Isopogon dubius at Leseur National Park, Western Australia.
Leseur is magical. Being a botanically minded soul fed on a diet of eastern Australian flora, there is something fantastical and otherworldly about the diversity and sheer boldness of colour and form in Western Australian wildflowers.
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Rocks and palm trees deep in the shade of Piccaninny Gorge in Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park.
I’ve been thinking about panoramas lately. The more I think about it, the more I think a 6x17 ratio is much more natural to me than squarer formats. I think I’ve always found the ‘standard’ 3x2 ratio awkward for composing, and it rarely feels natural when trying to put together a composition.
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Jean and Bill Egan (left) and me talking about orchids on our Black Mountain orchid walk.
Earlier this month Jean Egan and myself ran three guided orchid tours on Black Mountain, showcasing some of the diversity of native orchids found right on our doorstep in the centre of Canberra. Perhaps not many people are aware of our native orchid diversity, but by way of comparison, there are more species of orchid on Black Mountain alone (59 species) than there are in the whole of Britain (52 species).
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How good is the view? The four of us at Tidbinbilla Mountain.
I’d been meaning to hike up to Tidbinbilla Mountain ever since my housemate Zak and I hiked up from Bendora Dam Rd three years ago and stumbled across a beautiful view, looking up the valley all the way up to Tidbinbilla Mountain and The Pimple. Its an image which remains vivid in my memory, and one which now hangs in the UC Hospital (at a length of over 2 meters!)
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I used to study and work in the Banks building at the ANU. In the middle of the building, enclosed and hidden away from the rest of the world, there was a wonderful courtyard - an oasis.
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