Amanda Jane Summons

Chinese New Year!

February 23, 2013

For the first time, I celebrated Chinese New Year by visiting the centre of Melbourne for dumplings and ice cream with gorgeous high school friends. We even managed to see firecrackers going off and dragons! Rachel had never seen firecrackers in all her years of CNY because of growing up in Singapore so that was really cool to share that with her. We then wandered around the CBD, taking in the quirkiness of Melbourne (beautiful street art, lights used as art work and twig houses). Love this city!

Summer Times

February 19, 2013

The Victoria Markets put on magnificent Summer night markets every Wednesday night in December, January and February and I was lucky enough to be asked to be the official photographer for one of those Wednesdays! What follows is my photographic exploration of the market and its beautiful characters.

Why did the Monkey put a chop on his head?

February 15, 2013

Because he thought he was a Griller! Enjoyed a lovely Valentines Day at the Zoo today with the gorgeous boy. The elephants were easily the standout of the day – got to see the baby elephant (calf!) enjoying the sunshine! The meerkats were another highlight, as usual. The day was topped off by delicious homemade risotto by Kit and tasty moscato. Easily the best Valentines Day I’ve ever had!

A Wander

February 8, 2013

I had the pleasure of walking around my beautiful suburb of Surrey Hills the other evening with my dogs and family. We had a delicious dinner bathed in Summer evening sun and even the dogs behaved – though only one features in this post!

Kate Miller-Heidke

February 4, 2013

The Last Day on Earth will always be one of my favourite songs and hearing KMH sing it as her encore at the Zoo Twilights Concert will always be one of my favourite concert moments. Hearing your favourite song only metres away from giraffes is priceless. ~ Manda