He raises his camera to the eagle soaring above. He smiles, the climb up the mountain worth every aching step. Today he will tick another item off his bucket list. In awe he watches the bird, and so fixated is he by its majesty, he forgets to click the shutter.

Gayle is a past winner of the Boroondara Literary Awards. Her work has appeared in Award Winning Australian Writing, Vegemite Whiskers and Mosaic. Gayle is passionate about family, writing, photography, and with Australia’s beautiful Bass Coast which she now calls home.