Established in the pioneering era, Millthorpe has a rich agricultural history, a legacy of grand buildings, heritage architecture and a streetscape that has remained largely unchanged since the early 1900’s. The entire village is classified by the National Trust and the village centre has cobbled, bluestone bordered streets. Millthorpe is a living museum being home to a community of about 700 people and comes alive on weekends with locals, visitors and tourists alike. Find out more at http://www.millthorpevillage.com.au/

Millthorpe cobblestoneMillthorpe nsw australia

Just love the cobblestone in the street. This to me is the quintessential shot of Millthorpe.

Millthorpe wheelchair farMillthorpe nsw australia

Love these old chairs. Taken at a long focal length for the compression effect and to emphasize the whole street.

Millthorpe wheelchair closeMillthorpe nsw australia This one is taken at a similar location but with a wider focal length. Goes to show the massive difference the gear a photographer can choose to use to tell the story they are trying to tell. 

Millthorpe balconyMillthorpe nsw australia

The people here are lovely. The man that owns this balcony saw me taking photos of the cobblestones below and offered for me to come up and take this shot. 

Millthorpe shopfrontsMillthorpe nsw australia Looking back down the main street. The car at the end really makes it. Taken at a long focal length to really compress the image.

Millthorpe Old MillMillthorpe nsw australia

The Old Mill. One of the many lovely places to eat in Millthorpe.

Millthorpe wheelchairsMillthorpe nsw australia Look at all those chairs and flowers :)

Millthorpe benchMillthorpe nsw australia I really liked this chair and angle, but was not stoked with all the parked cars. I decided to push the emphasis on the beautiful grain in the bench chair though a narrow depth of field.

Millthorpe from a distanceMillthorpe nsw australia A view of the lovely heritage terrace buildings on the main street of Millthorpe.

The low level bridge (Gordon Edgell Bridge) on Hereford Street Bathurst NSW has flooded overnight 12/07/2016. These aerial shots give a good perspective of how the Macquarie River was looking around 9am on a very foggy morning.

This is a long exposure shot of the Ben Chifley dam overflow. The  power of the water is amazing, pushing trees down the creek. I have never seen it running this fast before. Enjoy the nice sily smooth waters in this one :)

Ben Chifley Dam OverflowLong exposure showing the silky smooth water raging out of the dam down the river toward Bathurst.

Drone footage flying from this location, up the overflow, looking over the dam and back over the rolling green hills toward Bathurst. This is a single shot uploaded straight to youtube, no fancy editing here.

The Western Advocate contacted me after seeing this footage and put together this article. Of course there are more pun's then my page
http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/4051150/dam-fine-sight-of-our-waterway/?cs=115

I also got a mention in Prime local news on Friday, you can see a recording here:
https://youtu.be/9ydwZRXrLAw?t=5m12s

This vertical pano shows just how much water is flowing out the overflow of the dam. It really is raging and quite off putting walking down the path beside it.

Ben Chifley Dam Overflow vertical panoAerial Photo taken by David Roma

A panorama showing the dam, the overflow and the river heading through the rolling hills toward Bathurst. Quite a sight to see. I really do appreciate not being limited to the ground anymore for my photography.

Ben Chifley Dam Aerial PanoramaPanorama captured by David Roma

Bathurst Winter Festival 2016Ice rink in front of Bathurst Courthouse for the 2016 Winter Festival

Check out the ice rink in front of the Courthouse for the 2016 Bathurst Winter Festival. I am stoked to be the official photographer for council this year. It's been great working with them and capturing the mood of the events. Its nice that Bathurstians have an excuse to brave the cold and get out and about this winter. The ice rink, Ferris wheel and illumination will be going till the end of next week, but the final festival night is Saturday evening. See you there, put your smiles on :)

All of the Lights All of the lightsFerris wheel with crowds and fire performers.

This is one of my favs from the Brew & Bite night. I think it captures the mood of the evening with all the different things going on. I like the different sources of lights. The city, the ferris wheel, the fire performers, the glow balloons and the tree lights, the glowing cubes... From all accounts it was a great success, looking forward to what council come up with for next year.