And the winners are...

Displayed for your viewing pleasure. Elise Cummins - Best new talent. Angela Finn - Most outstanding image. Doug Chalker - Best a picture tells a thousand words. Julie Chalker - Best cutting edge. Cameron Chalker - Best Phantasmagorical (with thanks to Nigel Dique for the name).


Thank you to all participants and a special thank you to our judges - Steven, Carmel and Harriet. It was a challenge they said, judging with all the beautiful entries. Carmel and Harriet stepped up at the last minute and we were so grateful. It was lovely having a male, female and young and mature perspective.

The judges and the winners all spoke, which was lovely. Both to hear the reasons the winners were chosen and the inspiration behind their efforts.


The Photography exhibition/competition was attended by some 50 people. We had over 30 entries. each entry was exquisite and proudly displayed. Everyone put time and effort into their entry and the displays were beautiful.


What struck me was how talented everyone was, how creative everyone was and the enthusiasm of the young was amazing and wonderful.

We even got all all the people that were present at a photo taken some 14 years ago at Yamba/Iluka and took a photo of them sitting in the same order on the night, all in a row. Lovely memories and thanks to all for coming to make that happen. We'll do the same in another 14 years.


We are already planning next year's exhibition. There was a lot to be learnt from this year. We agree we need a theme in advance. We will charge a small fee for enty so we can buy prizes. We will ahve each contestant state the theme they are entering. We will secure our judges in advance and they need to be impartial. (which they were and again - our judges did an amazing job). We will have a people's choice. We will label the entries. And more lessons which will come to hand as we develop the exhibition later.


For now, enjoy the winning entries. What a night.


Sue x