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Exhibition Building

This is a view of The Royal Exhibition Building from Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the first building in Australia to be awarded UNESCO world heritage status as it is one of the last...

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Fractal Owl

This bird is a Tawny Frog Mouth Owl. The animal was in a nature park near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. To process the image I ran fractalius several times and built up the image with layers and...

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Perth Chogm

This image of Perth in Western Australia shows the preparations for the 2011 CHOGM(Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) and a giant public barbecue hosted by the Queen. This could be a contender...

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Rundle Lantern

This is the Rundle Lantern in the centre of Adelaide in South Australia. It has 748 panels which are  illuminated with solar powered LED’s which can produce millions of colours. You can even create...

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Melbourne Streets

This night shot was taken of Melbourne in Victoria. To process this shot maximum desaturation was used on the greens, blues and purples. To help the taxis stand out the saturation of the oranges and...

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Engine Maybe

This is a piece of Randon Iron we found deep in the Goldfields of Western Australia. I think its some kind of engine. What do you think? To develop this image the blue and green were desaturated in...

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Journey Begins

We hit the road today. We have a few stops in the UK before we fly to Australia on Thursday.  We should be landing in Sydney on Friday evening. After arriving I will be able to post some new shots but...

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Arrival Sydney

We have arrived in Sydney, Australia. The flights and connections all went smoothly apart from a fairly heavy landing in Kuala Lumpur and Karen temporarily losing her bank card at Sydney train station....

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Central Station

This is Central Station in Sydney. It is the largest train station in Australia. It started life as one wooden platform in a corrugated iron shed and is now one of the most impressive structures in...

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Randwick Racecourse

This is the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Since arriving in Australia this site has been responsible for most of my freelancing work via ANCR. It is a prestigious development and I have been...

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Vivid Sydney

Last night we explored the Vivid Sydney Festival which runs from 6pm to midnight from 24th May to 10th June. There are dozens of different light displays and a free ferry which can take you to the...

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Opera Bar

This is the Opera Bar which has great views of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. I am sure it is a lovely place to spend an evening as long as you can justify spending $9(£6) on a small bottle of...

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Luna Park

This is Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The park was constructed at the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1935. The park closed in 1979 after a ghost train fire. After public pressure the park...

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Brushy Cutting

This is the view from Brushy Cutting Lookout shortly before we arrived at our current camp-site. After leaving Sydney we camped outside Gosford then Bungwahl rest area. We had planned to travel via...

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Ellenborough Falls

This is the foot of Ellenborough Falls which is a horsetail waterfall on the headwaters of the Ellenborough River in the mid north Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. We camped in the...

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Bush Turkey

This is an Australian Brushturkey also known as a Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey. We have encountered them at four campsites in the last week. It is the first wild Australian bird I would not mind seeing...

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Lorikeet Kiss

It is always nice to see two birds kissing first thing in the morning. These Lorikeets have been seen flocking around the Woolshed Backpackers where we are staying. I have been photographing the rooms...

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Banyan Tree

This is a Banyan which is a form of strangler fig. This particular type is the national tree of India although this specimen was in Queensland, Australia. It starts by growing on a host tree. If the...

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Aussie Woolshed

We will be leaving the Aussie Woolshed tomorrow. It has been a great place to relax and recharge the batteries. The garden which surrounds the buildings is so full of trees it attracts lots of birds....

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Mystery Monster

Do you know what creature this is? I took the picture in the Bundaburg botanical gardens in Queensland, Australia. This was as far North as we got before we turned around to go to an interview on the...

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