Australia for three weeks, a time of friends and photo opportunities. Here are some of the better photos that give an overview of our holiday

The friends we stayed with (5 photos) Caroline and David in Wombarra, one hour to the south of Sydney for five nights

Naomi and Jeff in Rose Bay, Sydney for three nights

Sarah and Peter (furthest left and closest to the camera) in Melbourne for three nights

The changing light (6) Dawn in Wombarra (seen from Caro & David's garden)

watching the tennis in Federation Square

full moon in Wombarra, also from Caro & David's garden

Coastal views Not one of my better photos, but this glimpse of a beach near Melbourne was sufficient to remind ourselves how lucky we were to have seen the following

Wombarra from above (I'm not really flying, just careful cropping!)

and at sea level

oyster farming

sunset from the dining room at Safire Lodge

Witnessing a skirmish on the bird table (4)

a koala in Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary near Melbourne

on a nature trail in the Minnimurra National Park an hour from Caro & David's home

close-up of the rock formation

to where 70,000 convicts, all men, were sent (4)

and women existed only in the imagination