Category Archives: Outback

Panoramas of the Outback

Hi Folks, Was uploading some panoramas I took in the outback to the diamantina-tour.com.au website yesterday and thought I would share them with you here as well. This image was taken at sunset at the Breaden Hills, which are around … Continue reading

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The Transit of Venus on the Canning Stock Route

The claypan, punctuated with white ghost gums glows a metallic grey in the pre-dawn starlight generated from a gazillion stars in the milky way.  The starlight is so much brighter here, unimpeded by the crystal clear dry desert air, and … Continue reading

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Under the watchfull eye of the Perentie

I am sitting on a camp stool beneath Mt. Woodruffe, the  highest mountain in South Australia, which at 4000’ towers above. This is day six of an expedition I am leading into Pitjantjatjara Lands in the far north west of … Continue reading

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A fishery in the desert – Strange and unusual!

It is my first trip for the year, and I’m leading an expedition up into Cooper Country to see the floods that have resulted from continuing rainfall events in Queensland. It is the first time in history the Cooper has … Continue reading

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Taking the path less travelled on the Canning Stock Route

I am back in Alice Springs after leading an expedition down the Canning Stock Route in Outback Western Australia. I shot this video traveling on an unused track through the Great Sandy Desert between wells 36 and wells 33. The … Continue reading

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The Ninya are abroad – Winter has come

Winter has arrived, and I am on my annual migration north. I am now over 2000 kms from Jamieson in the centre of Australia, driving along the Lasseter Highway, the bitumen conduit through the desert that ferries millions of tourists … Continue reading

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