Dust Storm
I drove through this dust storm shortly after crossing the border from South Australia into Victoria earlier today. I have never experienced anything like it before. I did not expect it to include...
View ArticleCherry Sacrifice
This is Paul, a Horticulturalist from the Cherry Dale Orchard in New South Wales. He is stood in front of his oldest cherry trees which he has been forced to let die so his only water source, a...
View ArticleSnooze Smoke
The is the smoke from the New South Wales fires in Coopernook Forest. Although this forest was not on fire the smoke has been hard to avoid as it currently covers almost all of the North-East corner of...
View ArticleNew Year
Happy New Year 2020. Like much of Sydney, I have been asking myself whether to do the fireworks this year considering the city is surrounded by bushfires. My solution is this picture, created from the...
View ArticleState Forest
This is the Hampton Pine Plantation near Oberon. There has been a good dose of rain in the last week which has helped suppress many of the fires in Australia. Most of the national parks in the Great...
View ArticleSlow Travel
The start of 2020 has been very relaxing. For the first time since I can remember, I have no deadlines. Last year I set myself so many targets I often had to drive past photographic opportunities like...
View ArticleNew World
The world is changing. We are living in the wake of the planet’s response to an infection. The impact has grown as it spread around the world, destroying life. We are now in limbo, A great pause. We...
View ArticleGlobal Citizen
I am a dual citizen who was not born in either country. I was born in Holland with a foreign father so I could not be Dutch at birth. This perspective made me consider citizenship as arbitrary. This...
View ArticleHistory War
History has been written by the victors. This is changing with widespread access to information and the ability to become a publisher online. One benefit of the Black Lives Matter movement has been to...
View ArticleLockdown Project
This is Macquarie Woods near Bathurst. Although it is surrounded by monoculture pine forests the campsite itself has a variety of trees and is one of the best state forests to camp in. Due to border...
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