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This was meant for last night, however I was on the red eye from WA back to Victoria.

Taking you back to 2015 and the first blog I ever wrote. This was a guest story for my friends over at Wyld family Travel.

This experience was humbling and one that opened my eyes to gratitude and knowing how privileged I am.

"Where there is challenge, there is growth."

As always, thank you for reading ✌️

Learning gratitude in a refugee movement During the refugee movement of 2015, 1.3 million people came to Europe to request asylum, the most in a single year since World War II. Travel became difficult, holidays changed and Oktoberfest was hard to reach.

Storm chasing in Gippsland, 16th February, 2022

That was one of the better storms I've seen. Two cells one after the other. Cell 2 basically strobe lighting the sky for over an hour or so. Mother Nature at her most beautiful.

This is one of the shots straight off the back of the camera. I've shared some others with some of the storm chasing groups and I'll look to edit / tidy up the pictures tomorrow.

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Higgins Storm Chasing
Severe Weather Australia

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Iceland, 2018. The time we were blown away by the beauty and extraordinary nature of the Northern Lights. We were lucky enough to experience the phenomenon of Aurora Borealis over 4 nights while visiting. This started the dream of capturing the Southern Lights - Aurora Australis 💚
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Since then, I joined Facebook groups, monitored apps and made many attempts to capture it. Many times I would travel a couple of hours there and back for it to fizzle out and be nothing but air glow. Other times we were completely clouded in. Or if I was really lucky, I was working night shift and didn’t get the chance 😴
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I watched in awe as other photographers captured the Lady Aurora in all her glory. Sending out alerts to friends so that they could experience it. I knew I was going to get the chance one day. I just didn’t think it was going to take 4 years to do it! 😂
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When the alerts went off earlier this week, I was hoping for the best. Maybe it was finally my time 🤞🏼
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I grabbed my gear, drove down to a beach in Gippsland, dodging kangaroos, wallaby’s, foxes, wombats and even a cat on the drive 😂🤷🏼‍♀️
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Once the sun set it was show time. She was there and ready. As was bioluminescence rolling through all of the waves. Two of my photography goals in one. Was this even real? 😳
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As the show went on, I set up interval shots so that if there was any beam action, I would be able to maybe piece a time-lapse together (which I have done fairly poorly haha) 📷
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While the photos aren’t wall print worthy. It’s the journey to capturing the moment that means the most. There I was, laying on the beach, under a million stars, watching the bioluminescent waves roll in and the Aurora Australis putting on a show. Mother Nature is the best 🙌🏻
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📍Gippsland 🇦🇺
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Nikon D5600 - 15mm, f/2.4, 8s, ISO 3200 📷

Some unedited backyard bolts from Thursday's storm here in Victoria!

Strike Finder assistance was good on this one!

Victorian Storm Chasers
Higgins Storm Chasing

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