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Broken Hill

This is one of the many frame heads which are scattered around Broken Hill in New South Wales.  The wealth of minerals under this isolated city made Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP Billiton) the world’s...

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Desert Sculptures

This is one of the sandstone sculptures in the Living Desert Reserve north of Broken Hill. There is so much to see here we have decided to stay an extra day before heading to Cobar to get some mining...

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Little Topar

These trucks were parked at the Little Topar Roadhouse which we stayed at on our way into and out of Broken Hill in New South Wales. We were told you could “get a good feed there” and the bacon, eggs...

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Baby Roo

Generally kangaroos are not as photogenic as their wallaby cousins, but this little grey joey was an exception. I would like to get a shot of a big adult red kangaroo as it is Australia’s largest...

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Mount Panorama

This is the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst. This race track is also a public road, and Karen found herself driving on it by accident the first time we drove to New South Wales from Victoria. This...

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South Steyne

This is the South Steyne Floating Restaurant in Darling Harbour, New South Wales. We went to the Sydney Tower today, where the view of this ship and the city are fantastic. I used Tilt-Shift to create...

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Scottish Longhorn

This is a Scottish Longhorn Highland Cow, although it looks like a creature from Star Wars. As it came towards me I had to tell remind myself this is only a herbivore despite looking more dangerous...

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Misty Morning

I saw these two swans on the river cam in front of Baits Bite Lock in the UK. You don’t often get fog in Australia (maybe in a Melbourne winter) so I was keen to go for a walk to capture the effect of...

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Radio Telescopes

This is the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. The telescopes move along rail track which used to take trains between Cambridge and Bedford. Tomorrow we hit the road to Grantham, to continue our tour...

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New Valley

This shot was taken with my old Olympus E-330. It is Qesm Al Wahat Al Khargah in the New Valley Governorate Egypt. At least that is the address Google gave after I spent half the morning searching for...

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