Brendan MacRae, My backyard (September theme: What Matters to Me )

This my very special "backyard" in tropical north Queensland. The Millaa Millaa Lookout is a place where locals and visitors alike, come to sit in silence and watch the sun rise out of the Pacific. Last week I went up before sunrise and waited. The air was cold and still. A young couple leaned on the fence and cuddled, a German family, mum, dad and their 2 year old, set up a blanket with breakfast and hot drinks and even the local ambulance officer turned up with a hot coffee to see in the last half hour of his shift. I was the only photographer; tripod and beanie, cup of hot tea, quiet conversations in the moments before dawn. These moments, these places are what matters to me...and I suspect, to you to.

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