Somers beach house with friends – P365 Dec01

This weekend we were invited by Anna, to stay with her, her boyfriend and two of their friends at a family member's beach house near Somers. We had a fantastic time, and really enjoyed ourselves. Here are some photos I took there today. First up was a leisurely morning at the Red Hill market, one of the biggest in the state. The girls had a teriffic time. Naomi ended up with several of the soaps seen above. The market is held around the perimeter of the local sports oval, where today the Red Hill junior cricket team were playing. After the market, a visit to the beach was called for, to make the most of the beautiful weather. I brought along my kite and we had a great time taking turns having a fly. We ate a delicious barbeque dinner together outside in the balmy evening, before retreating from the flies to play a couple of games of Kelly Pool, AKA Assassin. After the others retired to their beds for the night, I made the most of the dark country night skies to take some astrophotos. Both of the images you see above are the result of multiple exposures stacked together to maximise the light and minimise the noise. The first photo is an all-sky fisheye photo, with the beach house in the foreground, light painted with a small torch. The second photo is of the Large Magelanic Cloud, the largest and brightest galaxy visible in the night sky, and our closest galactic neighbour in space. More information can be seen in the Flickr photo descriptions: - Galaxy photo - Large Magelanic Cloud photo Tomorrow I will post photos from our second day at Somers.