects you from injuries. I reckon the sessions are as hard to do as a half triathlon - and they take longer, one and a half hours! It's amazing stuff. I've been inspired by it.

Some people are just unteachable and just never do the right thing . . .

We recently went on a car run through the Adelaide Hills. What was special about this run was that we were privileged to do it in our friend Malcolm's 1948 Wolseley. A beautiful car, David and I had each had a turn in the front and back seats. It's spacious up the back, enough room to cross your legs! Up the front its a bit squishier but great fun to be in. And its very quiet!

Activities for the day included a trip to Melba's chocolate factory, Udder Delights cheeses, the Birdwood wine and cheese shop and a lunch at the Blumberg Hotel. The pub does a good steak.

The Wolseley lost some water but only because it was parked on a slope.

The view from the back seat. In sepia - as everything was in 1948 I'm reliably told . . .

I was in two exhibitions for the South Australian Living Artist Festival. I had two pictures up at the Hahndorf Academy. both were originally show at the Tin Cat Cafe earlier this year. I had another picture in an exhibition at the Austral Hotel in the SA Central Flickr group's show.

The show at the Hahndorf Academy for the South Australian Living Artist Festival

The picture I put in for the exhibition at the Austral Hotel, Rundle Street in the city.

As usual David has been busy in the kitchen. His most recent enthusiasm has been Japanese cooking. The source for this enthusiasm was a trip to a wonderful Japanese restaurant when we were in Broome and a new Japanese cookbook which I brought home from work.

Involtini of eggplant (aubergine) filled with ricotta and green olive and served with a tomato and roast capsicum sauce.

The occasional tea towel gets incinerated too.

After about three weeks of physiotherapy, Ned the guy I went to see, fixed up my initial complaint, the knee ache I felt when riding my bike. With that gone I thought I was home free. Wrong. I then went for a run. After a kilometre or so I felt great shin pain and then had to hobble to a stop. It passed and I could run for a while longer but then the same thing would happen. Now, with three months more physio I think I have the problem sort of under control. All I need to do is stretch my legs before I run and if I feel like the pain is coming on again I stop and stretch again. The stretches have to be extreme and prolonged to be of any effect though. I suspect, when triathlon season starts again, I'll be the only one who stops to stretch mid-way though the run leg of a competition! I'm hoping the yoga will help too!

My running gear - can't run without music, mobile phone and money for emergencies and the house keys.

We have a self storage locked at Norwood and recently we decided to clean it out as we couldn't fit anything more into it and it was needed to safely store my unsold artwork. The locker was piled up a metre high right from the front door. It took two Saturday afternoons to sort it out. Oxfam will be receiving 20 boxes of books, mostly novels. At the same time we went through our clothing - we removed what I though must have been close to 1 and a half cubic metres of clothes - it went to the Salvos. I swear our wardrobe sighed with relief.

One of our friends said 'books breed when you're not looking'. I think he must be right. Above, some of the boxes of books awaiting a new home.

Craig and Scott Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:19:00 +0000

Last weekend Craig and Scott visited from Sydney. They arrived on Thursday night, flying in just after my exhibition opening finished at Zest Café in Glenelg (you can catch the exhibition until July 20).

For the first two days we did the whirlwind sightseeing thing.

Friday morning it was off to Zest to have breakfast and view the exhibition (Did I say it was on view until July 20 and you are all invited to go have a look) and then we headed off to McLaren Vale. First we dropped into Rosemount to see Graham Starr the cellar door manager there. He supplied the wine for the exhibition opening (still open until July 20 by the way) and he showed me their gallery space. I might have a show the in the future.

After that we headed to one of our all-time favourite restaurants, Fino at Willunga. Seven courses later, they were small, we headed off to the most beautiful cellar door in the McLaren Vale region, Primo Estate. Forget the wine just drink in the building!

We then headed home and David cooked.

Next day we walked along The Parade at Norwood before having lunch at the Hahndorf Hill Winery, another favourite spot. We then checked out the view over Adelaide from Mount Lofty and headed on home where David cooked. And cooked. From 8pm until midnight out came course after course of Japanese food – tempura oysters, deep-fried tofu, sprout salad, prawns in savoury custard, a fish dish and more.

Sunday was a much more relaxed affair. We went shopping in town and drifted in and out of a dozen menswear shops . . . I was the only one who bought anything.

A fun weekend.

Listening attentively to the wine guy at Primo Estate - you don't want to mix up your Cabernet Sangiovese with your Shiraz Nebbiolos.

David, Craig and Scott at the Mount Lofty Lookout. And below what they were looking at.

Swirly dark clouds and streaming sunlight.

Craig on the jetty at Glenelg after visiting the exhibition at Zest (which closes on July 20)

Zest Exhibition Opening

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:43:00 +0000

The Zest Exhibition is open until July 20.

The opening itself wasn’t without it’s dramas. First David, got the date of our friends Craig (also David’s almost 40 year old nephew) and Scott’s arrival wrong. Not the Friday night he thought but the Thursday night – the same as the opening. As he had painted the kitchen that day (he’s still on holidays) he still had to clean up so that the house was in order for the boy’s arrival. That meant he couldn’t get to the exhibition opening.

And if that wasn’t bad enough then the weather turned on us. Just as most people would have been deciding if they wanted to come to the opening (around 6pm), lightening struck and a deluge poured from the heavens. The turn out was still good but I'm sure a few people must have looked at the rain and said to themselves - 'Nah - I ain't going out in this!'

I sold two pictures on the opening night and so did Kenneth – so it was relatively successful. Let’s hope for a few more sales.

Kenneth's work on the walls at Zest Cafe, Glenelg.

Perth Stop-Over

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:27:00 +0000

As part of our Broome holiday (five nights and six days) we had a stop over in Perth and we visited our friends Monty and Jim.

We arrived on Sunday morning and after a trip taking in Kings Park, the Swan River and a breakfast at a favourite café, we ventured to Maison Nollamara, the boy’s lovely home.

In the afternoon Monty had arranged to have a party with a group of his friends. He set up his turntables in the living room and went into DJ mode for the afternoon. Great finger food, bubbly red and plenty of conversation was had and David and I had a lovely time.

The next morning we travelled to another favourite breakfast spot and then it was off to the airport and our flight to Broome.

Thanks Monty and Jim for a great stop over!

I tried on one of Monty's wild outfits.

Monty at the turntables. "I am a DJ, I am what I Play."

A shag drying out at a wharf on the Swan.

At Milkd Cafe.

Broome Holiday

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:06:00 +0000

Sea plane. Flying over a vast landscape of scrub punctuated by dead straight roads carved out to the iron ore rich, bright red, Kimberley coast earth.

Then the scenery changes. It’s a massive departure from the arid look that is common across the whole of the outback. We’re flying over the Buccaneer Archipelago. It’s a vast collection of islands and sounds, really a drowned mountain range, with arching ridges interspersed by clear water reflecting the blue skies above. The peripheries of the reddish rocky islands are dotted with mangroves the surrounding waters range across the palette of dreamy tropical blues.

Spectacular view after spectacular view appears and fades into the distance and soon we come upon our destination Talbot Bay and the Horizontal Falls. The falls are a very fast moving tidal flow between two narrow gorges. Each of these gorges is 12 metres wide and water stores up on one side faster that it can empty, giving rise to a couple of metres-high height difference in the sea level between both sides of the gorges. The direction of the flow reverses with each turning tide and can completely empty entirely on some tides.

We bank low and see the gaps in the range islands. There’s white water showing in each of the gaps. We circle so passengers each side of the small plane can see the spectacular view and as we pass I take photo after photo. Next we start to descend and after skimming over one of the islands we descend into another of the bays. The plane banks across a curving wall of rock and then straightens and starts to lose height. I brace myself for tough down but on a sea plane the landing I super smooth, the plane mimicking a pelican landing elegantly in still, flat water.

The plane docks at a house boat in the bay and we disembark. Soon we’re on an SAS assault jet boat racing across the bays on our way to the falls. The falls are too fast to go through them the first time but after a barbecue lunch of barramundi on the houseboat we go back. At one point we are stationery in one of the gaps but we actually have to do 22km per hour to keep in that spot – the water is rushing through at such a pace.

Another highlight of the day is patting a Tawny Nurse shark. Our young Crocodile Dundee-like jet boat pilot has learnt how to pat the sharks, keeping them happy with barramundi fillets. At one point he pulls a fully-grown two-metre male shark half out of the water by its tail and he encourages us all to have a pat.

Another highlight of our trip was a hovercraft ride around Roebuck Bay, the waterway on which Broome is built. We set off late in the afternoon and went across the bay and looked at a set of fossilised dinosaur footprints. On our way back across the bay, the tide had gone out. We stopped about five kilometres out on the sand flats and watched the sunset, the oranges and reds reflecting in the pools scattered throughout vast expanse.

At other sunsets we sipped a tropical cocktail and on another a martini at each of the Cable Beach beachside venues.

We also dined at some lovely restaurants, including a great Japanese place and David cooked a couple of times at our accommodation – The Frangipanni at Cable Beach.

A lunch and a beer tasting (for me, David had wine) at Matso’s was fun. The beers ranged from traditional British ales through to mango and chilli flavoured brews.

We also checked out the local museum which was very informative about the history of the pearl industry in the area. We also went into every pearl jewellery place in the town and I was allowed to splurge on a river pearl strung on a black neoprene necklace.

Of course, it was all over too soon. I’m writing this 10 days later and I’m yet to transfer all the photos I took (3,000 roughly over the six days we were away) so I’m reliving the glory as I am reminded of the fun of a trip away to somewhere very exotic indeed.

The sea plane coming down to land in the Talbot Bay area.

A tiny part of the Buccaneer Archipelago from the sea plane.

The gaps are the Horizontal Falls.

Our jet boat pilot patting the Tawny Nurse sharks.

The water lily pool at the Frangipanni resort. Situated on Frangipanni Drive, it is lined with yellow centred, white Frangipannis.

A pearl lugger at sunset at Cable Beach.

David with the hovercraft on the vast stretch of sand flats exposed at low tide.

Sunset over Roebuck Bay near Broome.

David's silhouette. Cable Beach at sunset.

The outdoor shower at the resort. During summer the shower is often home to green tree frogs.

Zest Exhibition with Kenneth Inger

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:32:00 +0000

I will be having another exhibition opening soon. This time I will be exhibiting with good friend and fantastic portrait photographer Kenneth Inger. Below is a pic of Kenneth I took a few years ago.

The exhibition will be at the Zest Cafe and Gallery, Glenelg and will run from June 9 - July 20. An opening will be held on Thursday, June 12. Below is the poster I designed to promote the exhibition.

A vist from Alissa and Lance

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:46:00 +0000

On May 4 and 5 my niece Alissa (Neil’s daughter) and her boyfriend Lance visited us. They were down from Queensland as Lance was in a poker competition being played at a pub here in Adelaide.

On the Saturday, after a bacon and egg breakfast at David and Julie’s, we drove to McLaren Vale to show Alissa and Lance a couple local wineries. We went in two cars, the Mini had David, me, Alex and Meghan on board while my brother David, Mum, and Alissa and Lance drove in the hire car they had.

We visited the D’Arenberg Cellar Door. It’s on the top of a hill and looks out over McLaren Vale and has great views. We also went to the Primo Estate cellar door which is housed in the most magnificent building.

After that we travelled to Goolwa to see where Hayley works, the Aquacaf, which is on the river. We had coffees and desserts and enjoyed the lovely location. On the way back to David and Julie’s place we showed off ‘The Chateau’ and then we all had take-away back at Lower Mitcham.

We all got together again on the Sunday for a meal. Hayley, Alissa and Lance also got to see my exhibition.

Click on the pictures to see a larger size.

Alex, Lance, Alissa and Mum at the Aquacaf, Goolwa.

Lance, Mum, Hayley, David, Mehgan and Alex.

Alex trying to enter a competition. The details were on the back of an iced coffee pack.

If you click on the two photos below they will take you to my Flickr photo page.

Boats being towed back to the marina at Goolwa after a race.

Primo Estate, McLaren Vale.

These Surveillance Blues

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:20:00 +0000

My latest exhibition These Surveillance Blues opened on Sunday, April 27 at the Tin Cat Café and Gallery, Rundle Street, Kent Town.

It wasn’t a very pleasant day – the first real wintry-type day of the year. It was cold and wet and bleak. Despite the weather there was a good turn-out for the opening. Landscape designer David Baptiste gave a speech and opened the exhibition.

The exhibition consists of seven large works (1 metre by 70cm when framed) and four series of four smaller works – 8 in 15x15cm frames and the other 8 in 25x25cm frames. David did all the framing once again. If I had to do it all the pictures would be crooked and ruined.

I sold 10 pictures at the opening including one to David Baptiste, who opened the exhibition – a nice surprise. It would be nice to sell a few more; mounting an exhibition like this is a huge financial drain.

The exhibition is available to view at the cafe/gallery until May 25. The Tin Cat is located at 107 Rundle Street, Kent Town and is open 7 days from 9am and is open in the evenings for dinner from Wednesday to Sunday night. My work will be in the front two rooms. Phone - 8362 4748.

Clicking on the pictures will take you to my Flickr photo sharing page where you can the pictures at a larger size.

David hanging the exhibition.

Pictures all bubble wrapped - ready to hang.

Using the laser level to line everything up.

Pictures David took at the opening.

I Won First Prize . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:09:00 +0000

No it wasn't Monopoly and it wasn't in a beauty contest! And unlike passing 'Go', I only received $100.

For the past three years I have put pictures into the Kapunda Regional Gallery's Photography Exhibition and Competition. This year there was a theme, "Things I love, Things I Fear." I put in two pictures titled, "The Knowing Dark" and "The Obscuring Fog". I won the prize with "The Knowing Dark".

The pictures were both the same size (unlike below, these are other versions)and professionally printed on quality art paper using archival quality inks.

(Clicking on the pictures takes you to my Flickr Photosharing page where you can see these pictures at a larger size.)

2008 Tin Cat Exhibition Opens April 27

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:04:00 +0000

I will be having another exhibition at the tin Cat Cafe in Kent Town. It opens at 3pm on Sunday, April 27.

It will feature 23 new works including several works in series including a new series of Kate's Window. I hope to see you there.

Here I am resting between creations. It's a timed self portrait. (Clicking on the picture will take you to my Flickr photosharing page where you can see the pictures at a larger size.)

Middleton

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:59:00 +0000

We stayed in Middleton for the weekend of the triathlon. We had a house we shared with Kenneth, Graham, Terry and Kay. All except David and Kenneth participated on the day. While down there I had a great chance to take photos. I had great success with my new telephoto adapter lens . . .

And David cooked us all a couple of marvellous multiple course meals!

Clicking on the pictures will take you to my Flickr Photosharing page where you can see the picture at a larger size.

Victor Harbor Triathlon

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:47:00 +0000

I participated in an Olympic distance triathlon on Sunday (March 9). It consisted of a 1.5km swim, a 40km bike ride and a 10km run. Conditions were pretty horrid. At 9.30am it wasn't yet hot enough to forcibly cancel the event but a couple of hours later it certainly was. The swim was in a canal estate lake that was quite warm (almost too warm - no wet suits allowed). My swim was okay. Then we headed off on the bike ride which was directly into a 20kmph northerly - hot blasting wind. 20kmph into the wind and double that coming back but it was HARD. The run was eased (once my legs allowed me to do move in a runnerly like fashion) by a huge number of water stops and spectators hosing runners down as they went past. A pretty extreme event. I did it in a much slower time than last year. Some training might be a good thing . . .

David took the photos. clicking on the pictures takes you to my Flickr Photosharing page, where you can see these pictures larger.

Waiting to start. Talking to Bridget O'Neil Murphy. She missed her start by a minute or so because of the chat. She still won her age group!

Heading towards transition from the swim.

Off on the ride. 20km into the hot northerly blast furnace and 20km being assisted.

Hosed down on the run.

Finishing. I did it in 3 hours 12 or something. About 25 minutes slower than last year! Oh well, there's always next year.

Triathlon Sunday, February 24

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:42:00 +0000

David got to play with the new telephoto extension that screws onto
the camera.

I did very poorly in this one. I had had knee problems from the bike
so I had done precious little training. And as I had no motivation I
stayed up late the night before. Oh well, at least I finished.

Out from the swim

On the bike

On the run

24-Hour MegaSwim 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:33:00 +0000

One of the highlights of the Swim4Life year occurred on the weekend of February 16 & 17, the 2008 24 Hour Megaswim held at Unley Pool.

2008 was the third year of the event and the third year our swimming group has taken part. This year we had two squads, one comprising the purist swimmers and another comprising people who dabble in other pursuits along with swimming, such as triathlon.

The event went from noon on the Saturday to noon on the Sunday. Each person swam with a partner in a two-hour block, the swimmers taking turns in the pool. Most people opted to swim for a certain length of time or number of laps.

The weather for the event was ideal – hot – 36 degrees was the maximum on both days. This meant that even at night it was warm. At 6am when I finished one of my stints, it was warm enough not to have to cover up.

Both groups swam around 60km over the 24-hours.

Unley Pool - the fabulous venue. We all saw a fair bit of these lane ropes.

Backstroke – Kenneth. Real Esther Williams stuff here!

Kathy – Breaststroke. An intense performance!

Self Portrait (Harvey) with the added bonus of water on the lens!

Watching the proceedings (Harvey. Hot metal in the full sun - a really good material to make poolside seating out of!

Bella – Breaststroke. Little girl, big pool. She did wonderfully well. Grandpa makes sure she's an ace in the pool.

Penny about to set off.

Jonathon – Freestyle. Showing Kathy inspired technique.

Mark – Freestyle.

Mark Drew – Freestyle. He was swimming at somewhere near the speed of sound on this lap.

John Howard completing a lap. He did surface to breathe!

Magaswim 2008 Portraits or Rogues Gallery

Our Big Day Out

noreply@blogger.com (Harvey) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:06:00 +0000

On Saturday we took Mum out for dinner. After picking her up from Murray Bridge we headed for the hills and Howard Vineyard, near Nairne. A new winery and cellar door, they do food on weekends(not sure about during the week) and have live entertainment on Sundays. Mum and I shared their tasting plate - very nice.

We then went into Hahndorf as I had two pictures to take to the Hahndorf Academy so they could be included in the Artist's Voice landscape exhibition being held in the Coonawarra.

After that we had a look at The Lane Winery and restaurant nearby. An amazing modern building. It's very swish with a huge deck overlooking rolling countryside facing Mount Lofty. We did a wine tasting and had coffees.

At Howard Vineyard where we had lunch.

Mum and David at the Lane Winery, a new cellar door located just out of Hanhndorf. It has the most spectacular views.