The NT Media Awards were on over the weekend and yours truly took out the photographer of the year with these efforts, with some nice words by the judges ” Judges said that there was a high standard throughout the category but Glenn showed an empathy and understanding of his subjects and outstanding technical skill that sets him apart” , for a complete run down go see Bob Gosfords’ piece here

From the Walkley award nominated series \

Ealenor Mamarika steps off stage after a Christmas pagent on Bickerton Island!

A wet season dunking on Elcho Island!

The tell tale signs are all around, 32 degree’s and 55 percent humidity, a steady and unrelenting thirst, people are gettying cranky, the build up is here but whats really troubling me are trails of ant’s invading the house looking for higher ground in my office…La Nina are you going to smack us one this year?

We went for a bit of a drive in Queensland the planet of my birth, after not photographed there for over a decade…Thinking of going back for a longer trip….after all where else can you set up an anti-aircraft gun in your front yard?

There is just nothing that looks bad under the last day’s light of the North !

I’ve been travelling and annoying the wildlife of the Northern Territory lately with trips to Bare Sand Island for Sea Turtle nesting,

Green sea turtle nesting on Bare Sand Island.

and the Daly River for a bit of Barramundi,

and it got me to thinking about wildlife photography and the pains that the top guy’s go through to get those magnificent shots…something I didn’t have to do for the set of photo’s below, all taken within 20 m of our back door in Fannie Bay.