Bluetongued Lizard
This is a Blue-tongued Lizard. It ambled through our garden yesterday and took up temporary residence in the shed. Australia has an abundance of reptiles and Queensland is particularly full of wildlife.
View ArticleSingle Balloon
This photograph was taken before sunrise in Luxor, Egypt using my old Olympus E-330. To process this image I used Photoshop masks to independently adjust the exposure of the sky and balloon. Today I...
View ArticleCasino Monorail
On Friday night I visited the Jupiter casino next to the Nerang river on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. This monorail connects the casino, hotel and shopping centre. Another light rail...
View ArticleMitchell Creek
This weekend we went to the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Festival in Queensland, Australia. We had been invited by the YouTube channel Music Live 4U to help film Lani and Lecia. This image is of Hat...
View ArticleNoriko Tadano
This is Noriko Tadano who was performing with George Kamikawa at the Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Festival in Queensland, Australia. One of the great things about small festivals is the music you...
View ArticleAustralian Cranes
These are Australian Cranes or Brolgas. They are the official bird emblem of Queensland. There are two separate populations in Australia. The Northern Australian Crane is found in Western Australia,...
View ArticleMonarch Butterfly
This is a Monarch Butterfly also known as a Wanderer Butterfly in Australia. This insect was in the ancient rainforests of Queensland. Unlike its American cousin which undertakes an epic...
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Surfer Silhouette
This beautiful sunset appeared through a misty cloud at Goolwa Beach in South Australia. I had positioned myself so this surfer would walk in front of me to produce a silhouette and make the shot....
View ArticleVictorian Parliament
This building is Melbourne Parliament House in Victoria, Australia. From 1901 to 1927 it was used by the National Government before it moved to Canberra. In that time the Victorian Parliament met at...
View ArticleBlack Swans
Black Swans are the state and bird emblem of Western Australia. Their white eyes turn red during breeding season. This image puts the herbivores and carnivores neck and neck on this blog at 22 each.
View ArticleVenus Bay
This is Venus Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia. It is a small pretty seaside holiday town with an impressive curved jetty which was popular with fishing. Heading south is a wonderful...
View ArticleBrisbane G20
It is heating up in Brisbane this weekend. Politicians and protesters have been gathering for the G20 and a heat wave arrives. Hotels in the surrounding area have been fully booked with people escaping...
View ArticleSoutherly Point
This beach was somewhere near mainland Australia’s most southerly point in Victoria 200km from Melbourne. Karen is planning a trip around Queensland over Christmas 2014. I am hoping my camera and lens...
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Dodge Bluesmobile
This car was backstage at the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Festival. It belonged to a colourful character we later met called Greg the Wookie. He is a singer in a Blues Brother cover band “The Soul...
View ArticlePirate Ship
This ship is the Notorious. It is a replica of a fifteenth century Portuguese caravel made from reclaimed Monterey Cypress. Caravels were favored by pirates for their speed, agility and large holds....
View ArticleControl Panel
I replaced the control panel in our van. The original solar controller was used to recharge the ML4U film crew at Mitchell Creek Rock n’ Blues Festival but needed some improvements. I added an ammeter,...
View ArticleSummer Storms
It is getting hot in Australia. In Queensland the summer storms have been rolling in most afternoons for the last fortnight. Brisbane was hit by a couple of super-cells last week, and this week it was...
View ArticleFlatback Turtle
This animal is a flatback sea turtle which we were lucky enough to encounter laying eggs on a beach in Mon Repos as we travel north in Queensland. Later we visited the Museum of pioneer aviator Bert...
View ArticleKeppel Islands
This is Great Keppel Island off the coast of Queensland in Australia. It is one of the Southern Reef islands which provide access to the Great Barrier Reef. If you have never visited Australia you...
View ArticleNew Year
Happy New Year 2015. This is the sixth New Year Post on this blog. We normally find ourselves at fireworks displays or remote gigs in Australia. This year we were on the road and saw an event offering...
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