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I'm passionate about showcasing our region and helping locals and visitors discover its incredible destinations. I also publish detailed travel guides featuring original photography, local knowledge and recommendations for the best things to do in Newcastle and surrounding area
Specialising in fine art landscape photography, coastal imagery and aerial perspectives, David captures the natural beauty of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and the Hunter Valley.
The collection includes iconic Newcastle landmarks, stunning beaches, spectacular sunrises and sunsets, and panoramic coastal landscapes. Images are available as premium photographic prints, framed wall art, canvas prints and custom artworks for homes and businesses.
David also publishes comprehensive local travel guides, including Things to Do in Newcastle NSW, helping visitors discover the region's best attractions, beaches, coastal walks and hidden gems.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Plantagenet
🍇 Tony Smith
Tony Smith planted trial vines on his Bouverie property at Denbarker in 1968, helping establish Plantagenet Wines with two partners. Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon began a venture that contributed to the Great Southern’s developing wine industry. The work joined farming with a judgement about what the district’s cooler conditions could produce. Later commercial development and changes in ownership expanded the business beyond those first plantings. Smith’s connection is grounded in a particular property and practical experiment: grapes had to grow successfully before a regional reputation could be poured into a glass. The Denbarker beginning remains part of the company’s own account of its development.
⛪ George Egerton-Warburton
George Egerton-Warburton developed St Werburgh’s near Mount Barker and took a direct role in building the family chapel, consecrated in 1874. A gift from his brother in England helped furnish the interior, while local tradespeople worked on the structure. George undertook plastering and, with his sons, made ironwork in the family forge. The font had previously served as a household mortar, a strikingly practical transformation of a familiar object. The property also employed convict labour. Its buildings preserve the work and unequal relationships of a colonial estate, alongside the family’s effort to establish a local place of worship.
