We recently had our annual 2 weeks doing revegetation work at Double Island Point. This was our 20th year in a row. It’s a privilege to work in such a beautiful environment.

Our routine is to work in the mornings, leaving the afternoons free for fishing, walks, whale-watching and painting.

When we first started going to DIP it was estimated that 4,000 to 8,000 humpbacks were migrating along the east coast waters. Now the herd is about 40,000! It just shows how Mother Nature can bounce back if only given a chance.

The weather is always changing at Double Island Point. The shadows were lengthening on the southern beach towards Teewah as we sat and painted. This is one of my quick watercolour sketches and one Paul did of the lighthouse.

In a little over a month our first joint exhibition, The Enormous Vastness, will open. This will be Paul’s first exhibition, so he’s feeling a little apprehensive.

The exhibition runs 9–19 November at Vacant Assembly, 266 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane. The opening event is 6pm Friday 10 November and there will be a lucky door prize – Bass Strait, from my Disappearing Skylines series – drawn on the night.

At 3pm on Saturday 18 November, we will have an artist talk, the first time we’ve had one of these.

Please put these dates in your diary. We hope to see you there! In the meantime, you can look at the full catalogue but remember, they always look better in real life.