Buddy Guy
There are blues men and there is Blues Royalty. This is without question one of the last original Kings of the Chicago Blues. Bluesfest 2017 was honored to have Buddy Guy playing on the Crossroads...
View ArticleComplete Madness
This is the Suggs from the band Madness playing the Mojo stage at 2017 Bluesfest. This was the final performance in their tour of Australia. I was thrilled to see them play as Complete Madness was the...
View ArticleNeil Finn
This is Neil Finn playing the Crossroads stage on the final day of Bluesfest 2017. Neil is prolific songwriter, guitarist and singer and along with his brother Tim Finn were awarded an OBE for services...
View ArticlePaul Janeway
This is St Paul and the Broken Bones on the Crossroads stage at Bluesfest 2017. Lead singer Paul Janeway is a force of nature. His passionate performance of authentic southern soul led a band with a...
View ArticleJake Shimabukuro
This is Jake Shimabukuro playing on the Jambalaya stage at Bluesfest 2017. Jake is a Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso who gained international notoriety by being the subject of one of the first ever viral...
View ArticleBoomerang Dancer
This is one of the dancers from the Boomerang Festival performing with OKA at the 2017 Bluesfest. This year the indigenous ‘festival within a festival’ booked the first 4 hours of the Juke Joint stage...
View ArticlePurple Flag
This is Patersonia Sericea, commonly known as the Purple Flag, Native Iris or Native Flag. It is endemic to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This flower was photographed in a garden in Western...
View ArticleButterbum Thornbill
This is a Yellow-rumped thornbill, Also known as a Butterbum to Australian bird watchers. They feed on insects and seeds. They can also mimic the calls of other birds. I guess this makes them...
View ArticleIndigenous Recognition
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Indigenous Recognition Referendum in Australia. It seems self-evident that you would grant native people citizenship of their own country. However, in 1967 the...
View ArticleMabo Day
Today is the 25th anniversary of Mabo Day. It marks a historic decision in the High Court of Australia. This David and Goliath story resulted in overturning the legal framework used by the British...
View ArticleEconomic Record
Today Australia took the record from the Netherlands for the longest time (26 years) without a recession. The mining industry helped the economy dodge a bullet when the GFC arrived so there was no need...
View ArticleBig Tree
I think this is a Fig Tree or maybe a Springbrook Leatherwood as it was photographed in the temperate rainforest crossing Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. If you have a better idea please...
View ArticleDragonfly Rider
This is a composite of two photographs blended in Photoshop. The rider is a barrel racer from 2013 and the dragonfly was last year at Judd’s Lagoon in Queensland, Australia.
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Jason Bournee
On Thursday I picked up my first Australian Passport. I did not have to give up my UK passport so now I can pretend to be Jason Bourne with his choice of passports. To make this image I started by...
View ArticleIsland Life
This beach is the shortest route to the bar when you arrive by ferry on Keppel Island in Queensland, Australia. This place reminded me of Jamaica and Cuba. People who live in remote islands seem to...
View Article500th Photoblog
This is the 500th post since switching to reflection and wordpress in 2009. Thanks to Alex for hosting the site and everyone for leaving comments, sharing posts and likes. All the feedback has been...
View ArticleMelody Angel
This is Melody Angel rocking the Juke Joint at the 2017 Byron Bay Bluesfest. I have never seen anyone channel Jimi Hendrix and Lenny Kravitz with so much style. This was no tribute act, this force of...
View ArticleMango Biscuit
One morning in 2015 I woke to the sound of my neighbours’ mango tree being cut down. I asked the team cutting up the tree where the wood would go? When they said landfill, I asked for some. This is...
View ArticleForgotten Oceans
This is a composite of seven images blended in Photoshop. The ocean photography is from parts of the Caribbean in the Global Reef Record. Most of the work I do at Panedia is aimed at helping The Ocean...
View ArticleColonial Guns
These are the colonial guns of Bundaberg. They date back to the 1880′s when Queensland was responsible for its own defence in the days before Australian Federation. After serving on gunboats they were...
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