Melbourne is awesome, full of shopping, food, street art, friends and family. The first three days we spent with family (a crew of 13 from New Zealand) reminiscing and getting involved with my cousins wedding. And no there isn’t a wedding post coming... I was a guest! It was nice to soak in the atmosphere of the wedding without the pressure of getting the shot!

We then stayed at a hotel right in the CBD with everything we could want at our finger tips. After two days of cafes, coffee, spending cash and exploring we said goodbye to family and headed north of the city to stay with good friends Brook and Brit, and their Birman Oscar. Such a chill kitty.

Brook and Brit have the coolest renovated bungalow in Coburg. Shout out to them for the wicked hospitality! Brook and I met roughly ten years ago and we've shared dreams together so it was amazing to see him absolutely killing it in Melbourne as a photographer.

The rest of our days were spent exploring, shopping, eating and chasing light. Our final adventure was an overnight trip to the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, something Monita and I really wanted to do. We packed bags, picked Brit from work and headed west to a small town called Colac. The hotel-motel was an utter disappointment but we were lucky to get a room each at the last minute. However we will never go back to Colac.

Rising at 4am, sleepy eyed we pushed south west and made it to the Twelve Apostles just as dawn was breaking. And we weren’t the only ones, the lookouts were packed with people and cameras. We enjoyed the moment, captured the hell out of it and made the four and a half hour journey back up to Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road.

The next day I flew home, but left a big part of me in Melbourne. #origins

Enjoy!

Monita and I planned a five week trip to North America, criss-crossing across Canada and the States and ticking off six major cities in the process.

It all began with a few nights in Sydney to get Monita packed and free as a bird.

Monita spent the last couple of years living in what I believe is one of the nicest suburbs on earth, Kirribilli. The afternoon I landed I explored the streets one last time, not knowing when we would be back next.

The following day I caught the train over the Harbour Bridge to catch up with my good friend Sara who is chasing down her dreams living and working in Sydney.

After catching up with Sara I walked around the CBD than made my way back over the bridge (by train) and explored more of Kirribilli until Monita finished her last ever day at work.

After a bit of exploration it was time to head home to get some sleep for the first leg of North America. To get accustomed to the many miles of walking ahead of us, we opted to walk over the bridge back to Kirribilli.