Sharon Greenaway

Sneak peak before you visit

Some of the images in my current exhibition as a member of the 3AMPs in Bendigo Post Office gallery space.

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Blast from the past – 10 Years of Exhibiting as an artist!

Update: 1st April 2016 Just realised the work and then forthcoming exhibition at the Living Arts Space at Bendigo tourism will commemorate for me 10 years of exhibiting! When I … Continue reading →

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THE PELICAN MAN OF KINGSCOTE, KANGAROO ISLAND.
John Ayliffe knows a thing or two about the eating habits of pelicans. Some of it ain’t pretty.

They can swallow two kilos of fish scraps in a single gulp. They’ll mug hard-working cormorants, throttling them until they drop their catch. They’ll scavenge buns and pies and pigeons that stray too close, the victims flapping helplessly in that otherworldly maw before being ingested. Ayliffe has even heard of a pelican swallowing a chihuahua. He doesn’t have a problem with that. “Useless bloody dogs, chihuahuas,” he says.

It was a strange route that led the 67-year-old to become the Pelican Man of Kangaroo Island. An undiagnosed dyslexic, he did poorly at school – “the only thing I passed was the gate” – but proved a natural at farming. By the late ’80s he and his wife Jenny had a big wool operation on the island; they were expanding, clearing land, raising three children. Life was good. Then the wool price collapsed, interest rates soared and drought hit, bankrupting them within a year. Ayliffe drew a line under his farming life one Christmas Eve in the early ’90s when he had to shoot 2500 of his sheep, a memory he shudders at even now.

He was a complete wreck for a while, he says; but then he picked himself up and made a bid for tourist dollars by running trips to a fairy penguin colony and giving informative talks while feeding the pelicans at Kingscote wharf. Well, fur seals ate all the penguins a few years ago (don’t get him started on fur seals or chihuahuas) but the daily 5pm pelican show is a dead-cert gig; Ayliffe has only missed three days in 21 years (“I’m reasonably consistent,” he deadpans). He loves the joy it brings to people, though there are certain hazards as these giant birds fly in for a feed. Hence that hat. “It’s not for the sun, it’s for table manners,” he explains. “If I don’t wear it they shit on my head.”
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Probably the most photographed person on Kangaroo Island with wild birds

THE PELICAN MAN OF KINGSCOTE, KANGAROO ISLAND. John Ayliffe presents an entertaining and informative talk about the resident pelicans at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island. For a paltry $5 to cover the … Continue reading →

September 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

Birdlife photography

Ever since having major problems with my shoulder late last year I have had to be very careful when photographing anything, particularly one of my main loves-wildlife.To the point I … Continue reading →

September 20, 2016 · 2 Comments

Professional Photographer Analogy

The difference between a hobby photographer and a professional photographer can be compared to the difference between someone who can change a tap washer and a plumber who can fix … Continue reading →

September 16, 2016 · 1 Comment

Central Victorians Remember 2015

For several years photographic artist Sharon Greenaway with her husband Bill Greenaway travelled the countryside recording WW1 War Memorials as photographs. During this time they met many interesting people at … Continue reading →

September 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

Writing your life, get started now

Apologies for the late reporting of my class that I taught as part of the Write on The Fringe festival. I had set a limited number of places for this … Continue reading →

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Bimblebox arts project still travelling

Writers on Bimblebox 153 Birds Bimblebox 153 Birds at Gympie My contribution was a short poem about the Tawny Frogmouth

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Bush Angels (c) 2016

As part of the recent Write on the Fringe festival here in Bendigo, many writers paired with Visual Artists to create exhibits for the Co.Lab exhibition. I teamed with ceramicist … Continue reading →

August 19, 2016 · 2 Comments

World photography day 2016

http://worldphotoday.com/share/11668 Tantalising invitation?

August 16, 2016 · Leave a comment

Write your life story beginning now…

If you have been meaning to write your life story, or just a part of it, then this introductory class is for you. http://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/event/writingyourlifewithsharongreenaway This is a free event as … Continue reading →

August 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

One week to go…

It is hard to believe that our exhibition The Transient Landscape is almost finished. One week to go and it will be all over! So if you have not had … Continue reading →

July 30, 2016 · 2 Comments