Photographer of the week – Stephen Carter

By | February 25, 2015
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Ask Roz Lake Macquarie – PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE WEEK – Stephen Carter. From the age of 9yrs, Steve has been captivated by photography, his early interest getting serious at 17 when he took a senior high school photography course, learning the foundations of his trade such as light, composition, developing and the use of SLR… Read More »

1st woman to climb the 1st of the 3 Sisters.

By | February 24, 2015
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Queensland climber Muriel Patten becomes the first women to climb the First Sister, Katoomba, 1934. Bert Salmon is above her as both solo the climb. With a female climbing culture firmly established in Queensland by the early 1930s, January 1934 saw 16 Queenslanders—including 7 women—travelling to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains on a ‘rock-climbing holiday’.… Read More »