I came to Australia to backpack around the country in 2002. While in Melbourne and Sydney, I shot about 6000 photos in less than a week with a great Nikon point and shoot. That's when I realised that I love taking photos. I really got stuck into it when I bought a decent DSLR the following summer and moved to Australia.
I get lost in flickr and can easily waste hours just clicking about, my favourite tags are: bw, hasselblad, squareformat, mamyia, ...