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k'gari (fraser Island)

Travel Notes: Visiting K’gari (Fraser Island)

Nestled along the stunning coast of Nothern Queensland, Australia is K’gari (also known as Fraser Island). It stands as a testament to nature’s unrivaled beauty. Renowned for being the world’s largest sand island, K’gari offers a unique and enchanting experience for travelers seeking a pristine escape. From its towering dunes

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The Midnight Oil House near Burra

Travel notes: Burra, near World’s End

Outback country in South Australia is a bit of a drive, but totally worth it if you are anywhere near the area. Nine and 1/2 hours (878 km) from Melbourne, or 3 hours from Adelaide (175 km). Only 18 km from World’s End. We had spent several days driving along

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Travel Notes: South Australian silo art trail

A little while back I wrote two articles on the Victorian Silo Art trail (Part One & Part Two), which I had been visiting on our travels. I’ve just recently come back from a trip to South Australia, chasing the silo art trail there too. While this is not an

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Capturing koalas in the wild

Going on a bear hunt?

Going on a bear hunt? How’s that for a bit of clickbait? But seriously, I was not really on a hunt and not really looking for bears. I was recently on the lookout for Koalas at Raymond Island. Oh and Koalas are NOT bears, they are actually marsupials. When looking

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Old Tailem Town

Preserving the past — Old Tailem Town

Don’t you love taking a step back in time in a vintage Pioneer Village? I recently had the pleasure to visit the largest pioneer village in the Southern Hemisphere, Old Tailem Town. Located in Tailem Bend in South Australia. This preserving our past is so valuable. It allows us to

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Reliving Australian horror stories through a lens

It’s not every day you’re offered the opportunity to photograph the inside of a now disused asylum for the mentally and the criminally insane. True Australian horror stories. But what should you do when the opportunity presents itself? You get creative. I took some costumes, a friend who often models

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The Sunday Shutter: January 12, 2020

In this week’s edition of The Sunday Shutter, we highlight a new book featuring photographs of late musician Prince, as well as look at endangered species in a video from CBS Sunday Morning. Then, we showcase work from photographers Pieter Hugo as well as Brad Fleet, who captured a disturbing

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The Sunday Shutter: January 5, 2020

In this week’s edition of The Sunday Shutter, we highlight photographs from Australia’s wildfires and show you how to build a digital camera with a DIY image sensor. Then we showcase a photographer who photographs rarely viewed animals, and finally, we look back at notable photographers who lost their lives

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Victorian silo art, part one

Australia’s farmers and rural areas have been doing it tough. Climate change is a real thing whether people wish to believe it or not. Many parts of southeast Australia (like in many other parts of the world) have been in an extensive and devastating drought, followed by ravaging bush fires

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