Maewo is an island in the northeast of Vanuatu, and is known as the "island of water" for high rainfall and the abundance of freshwater streams that run straight off the mountains into the ocean. A few tiny villages are scattered on narrow stretches of flat land between the ocean and the steep, rainforest-covered volcanic mountains. When we visited, no one could remember when the last white people were here before us.
On a spur-of-the-moment trip from Alice Springs to Adelaide, a late night search for a campsite led us off the Stuart Highway into the desert. Pulling in in the starry blackness of a moonless night, we were completely unprepared for this breathtaking view in the morning light.
Late afternoon in the Central Highlands of western Queensland, I tuned into the local radio just north of Aramac to catch the weather report. The forecast was for "isolated showers in the Central Highlands", and I looked to my east to capture one of these isolated showers as a rainbow ran from the clouds to the earth.
Blackdown Tableland, traditional homeland of the Ghungalu people and now a protected oasis in the heart of coal mining country, is one of my favourite western Queensland discoveries. I shot this image just before dawn, giving thanks to the old people of this country.
Yapunyah trees (Eucalyptus ochrophloia) are unique to the floodplains of western Queensland's Channel Country. With their red bark and distinctive canopy shape, these trees are one of my favourite Australian species. This floodplain on the Bulloo River system captivated me, with the juxtaposition of long drought-dead trees and healthy, flowering trees against a grey sky.
In this remote northern region of the islands of Palawan, fishermen provide much of the food and income for their villages. Heading out at twilight, in locally built outrigger canoes, this poetic view is the beginning of a long night at sea.
Gorgeous and iconically Australian, I photographed these beautiful animals in the late afternoon sunlight at Carnarvon Gorge National Park in western Queensland.
Sunsets in the desert are almost always spectacular. This one was shot one winter's evening from the top of a rocky ridge in the East MacDonnell Ranges.
The Mann River in New South Wales' northern tablelands has been the setting for many a family canoe trip. We roped our canoes down Bridal Veil Falls one evening, to camp on the grassy bank just downstream, and I paddled back up to the falls at dawn the next day to capture their magic on this misty morning.
I was travelling on the Hume Highway one March, and late afternoon weariness drew me into a campground on the edge of Lake Hume for a wash and a sleep. Although this lake is actually a dammed section of the Murray River, the dead trees that stand out of it like skeletal sculptures are spectacular in the late afternoon light.
The Yorke Peninsula in South Australia took my breath away. Sheer cliffs dropping into the wild southern ocean; low heath vegetation shaped by the harsh, dry climate; and long white beaches empty of people, but for the occasional surfer or fisherman. A good friend had long told me tales of this place, his childhood home, and I found its beauty even more stunning with the accompaniment of my friend's lifetime of stories.
The southern ocean changes colour dramatically day to day, from sparkling blue and white to dark stormy grey as the weather rolls in from the south. Cape Spencer is at the southern most tip of the Yorke Peninsula, and is constantly exposed to the wild whims of the southern ocean.
No matter how many times I see them, Wedge-tailed Eagles always leave me in awe. To get this shot, I spent over an hour lying in the gravel on the side of the Stuart Highway, flinching as roadtrains thundered past through the desert. It was worth every minute.
Cape York holds a strong allure for me, particularly during the hot, humid months of the tropical buildup season when everyone else seems to head south. I shot this image at the end of a long week driving north through 40°C and clouds of dust. Eliot Falls and other such paradises are certainly worth the drive!
Tropical systems are so dynamic the changes are often clear if you take just a moment to sit and watch. When I took this shot, a storm had just passed over our camp on the bank of the Dulhunty River, heading east across Cape York. As I sat on the edge of the river, balancing my camera on a makeshift "tripod" of stones, I could see the water level rising from the sudden stormy downpour upstream.