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New Year

Happy New Year 2017. This is The Lake Broadwater Conservation Park Campsite. I was photographing the stars when the camp next to us put something combustible on their fire. After 2 weeks on the road...

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Caper White

This is a caper white butterfly. They are currently undergoing a mass migration in Queensland, Australia which only happens every 6-10 years. This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock...

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Nalle Colt

This is Swedish guitarist Nalle Colt playing with Vintage Trouble on the Crossroads stage on the final day of Bluesfest 2016. I have just received media accreditation for Bluesfest 2017 which means we...

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Flinders Street

This building is Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

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White Rhino

This is a Southern White Rhinoceros at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The wild population is about 20,000. However the Northern White Rhinoceros has effectively become...

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Abandoned Observatory

This is the Middle Island Underwater Observatory off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It was refurbished and re-opened in 2007 so visitors could descend six metres below sea level to view coral and...

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Grey Butcherbird

This grey butcherbird visited our garden in Southport, Queensland, Australia. They prey on insects, lizards and birds. They have an extraordinary vocal range and this one was especially talkative. It...

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Powered Paragliding

  There seems to be no end of ways you can get around the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. This form of ultralight aviation is called powered paragliding or paramotoring. The aircraft can be used...

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Cane Toad

This amphibian was photographed at Judd’s Lagoon in Queensland. It has been identified as a juvenile cane toad on Frogs.org.au. I suspect it marks the front line in their colonization of Australia. The...

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Yamada Point

In 2017 I have been working on the coral reefs around Okinawa in Japan. These waters contain the oldest and largest reefs in the Northern Hemisphere. This area has experienced some of the most...

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Brushbox Falls

This is Brushbox Falls hidden away in a remote corner of the Border Ranges National Park. The Gondwana Rainforests between Queensland and New South Wales are World Heritage Listed. Although it is only...

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Magic Bus

This is the Magic Bus. I have seen it a few times but this is the first time I photographed it. Karen was driving my van at the time and I shot it through the windscreen with the camera shutter set to...

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Flaming Torch

This flower is from an epiphytic bromeliad. We have a small colony of them growing on the Frangipani trees in our garden in Queensland, Australia. This image is for Molly Path who is fond of my floral...

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Cedar Getters

This engraving was carved into the rock by ‘cedar-getters‘ in 1886. Australian red cedar trees were so valuable that they kick-started a timber industry, in what is now the Border Ranges National Park...

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Forest Rain

This photograph was taken at Judd’s Lagoon just outside Yuleba in Queensland, Australia. There is something magical about the light in a forest when the sun shines through the rain. This image has been...

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Tipi Village

I arrived at Bluesfest 2017 today. After setting up the van I went looking for something to photograph before the music starts tomorrow. These are the rainbow tipis which have provided alternative...

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California Honeydrops

It is often the bands you have never seen before on the smaller stages at festivals which impress the most. These are The California Honeydrops playing the Juke Joint of the 2017 Bluesfest. They have...

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The Lumineers

These are the Lumineers playing the Crossroads stage at Bluesfest 2017. Their music has a folky edge with stomping rhythms and acoustic riffs. Although they are not strictly blues, We were told by...

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Buddy Guy

There are blues men and there is Blues Royalty. This is without question one of the last original Kings of the Chicago Blues. Bluesfest 2017 was honored to have Buddy Guy playing on the Crossroads...

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Complete Madness

This is the Suggs from the band Madness playing the Mojo stage at 2017 Bluesfest. This was the final performance in their tour of Australia. I was thrilled to see them play as Complete Madness was the...

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