Back in my school days, I grew up living around a suburb called Coombabah on the Gold Coast. I really enjoyed living in that 'hood; I had mostly all of my schoolmates living close by, so there was always something to do when I wasn't at school. One of the things we used to get up to was hopping on our bikes and riding around the Coombabah Reserve. It was, and still is, a beautiful nature reserve untouched by all the Lego-Land construction that was being built all over the coast at the time. We'd chase the kangaroos in the reserve, go camping on the weekends, and occasionally build bike jump circuits. My mates even tried growing their own hidden stash of weed which mysteriously disappeared. Ah, the follies of youth!
With the years gone by, I grew up, got a car, realised beer didnt taste that bad, and moved away from the suburb of my childhood. Now, living on the other side of the coast, I thought It'd be a good idea to revisit the reserve and take some pics. One freezing Saturday morning, at about 5:00am, I left the house, hopped in the car, and headed to the reserve. When I eventually got there, I unloaded my twenty-six dollar Apollo bicycle, which I placed in the back of the car the night before. I turned on the little LED spotlight I sticky taped to the handle bar and rode into the dark, freezing reserve. I had an ideal spot where I wanted to take some photos, so even though I was riding in the pitch black, I still remembered the paths to take to get to my destination. I ended up having to use my phone light, 'cause the LED spotlight sucked and I was kinda freaked out by all the kangaroos on the side of the path, waiting to come up and give me a good stomp - luckily, I warded them off with my singing.
I got to my destination but was surprised because looked different from how I'd remembered it. I remembered a swampish area, but it seemed nature thought it needed some greening up. There were all these mangrove tree thingos spread everywhere. Anyway, I had to work with it. I set up my camera gear, did a few shots here and there, attempted doing some HDR shots, and watched the sunrise change the colour of sky.
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