Central Australia
Just Back from the Center…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks of planes, trains and automobiles..crossing the country by plane then returning by train, then driving down to the center and back in a week has left me ready to not sit in a car seat for at least a week. I’ll post some pics from the trip in... »
How to roll a smoke with only 6 fingers
The wet season – time on my hands , time to have a look through the past and see how things measure up , going through old negs I found this series from 1990…Yep 20 years ago. Before the road into the Simpson desert splits sending you to either Bedourie or Birdsville, you... »
1 week to go.
One week to go till the opening of my new exhibition “SHRINE”, in the gallery/foyer of the Northern Territory Supreme Court during the Darwin festival so if your up before the beak any time in late August please stop by and have a look. Below are are a group of photographs from the show of... »
Mutika # 15 – Meet me at Honeymoon Bore!
The thing about the Territory is distance, a majority of the work I do is in and around Aboriginal communities , and that means a lot of driving. The last big trip was down to Ampilatwatja where the locals walked out of their community in protest against raw sewerage flowing through their yards, substandard... »
Mutika # 12
Revisiting Owen Springs after a hard morning of chasing scrubbers around the sandhills. »
Louies dogs
The dog pictured is one of nearly 100 that Mutitjulu resident Louie James keeps in his compound after taking it upon himself to be guardian and saviour of the towns stray dogs, using his pension to buy in dog food by the pallet load. »
Mutika # 6
This weeks Mutika is very much background material as Ravi Omberg , then co-ordinator of Tapatjatjaka Arts in Titjikala, goes golden retriever on Henbury Station after renowned artists Johnny Young and David Wallace spotted the bush turkey at what would have been at least 100 meters and brought him down with a head... »
Mutika # 5
Heading back to Owen Springs and a day spent chasing feral cattle out on the flat left this muitka a little worse for wear , in fact the smashed windscreen was the least of our problems…we were walking! »
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... »