January | 2019 | Journey by Dawn

This is Australia part II: Immigration and Acculturation

January 29, 2019 by Aushra

Australia Day 2019 inspired me to visit the Immigration Museum of Melbourne. It was very interesting to discover personal stories of immigration, the challenges and the joys, most of which are experienced by immigrants even today. Writing this blog brings a shade of sadness because no one should leave their homeland unless they wished so, but so many leave due to impossible situations such as poverty and political chaos. But the flexibility and creativity they must develop in order to […]

Categories: Australia, Beautiful nature, Travel • Tags: #immigratiomuseumaustraliday

This is Australia Part I: The Parade

January 27, 2019 by Aushra

This year, Australia Day was as colourful as ever, with hundreds of performers and spectators! Here are some of my captures with the Canon 800D camera and 50mm lens. In conclusion, very impressive colourful exposition! The second half of the day I spent in the immigration museum – learning about the first settlers in Australia that came from across the globe also listening to audio personal stories of people sharing their arrival to Australia journey. See my next blog: […]

Categories: Australia, Travel • Tags: #australiaday2019

Night Melbourne: practicing long exposure photography

January 13, 2019 by Aushra

Yesterday night I took part in a group lesson for beginner photographers where we walked around the city exploring different settings of our cameras. The focus was on learning about movement and other things involved with long exposure. Here are some of the results. The city of Melbourne has so many faces. The narrow, graffiti painted streets is something you’d normally avoid, but for photography class it was perfect. I learned that in photography the creative part of making a picture is about […]

Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: #melbournenightlongexposure, #photohclass

Good-bye 2018: Orthodox retreat in Melbourne on the Wisdom of the Holy Fathers

January 1, 2019 by Aushra

This year in preparation for 2019, I participated in a Russian Orthodox community gathering for young people in Melbourne city. The conferences were about the wisdom of the Holy Fathers of the Church. Here are some notes and photos to share of time spent together. On modernisation of the Church The idea behind adjusting the original Christian practices to modern time can be summarised by the oxymoron of ‘We have to change in order to stay the same’. However we […]

Categories: Christianity, Discovery, Orthodoxy, Travel • Tags: #fathersofthechurchretreat, #orthodoxretreatmelbournecbd

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Monthly Archives: January 2019

This is Australia part II: Immigration and Acculturation

This is Australia Part I: The Parade

Night Melbourne: practicing long exposure photography

Good-bye 2018: Orthodox retreat in Melbourne on the Wisdom of the Holy Fathers