Archive for December, 2009

Best Dressed at the Adelaide River Races!

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Best Dressed at the Adelaide River Races!

2008’s male winner of the Adelaide River Show Society (ARSS) fashions on the field is wearing a worsted woolen suit with tropicalised trousers and matching pith helmet. The outfit is topped off by dual a green can ensemble and an accessorised bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label. »

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Just down the Sailing Club for a few!

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Just down the Sailing Club for a few!

Wishing a happy new year to the the good folk enjoying this view from the Sailing Club on Fannie Bay yesterday…..not bad for a few blocks from home! »

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Mutika # 4

Monday, December 28th, 2009
Mutika # 4

I was out in Gunbalunya (Oenpelli) in June 09 and found this Mutika, decaying gracefully, abandoned outside Anthony Murphys place on the Gunbalunya Billabong Now Murph’s a picture person and the long serving administrator, motivator, and energy source of the the world renowned Injalak Arts Centre, so when GDF contacted him about this particular... »

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The Barkly Highway.

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
The Barkly Highway.

I was on the way to the Brunette Downs races on the Barkly tableland in 2007 and had a few hours up my sleeve so I sloooow right down to have a good look around at the landscape along the Barkly Highway between the Three Ways Roadhouse and the Barkly Homestead, and found a... »

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Happy Birthday ” BURN ” Magazine.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Happy Birthday ” BURN ” Magazine.

Burn Magazine turns 1 year old today and congratulations are due to David and Anton for keeping it fun/distracting/infuriating/humbling/inspiring/thrilling to be involved with. Here’s to the road ahead, somethings BURNing up there! »

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Mutika # 3

Monday, December 21st, 2009
Mutika # 3

With Central Australian Legend Leo Abbott at the wheel of this hairy, cut down tray back we were chasing scrubbers on Owen Springs Station to clear out the feral cattle when the property became a nature reserve,a bloody bumpy ride with questionable suspension! The only thing that was cushioning us from the jolts, bumps... »

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One “Troopie” deserves another.

Saturday, December 19th, 2009
One “Troopie” deserves another.

Thanks for the plug Stephen Alvarez and here’s one coming back at ya! »

Posted in Family, Mutika Monday, Old Work, Queensland, highways | No Comments »

Strong Men…Strong Country!

Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Strong Men…Strong Country!

I’ve been covering the progress of a group of Aboriginal men from across the Territory and Western Australia who have been part of a pilot scheme called the Defence Indigenous Development Program,which focuses on technical skills, English literacy and numeracy, personal development, nutrition, financial management, and military skills. Under the umbrella of NORFORCE these guys... »

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Poor Fella Emu

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Poor Fella Emu

Another U-turn, where this poor fella got tangled up in a fence down on the Barkly Highway, just shy of Camooweal on the Qld/NT border »

Posted in Queensland, U Turns, highways | 1 Comment »

The Homelands on “BURN”

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The Homelands on “BURN”

I was recently published on David Alan Harvey’s Burn magazine with this on going body of work that is pretty close to my heart »

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