Brunswick Heads librarian, Mark Seiffert, is the overall winner of this year’s Simple Pleasures Photo Competition, with his entry ‘Fog Captain’, taken on the Bruns River on a cold morning.
Seiffert loves to take photos, and often shares his beautiful shots of Bruns on the local Facebook page.
He is currently taking photos of locals, and telling their stories though his page ‘Humans of Bruns’.
In its 18th year, the competition is still a much-loved local event – around 80 entries were judged this year by photographer Davina Bambrick, John Humphries from the Hotel Brunswick, and The Echo’s Eve Jeffery.
Awards at pub
On Friday, presentations were made at the Hotel Brunswick. The winner in the children’s category was 10-year-old Heath from Ocean Shores, whose photo of a seagull was a favourite of the judges.
In the adult category, a stylish and dramatic photo of the lifesaver’s tower before a storm was the winning entry, by Pottsville resident, Damian Rousch.
Rousch told The Echo that photography is his way to connect with nature, and to better see thing he previously didn’t notice.
Sponsors for the comp were North Coast Lifestyle Properties, Brunswick River Inn, Brunswick Heads Pharmacy, Byron Photo Magic, Vision Walks, Paramount Publications, Brunswick Seaside Holidays, Crystal Castle, Brunswick Picture House and Ocean Shores Tavern.
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