Amy Hocking Photography

25/10/2026

Dandelion on a windy afternoon

25/10/2026

Incy Wincy Spider 🕷️ Daddy Long Leg up close

25/10/2026

A little spider crawling around on a Ribwort Plantain that I saw on our walk today. It was about 5mm big, kept moving around so getting a decent focus on it was tricky and I was using my iPhone. Pretty cool to watch though 😊

23/10/2026

This morning I got up early with a photo in mind. I got my drone out and had fun with it. It was a lot darker than these photos portray as I upped the iso and lowered the shutter speed to accommodate the amount of light there was 😊 I’m so happy with how they turned out 🥰

15/10/2026

St Kilda Sunrise

15/10/2026

14/10/2026

National Carers Week is meant to make carers visible — but the truth is that most people will never come close to understanding what caring actually feels like. And that’s not because they don’t care. It’s because the reality of caring for someone 24/7 is so far outside ordinary life that language barely captures it.

Caring reshapes your identity, your time, your relationships, your sense of self, and even your emotional landscape. When you are both a mother and a carer, those emotional layers collide in ways that are hard to articulate. You love your child fiercely, yet you carry exhaustion that never fully lifts. You feel pride in their progress, yet grief for the barriers they face. You feel honoured to support them, yet overwhelmed by the weight of responsibility. You feel invisible, yet exposed. You feel strong, yet stretched thin. It is a constant state of contradiction — and even you, living inside it, can struggle to make sense of it.

This is why the theme “Care for a Carer” matters. Visibility matters. Because carers are often the last to be asked how they are, the last to rest, the last to receive support, and the first to absorb the consequences of every system failure.

Carers Week is a reminder that caring is not just a role — it is a life lived in service, in vigilance, in love, and in sacrifice. And it deserves recognition, understanding, and meaningful support, not just in words but in policy, funding, and community awareness.