Tambourine Mountain Wedding
22/05/25
After an otherwise slow month, it was time to travel to the Gold Coast for a wedding. We decided to do the drive over two days, with the first day dedicated to driving from Armidale to Lennox Head. I didn’t take many photos, but we did stop at Ebor Falls, which was absolutely roaring due to the recent rains.
23/05/25
The following day was the big one, my buddy Mark’s wedding. Before hitting the road, Kelly and I decided to take a walk up to the headland to see the sunrise. Unfortunately, clouds blocked the view of the sunrise itself, but it was still a great start to the day.
Once we arrived at the Gold Coast, it was time to climb Mount Tamborine, with the wedding being held at a winery at the top of the mountain. If it wasn’t for Mark inviting me out to take photos of frost with him at Nundle early one morning three years ago, I don’t know that I’d be taking photos now, let alone doing it for a living. Kind of crazy how it all worked out in the end. So of course, I was going to make my way up the coast for his wedding.
The event was beautiful. I met a bunch of new faces, and a couple I had only been familiar with through their photography online (Mark being a photographer, of course he invited a bunch of photographers). I didn’t really get any great shots, but that wasn’t the point. I was there for a good time, and a good time was certainly had.
24/05/25
With the wedding now behind us, it was time for the long, long drive back from Mount Tamborine to Armidale. Before we left, though, we had to get some shots of the sun rising against the silhouette of the Gold Coast. Unfortunately, the sun was once again blocked by cloud, but oh well, it was still a really positive way to start the day.
Looking back from Mount Tamborine to the Scenic Rim to the west was also a pretty stellar view, I’m not going to lie. I kind of wish we’d had a bit of low-lying fog to make the landscape a little more dynamic, but I don’t control the weather, so… oh well, I guess.
We also stopped off at Carrs Lookout on the drive home, a place I had no idea existed. You wouldn’t know it by looking at it, but this is actually the top of the ranges… what a spot.
And that was it for May, not a whole lot to actually photograph, but the things I did capture were big and meaningful. Now, let’s see what June brings.
