Fairy tale

I woke up early one morning and looked out over the paddocks to the most wonderful scene, like something out of a fairy tale. It was a cold winter’s day, with frost settled thick on the ground. The colours on the horizon were layers of pastels, adorned with a thin layer of fog and up rose a hot air balloon, greeting the first rays of light.

Moonrise

I was driving home from town on a wintery afternoon, just as the sun was setting and the moon was rising. I pulled over at one of my favourite spots along the way and captured this image across the old farmhouse ruins.

Golden sheds

It’s hard to beat that golden light on a misty Tenterfield morning. Frost is a common occurrence during the winter months and, with an array of old buildings and farmyards, these mornings make for some pretty beautiful photographs.

Snowy loo

We’re lucky enough to receive a dusting of snow on the higher elevations at least once or twice during winter. This particular season we had a bitter cold spell and, with snow on the forecast, I headed up to Mount Mackenzie in Tenterfield. When I arrived, the first flurries were beginning to fall, covering the loo in a fine dusting of snowflakes. Introducing the coldest toilet in Tenterfield.

Windscreen frost

Most winter mornings on the farm see us waking up to below zero temperatures. When you jump into your car first thing, your windows and windscreen are often covered in frost and ice. This particular morning, as I sat in the front seat waiting for the windows to defrost, the light of day illuminated the beautiful shapes created by the frost on the windows. Nature is a beautiful thing.

Pastel dawn

This was taken from our back paddock, looking across the fields. This is my view most mornings in winter – pastel-coloured sunrises with fog and frost, like something out of a winter wonderland.

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