We suggest arriving one day early in order to adapt to both the climate and the time zone. Enjoy the day exploring Sydney: Visit the Botanical Gardens, walk along the waterfront to the famous Sydney Opera House, take a ferry to Manly, go for a stroll in Darling Harbour and the Rocks, or relax on one of the sandy beaches.

Better Moments and Peter Eastway will meet you at our hotel in Sydney for a welcome dinner and give you a detailed briefing about the upcoming workshop.

We will present our program and provide you with our best advice on equipment usage and important location details.

Tonight ends with an image show of Peter’s best work from Australia.

Drive to Kiama, located south of Sydney, with photo stops along the way to photograph Australia’s amazing coastline. The unspoilt South Coast of New South Wales is lined with a rugged coast of volcanic rocks and outcrops that make for stunning landscape photography.

In the evening, we will have dinner together and afterwards discuss the photos taken during the day.

We are off to an early start to do sunrise photography along the coastline. We will visit the Little Blowhole, a natural sea cave formed from volcanic lava; Smaller than the iconic Kiama blowhole, but just as impressive. Afterwards, we will photograph at Kiama’s big blowhole, which spouts seawater skywards – often 20m or more.

In the right conditions, waves surge into the craggy passage and compress the air inside, and then the air and water erupt through the hole with a booming sound. We will continue exploring the area and hinterland with our cameras for the remainder of the day.

Dinner at the hotel and image review and critic by Peter Eastway.

Early drive to Sydney Airport for an early flight to Alice Springs, the second largest town in the Northern Territory. Today, we will visit Rainbow Valley, one of the ‘must-do’ places for serious outback photographers, in the evening for a sunset shoot. The rock face at Rainbow Valley lights up as the soft sunlight hits the surface of the scenic sandstone bluffs and cliffs – truly a photographer’s delight!

In the evening, photo review by Peter Eastway.

Today we will drive to Glen Helen Resort and shoot along the road at Standley Chasm. “Dramatic natural beauty” is probably what sums Standley Chasm up best, as it is a spectacular geological and significant cultural icon of Central Australia and the perfect playground for any landscape photographer. The magnificent chasm is so tall and narrow that the sun makes it appear to be on fire, but only for a very short period in the middle of the day.

In the evening, we will shoot at Western MacDonnell Ranges, a series of striking mountain ranges that span both eastward and westward outside of Alice Springs. Within those ranges, you will find some amazing gorges that would get any outdoor photographer excited. We will stay until sunset to capture the wonderful colors the setting sun paints on the rocks.

We all meet after dinner to work on our images. Peter will give one-to-one support on framing and post production.

No rest for the wicked – we will get up early to take photos at Ormiston Gorge at sunrise. There are many beautiful angles from which you can shoot the scenery and its reflections in the water. Lone scattered ghost gum trees make for a great subject for photography.

Optional helicopter flight over Gorge to capture its beauty from the air. Alternatively, you can explore the area further by foot.

After dinner, we will discuss the images taken during the day and Peter will provide feedback and suggestions.

After breakfast, we will drive from Glen Helen to Kings Canyon by dirt road, with photo stops along the way to capture the magnificent desert scenery. Across vast stretches of red sand rises the pre-historic sandstone walls of Kings Canyon, the sandstone cliffs that rise above the surprisingly lush vegetation of the appropriately named ‘Garden of Eden’ below. We will shoot Kings Canyon’s surroundings in the evening and explore its natural wonders with our cameras.

After dinner, image editing workshop and photo review by Peter Eastway.

In the morning, we will continue discovering the incredible sceneries at Kings Canyon before we travel to Yulara to photograph magnificient Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, at sunset, during which brilliant colors light up both the sky and the natural red sand that covers everything out here.

Uluru probably is the best known landmark of Australia. The massive monolith rises out of the barren plain and dominates the area.

We will shoot Uluru in the morning and walk around the monolith in the afternoon, as it typically changes color and appearance depending on the angle, weather and time of day. The rock can appear moody on overcast days, shiny when it’s wet and glowing red at sunset. You will capture spectacular shots whatever the circumstances.

In the evening, we will photograph the Olgas (Kata Tjuta). The ancient rock formations rise majestically above the green-tinged bushland only 16 miles away from Uluru. Kata Tjuna means ‘many heads’ in the local Anangu language, and there are actually 36 of them that provide for magnificent panorama shots. Give yourself time to explore the pathways to find a perspective and watch the twilight colors evolve as the sun starts to set.

Central Australia is a superb place to photograph the night sky, so we will do so after the stars have come out. If we are lucky, we will be able to photograph the Milky Way twinkling in the night sky.

Today, we will fly back to Sydney. If time allows, we will discover more of the city with our cameras before we have our farewell dinner in the evening.

Today, we return home.

However, if you like to extend your stay in Australia, Better Moments can give you advice on what to see and do.