Water
Baby
Our country place on the lake with the long Indian name - Lake Memphromagog.
We would go there every weekend and it reminds me of summers in my
youth. I am about 12 and look at those long lanky limbs - I guess I have
always been like that.
Porch
Pals
For some reason I remember this day very, very clearly. It was a cool
autumn day and all the leaves were just turning. That's my little
brother Glenn and I at our country place by the lake. He and I were very
close and it's just a serene autumn afternoon shot. He still lives in
Canada. All my family like so
far away. That would have been about 1973 when I was 14.
Mum's
on Tour
Mum has been a huge supporter and this was the first time she had ever seen me
perform. This was special because someone in my family finally saw what
I do. This was in Darwin in 1993 during the Lily Tour and she loved the
show - although she would have said it was great even if it wasn't.
Swede
Dreams
Stockholm is a beautiful city, just exquisite. This is on the hotel roof
in 1992. It was just a fantastic sky that day and very windy. We
had a wonderful time there. We were touring
Europe and the UK. We spent over a week in Stockholm. It's very
old and I like that kind of thing - the older the better! We were very
well received there, which
helped make it such an enjoyable time.
A Fishy Tale
I just loved this mermaid playing the harp in Vienna at the foot of the
memorial to Brahms. Another wonderful city and I have been back there a
couple of times. Taken just before Christmas in 1993.
The
Big Band
Headlining in Tasmania at a big outdoor concert in 1995 with the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, which was a real treat for me. You
don't get to sing with a huge orchestra every day. The site used to be
and old rock quarry and it was just a beautiful place. Tens of
thousands of people turned up and it was just a great day.
Mud
in your eye
This was taken during lunch
break at a video shoot for love will keep me alive two years
ago. In the background are extras covered in mud. I was
playing some kind of queen with a wicker crown on my head. It was
shot way out west somewhere in a coal pit and the earth was black and the
mud men were covered in white clay. The photo is quite
striking. A few of them have come up to me in the years since and
gone "Hey, remember me?" and unless they were covered in mud I
don't recognise them.
Heaven Sent
This is my dwarf bunny Heaven. She free-ranges around the house and
every time someone comes to the door she can be heard thumping "danger,
danger" with her back feet. I've had her a couple of years
now. I was on my way to the studio to record the album before this one
and I was passing a pet shop and then found myself walking into the studio
with this little baby bunny...I couldn't help myself. She's had two
litters and that's her lot...she's doing better than I am! She's low
maintenance, although she does chew through every single electrical wire I
have. She's had a few zaps but I hope that will deter
her. This is my house in Bondi in 1995.
Deep
Sea Diva
This was last Christmas in Port Douglas when I got my scuba diving
licence. I'm not very comfortable under the water of being up high and I
thought this might help things. I was trying to lose the fear
element. It's a whole other planet down there, just fantastic. I
spent many weeks doing two dives a day and I feel much more comfortable down
there now with tanks. I haven't had the opportunity to go since,
but I have got a much better understanding of what's down there.
Although this looks like a victory celebration, it was taken on my very first
dive. I think I have conquered my fear somewhat, but it stops at
diving...there's no way I'm ever going to jump out of a plane.
Give it a twirl
This is in the paddock behind my grandfathers house in Quebec, Canada.
My mother lives in that house and I still go back every summer. That's
my mother in the background and me in the foreground. I would have been
about two, maybe a bit younger. I still twirl my hair though, so it's a very familiar shot. It
is a very pensive look for such a tiny little thing, but it is also direct, looking straight at the camera. Also my mother is there, and it's interesting to see her as a woman of my age
now. I love my Grandfather's place - I have been going there since I was
this age, so it has a lot of history. I might end up living
there. I get so much out of going back. I believe it is
something that will always be in my family.