Old Work
The Road to Birdsville: Part 2
It took 5 months since I first saw the Annandale Homestead from the air for the desert to dry out enough for me to return and spend a couple of days camped beside Eyre Creek and shooting dawn and dusk pictures of the old homestead, the yards and thinking how in the hell did... »
Mutika # 16- The road to Birdsville!
This weeks Mutika is at sunset on the way down to Birdsville on the romantic sounding Diamantina Developmental Road. Some years you find yourself going back to the same place over and over , places that suddenly call you saying “ but wait…there’s more “. and more and more, Birdsville is one of those places for me when... »
Vale Rufino Alves Correia!
Rufino Alves Coreia was a “Criado”, a helper and guide, who as a young man fought with the Australian Army in the guerilla war against the Japanese during World War 2, I had the honour of photographing him in 2006 to accompany a story on these forgotten heroes whose sacrifice in the service of... »
Mutika # 14
I’ve had a break from Mutikas for the past couple of weeks but now present this weeks cruiser, a Troopie that is ACTUALLY a Troopie , taken during the 2006 troubles in East Timor when the ADF came back to Dili after 5 or so years of rebuilding and relative peace after the country... »
Happy Easter!
Miles and I were out yesterday and we had the discussion about crosses, christ and that hill outside Jerusalem, One day I hope to take every one over to Dili, East Timor one Easter to walk the stations of the cross up Tasitolu Hill to see how things are really done! »
Mustering Budgies!
A U turn from Mitchell in Queensland ,where I learnt that mustering budgies is harder than smuggling them as the first I knew of this small flock was when they flew across the front of my car, unfortunately leaving a few behind on the grille. But running around in the Mitchell Grass chasing... »
Mutika # 13
This weeks Mutika was shot while on assignment on the Birdsville Track , the road between Bedourie and Birdsville was flooded so we had to make a 200 km diversion around Lake Machattie which was the only desert lake in the district not to have had any rain. I was on the way to Birdsville... »
Mutika # 11
This photo was taken on Riversleigh Station when I was working on my first long term project waaay back in 1990 when all I wanted to do was jump out of trucks and choppers and take photos…something I’m still doing now, funny how some things don’t change that much when you know what you... »
Mutika # 10
I’m heading down the track for a week on assignment for the Age , I can’t say too much! »
One “Troopie” deserves another.
Thanks for the plug Stephen Alvarez and here’s one coming back at ya! »