I've been away from DA for a while now. I have been extremely busy helping disengaged youth engage in education, training or the workforce- with success!

I am getting desperate to take photos again. I find myself clicking the perfect shot with my hands and no camera in them.

I went to a Career Expo in Perth on Friday and met a muso who said "A gig is a gig." I may not be uploading images for you all on DA but I may just help someone you know to engage in a career they love.

Don't give up on me, I promise when I do upload images they will be good!

Coldie

We had a great time in Melbourne.
Met Willko for the first time in the real world, just as nice in person! Aquiel and Willko helped install the Offline Online exhibition. The Launch of the exhibition at the Breadbox in Perth showed 90 A4 works unfortunately because the Gasworks venue is significantly smaller we are showing 54 A4 works.
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It was great to go to resturants for lunch and dinner every day. Got some great shots with Aquiel around the back streets of St Kilda and had a great time shopping, viewing art galleries and photo taking along Gertrude Street.

Saw Paul Kelly in the street twice in the one week. Second time we stopped to chat to him. Believe me or not, I don't care.

Aquiel's hospitality was great she taxied us all around Melbourne.

If you are in Melbourne please check out the exhibition, the natural lighting in the Gasworks is gorgeous.

Coldie

I have just got my 100th watcher and thought
I would take this opportunity to thank all my
viewers for watching my work over the past year.

Coldie

The show has ended in Perth but we are getting ready for the opening in Melbourne - opens 23rd November at the Gasworks Gallery in Melbourne.

I have obtained an Artflight grant from the WA government ArtsWA to fly to Melbourne to set up and open the exhibition there.

If any of you are interested in a radio interview I did with GROOVE FM in Australia, it will be live on Thursday 31st August between 9 -10 am WA time.

It was great meeting Lukeroberts and Aquiel for the first time. They are great people and it is fantastic being involved with them with this touring show. I was very excited and pleased that they travelled from Adelaide and Melbourne to help install and be involved with the opening of our launch for the OfflineOnline exhibition. I managed to show Aquiel my world and learnt a little about hers. I am looking forward to spending a week in Melbourne to experience her world some more and to see mrbenno for the first time in 15 years!!!!!!!! I am hoping that Willko will make it to the Melbourne show and to meet him for the first time in the real world.

Please be patient, we will have an online version of the exhibition with the opening images and images of the work in the gallery arena.

Coldie

The launch of OfflineOnline starts in less than 2 weeks away
at the Breadbox Gallery [link] in Perth WA,
then tours to Melbourne at the Gasworks Gallery in November 2006.
Sydney and Adelaide.

This is the first curated Australian photography touring exhibition
to take works from an online community offline.

I am proud to be the curator of this exhibition.

Coldie