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TAMWORTH

11/8/2015

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The first thing I noticed coming into Tamworth was the dramatic sky.

They are incredible due of Tamworth's geographical position just below the great dividing range – you feel so close to the sky and sometimes the horizon appears to be on fire.
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Amazing Tamworth skies
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The Pig and Tinder Box
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Delicious pizza!
The Pig and Tinder Box on Peel St, Tamworth is a fabulous restaurant that is also accessible. They serve fabulous pizzas, I had the mango and duck with basil mint. You can just sit on the front terrace overlooking Peel Street and enjoy the passing life of Tamworth.

Another great accessible food spot is a Nundle hotel called the Peel Inn. They also have fabulous food, a great bar and atmosphere.

I had the opportunity to spend a day in Nundle at the Nundle Camp Draft – a dusty but exciting horse and cow event where the ‘horseman/woman rides a stock horse showing their skills at directing a cow around poles in a dusty field … a bit like a slalom but with a cow.’  I was an absolute minority in my protective sentiments for the cows and the horses; in typical country style people would tell me “they’re right – they’re bred for it.”
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Exciting but dusty fun at the Nundle camp draft

My workshop participants for the Tamworth stop were Catherine Rae and Robert Dempsey.

Catherine was particularly interested in the photography aspect of the workshops as she wants to photograph polocrosse and other horse and cattle events such as the camp drafting. She used to play polocrosse, so she has a great passion for the sport and has many friends who play. She came with me to the camp drafting and we worked together shooting the action. She learned more about the camera controls – ISO shutter speed and aperture to improve her shots.

The photoshop workshop also gave her new skills in editing the images. Catherine took leave from work to attend the workshop. Her injury was caused by a fall from a balcony 8 years ago, which left her with mild brain injury and paraplegia.
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Sue working with Catherine on the tablet
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Robert at the camp draft
Robert Dempsey became a quadriplegic from a car accident and is under work cover insurance scheme. The OT from work cover came along to the workshop to see if there was any equipment that could be purchased for Robert to assist his return to work and independence.

Robert has been drawing cartoon style sketches about his life in the country, particularly his passion for ‘pigging’. As he can no longer shoot with a gun, the adapted tripod and Panasonic camera with full remote control including zoom functionality from the iPhone worked enabled him to be able to participate in the sport.

Robert was very interested in the photoshop work, as he learned how to incorporate his drawing into photoshop and combine the photographic image with the drawn. Through the process of the workshop, he made a new goal to create a body of images for an exhibition at the local Nundle art gallery. The portrait he created in the workshop is being entered into the local art prize by the Nundle publican (who also manages the art prize).

It is lovely to see how photography can allow both of these people to continue their involvement in activities that are not otherwise accessible to them, and maintain that connection to their community (whether it's pigging or polocrosse!)

Thank you Tamworth!

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Anne Rae
11/4/2015 12:54:26 pm

Good value

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    Sue Murray is a photographer, artist, and founder of Imagine Me

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