2017 and back into harness at last! Closing up my business and selling the shop took up most of the first half, but then I did a number of local trips to blow the cobwebs out, followed by longer trips, first to Gluepot and eastern South Australia, then to the delightful Baradine region on the northern NSW inland slopes. (A district I come back to again and again.) It was also time to refresh some of my elderly equipment. I replaced the faithful old Canon 500/4 with a 600/4, the workhorse 100-400 with a superb 100-400 Mark II, and added a couple of new camera bodies, a 7D II and then a 5D IV. The 5D IV in particular is superb.