I have never experienced Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere before. Or any other time to be honest. I was a newbie. As an artist I knew the colours would be significantly different. As a winterphobe I knew I would welcome sunlight like a lizard on a hot rock.

Nothing prepared me for the first hour of coffee and breakfast on Coogee beach half an hour after landing.

Sunrise in a new country is quite the moment. Mind blowing clarity and colours and a small town vividly bustling at 6 a.m.

I am still trying to work out how to paint the sensations and flavours of those first few hours.

The universe has seen fit to give me a bit of a pause for thoughts both domestically and internationally.  I have decided to revisit our holiday creatively and pleasurably in the new year. January will be a cornucopia of sunshine spam.

For now just Baubles in Sunshine.