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Sunday, 14 March<br />Four hours driving had me arriving in the east Gippsland town of Bairnsdale. After booking into a motel I realised there was still a few hours before the sun was due to set. The weather was fine so I drove south out of town to Paynesville to see if the town had changed much since my last visit. The area has a population of a little over two thousand. The foreshore has fishing boats moored and ready to set sail on the morning tide. The town is situated on the straits between Lake King and Lake Victoria. For me, not much had changed which is a common observation of so many towns I revisit.

Bairnsdale 2004

Colin Ewington
2006-03-16 10:14:12

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Sunday, 14 March
Four hours driving had me arriving in the east Gippsland town of Bairnsdale. After booking into a motel I realised there was still a few hours before the sun was due to set. The weather was fine so I drove south out of town to Paynesville to see if the town had changed much since my last visit. The area has a population of a little over two thousand. The foreshore has fishing boats moored and ready to set sail on the morning tide. The town is situated on the straits between Lake King and Lake Victoria. For me, not much had changed which is a common observation of so many towns I revisit.

On the way back to my motel I diverted to Eagle Point. The Mitchell River Silt Jetty is a narrow stretch of land reaching out into Lake King. The "Jetty" is believed to be formed from silt deposited by the river when it slows on reaching the lake and is considered the second largest in the world. Only the "jetty's" of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico are longer. I stayed on this stretch of land until the sun sank low on the horizon and the rays of light from the setting sun were worthy of a few photos.

Monday, 15 March
This morning I woke half an hour before the alarm rang. Had plenty of time to get ready for work. Today was the first of three planned working days in one of the local Kindergartens. After talking to the director I soon found out the information the company had given me was different to what she was expecting. Morning and afternoon sessions on Tuesday plus an extra day. I had already been booked to work in another town on Thursday so I contacted the company to tell them to arrange for another photographer to cover that job.

Although I arrived at eight-thirty to set up my studio light and background, it was an hour later before the children arrived (another bit of information that I had not been informed about) There wasn't many children and the session went well and I was finished around ...