The Territory
Pigs will fly no more!
I can remember my first ever model airplane because it was the General Dynamics F-111 in USAF livery and around the time the RAAF was buying a fleet of them and soon changed it’s USAF name from the F 111 Aardvark to rename them affectionately as ” The Pig”. My model turned out to be... »
Shooting Prime Ministers
I have been a bit slack in my posting of late , covering a bit of country and taking a few pictures, from the banks of Magella Creek in Kakadu, To Brunette Downs on the Barkly Tableland, and south to The Alice. I was kicking back in Larrimah Pop 12, totally missing the night of the... »
ANZAC DAY – On The Track.
When I’m in a town on assignment and I haven’t got anything scheduled for first thing in the morning I usually walk the streets looking for that Drysdale-esque moment that symbolises country town Australia for me – hard light, long shadows and dash of loneliness. Usually the pubs And the cenotaphs The track – This has... »
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... »
A Darwin Media Confrence
The cage of Death at Crocosaurus Cove has been operating for a while now and when ever some celebrity type visits town it usually means a photo op at the cage of death, so far I have resisted making any pictures here just for the fact that it is probably only good for one... »
Mutika # 12
Revisiting Owen Springs after a hard morning of chasing scrubbers around the sandhills. »
Featured on ABC TV
I just had a spot on the new ABC arts show, “Arts Nation”, see it here , 2 days of filming with me gamboling around the bush shooting my project 42/45, usually the only time I make it onto the box is in the background on a news job, very weird to have that... »
Mutika # 10
I’m heading down the track for a week on assignment for the Age , I can’t say too much! »
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 # 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! »