Trial Harbour
This is Trial Harbour on Tasmania’s wild South West coast. It is as close as it gets to the end of the world, next stop Antarctica. Last time I was camped this close to the ocean was at Stanage in...
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This is Wineglass Bay on Tasmania’s South East coast. This view is from the top of Mount Amos. It provided the best perspective and most challenging bushwalk. You even have to sign a safety sheet in...
View ArticleHobart Skyline
This night shot is Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. This photograph adds to the set of Australian Skylines I have been collecting since starting this blog almost 10 years ago. I always position the...
View ArticleKookaburra Cash
This family of Kookaburras on a wattle branch was taken at Crows Nest National park in Queensland. It is hard to predict which stock photos do well. Even when they start to sell you do not know if you...
View ArticleMark Four
This is the fourth generation power board I have built for the van. It has been an exercise in iterative design. Fortunately, the blue gum chopping boards, which each stage has used, are easy to...
View ArticleOpen Road
I am finally back on the road again after a prolonged wait in the Blue Mountains for my bike to clear customs following its journey from the UK. While the welcome has been warm the weather was not....
View ArticleLeyland Truck
This is a bodger legend and an inspiration. There was no information board but given the location in the centre of the Australian outpost of Marree this looks like the remains of the Leyland truck from...
View ArticleSheep Clone
This sheep was photographed in Rutland. The idea for the image was inspired by a suggestion my mum made. The aim with Photoshop is usually that the viewer is unaware the image has been altered. As this...
View ArticleNingaloo Coast
This is where the pristine sands of Nature Bay meet Ningaloo Reef in a remote corner of Western Australia. It is just outside the tropics so the water is as warm and welcoming as it looks, without the...
View ArticleOpen Day
This is the Western Sydney University team and their car at the open day of the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge which is a 3000km solar-powered car race from Darwin in the Northern Territory to...
View ArticleDouble Dutch
This is the most successful team in the history of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Reigning champions in the Challenger class, The Vattenfall Solar Team from Delft University get ready to enter...
View ArticleTrack Testing
This is BluePoint from Belgium at the Hidden Valley test track for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The Agoria Solar Team, designed and produced their own solar panel for the event and hired...
View ArticleLine Up
These are the competitors for the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. I spent the day watching teams complete their hot lap to secure their place on the start line tomorrow. Debutante team Top...
View ArticleRace Begins
Today saw the start of the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. After a discussion with the Benz World Blog readership, and given my van is older than most of the contestants, I decided to get a...
View ArticleChampion Cruisers
This is Stella Era from Solar Team Eindhoven who are the reigning champions in the Cruiser Class of solar cars in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Unlike the Challenger Class, which is all about...
View ArticleSolar Swedes
In what is becoming a common sight on the Stuart Highway in Australia, teams in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge tilt their solar panels towards the sun to get the last few drops of energy into...
View ArticleCruiser Charging
This amazing looking car is named Priscilla and was put together by the Australian Technology Network, which is a collaboration between five universities in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia,...
View ArticleHover Car
This beautiful machine which appears to hover is called Violet, A solar powered cruiser from the Sunswift team, based at the University of New South Wales. The Cruiser class of vehicles have much more...
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Solar Ute
This Solar Ute is the most unique vehicle at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. I arrived in Adelaide just after the last team crossed the finish line. Fortunately, the lovely people from Tafe SA...
View ArticleFinal Parade
This is the Cambridge University Eco Racing teams car, Helia, leaving the centre of Adelaide a few moments ago for the final parade of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. It has been an epic race of...
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