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There’s something unmistakably Outback about this.A cattle road train crossing the horizon as the last light turns the L...
25/08/2026

There’s something unmistakably Outback about this.

A cattle road train crossing the horizon as the last light turns the Longreach sky to gold. Just an ordinary part of life out here, caught for a moment in extraordinary light.

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23/08/2026

Forty minutes of outback sunset wonder, condensed into a few seconds.

Same sky. Same sunset. Just a little less waiting.

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One of the things I love about travelling through the outback is never quite knowing where the photograph will be.Tonigh...
22/08/2026

One of the things I love about travelling through the outback is never quite knowing where the photograph will be.

Tonight, it was here. A small dam, just outside Winton, reflecting the last colour of the day.

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Winton Wanderers Caravan Park

A story of the outback told in silhouette.At Camooweal, this striking installation celebrates Australia’s droving histor...
22/08/2026

A story of the outback told in silhouette.

At Camooweal, this striking installation celebrates Australia’s droving history, when cattle, horses and stockmen travelled vast distances across the country.

Set against the wide western sky, it feels like a scene from another time still moving across the landscape.

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The water holds two worlds at once.On the surface, the pale walls of the gorge appear again in reflection. Beneath them,...
21/08/2026

The water holds two worlds at once.

On the surface, the pale walls of the gorge appear again in reflection. Beneath them, the water is clear enough to reveal every stone on the creek bed.

Above and below, reflection and reality, layered together in a single frame.

NORTHER ❤️Northern Territory 🥾National Parks West MacDonnell National Park

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Some mornings, the outback doesn’t ease into the day. It arrives in a blaze of colour, turning the horizon to fire befor...
20/08/2026

Some mornings, the outback doesn’t ease into the day. It arrives in a blaze of colour, turning the horizon to fire before the sun has even appeared.

Worth being awake for.

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There are places that make you look out across the landscape and others that make you look up.Standing between the tower...
17/08/2026

There are places that make you look out across the landscape and others that make you look up.

Standing between the towering red walls of Standley Chasm, with that impossible blue Central Australian sky overhead, the scale of this ancient country is hard to comprehend. West MacDonnell National Park

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Against all that ancient rock, somehow life finds a foothold.📷✍️ Stories of Place and Presence
16/08/2026

Against all that ancient rock, somehow life finds a foothold.

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16/08/2026

A tiny world hidden in the hollow of a tree at Ormiston Gorge.

🐝 Native bees, busy beneath the West MacDonnell sun.

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