north east regional extra | 18 - 24 april, 2018
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18 -24 april 2018
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◆ SNAP HAPPY: Brendan Holland helps lead Instameets for avid Instagram users during the Bright Autumn Festival, and loves capturing images of the Bright area himself. PHOTO: Freyja Postlethwaite.
by KYLIE WILSON EVEN if you’ve looked at something a thousand times, it can be illuminating and inspiring to introduce others to it and see how they see it. This is part of the appeal of the Instameets that have been part of the annual Bright Autumn Festival for the past few years. Among those who run and participate in the Instameets is Brendan Holland, who is not only the president of the Bright Autumn Festival, but also runs Bright Mystic Valley Holiday Units with wife Ros and runs the business’ Instagram account under the handle @brightmystic. He will be joined in running the meets by those running the @brightandsurrounds and @brightbeerjames Instagram accounts. Brendan said that his love for sharing images on social media has grown incrementally over the years, after being initially inspired by discussions in business workshops run by Alpine Shire. He has run the @brightmystic Instagram since July 2014, and said he loved the constant challenge of finding new and interesting images of the Bright area. “It gives you a good excuse to explore your area,” he said. Ŷ Continued page 3
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