Currently in Shannonvale, at my brothers place. It's nestled in amongst the foothills of the Atherton Tablelands, in behind Port Douglas in far North Queensland. It's steamy and wet. They've had 2.8 metres of rain since the beginning of this year - 2 days of sunshine in about 3 months. It's raining again now and the family have all gone to bed, exhausted after a long (overcast but not rainy) day at little league footy. I love the tropics and feel totally at home here, with the forested mountains and low hanging clouds and creaking insects and croaking frogs and tetching gekko's.

Here for 2 more nights, then one last night in Brisbane, and 24 hours in Taipei on the way back to Tokyo. It's been a really special trip, with plenty of opportunities to spend relaxed, quality time with the people I hold so dear.

Plenty more photos to come. The next photo post will be family snaps. I'm really enjoying trying to get good portrait style pics of friends and family. It's proving to be quite a challenge.

In the mean time, my friend Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert (Tokyo-based photographer Scot) has started an "occasional blog" called Tokyoland! Go check it out. He lives on the Inokashira Line too.