ORGAF visit to Rottnest July 2005

The group from the Old Royal George spent a week over on the island taking two cottages at Fay's Bay for accommodation. Overlooking Geordie Bay they witnessed the weather pass through full gale to serene but cold sunny days. Each of the artists worked on sketching and photography, interspersed by serious intake of food and of course the occasional glass of wine. The upshot is that a number of paintings will be completed back in their studios over the next few months and will probably find their way into forthcoming exhibitions.
The storytelling each evening became increasingly more humerous and the combined lives of this group would read like a novel if put together properly.
This I think will be the first of a number of such trips in the future.
The highlight for me was the walk to West End on a day when the sea was tumultuous with waves crashing against the cliffs throwing their spray high in the air. It can easily be imagined how easily a ship could come to grief on this coast line.
The down side was a rather lacklustre performance of the group in a quiz night at Kingstown Barracks which demonstrated that nobody watched the Simpsons or All Saints!