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Ska Orchestra

The Melbourne Ska Orchestra put on an awesome performance last night at the 2015 Byron Bay Blues Festival. We never miss a chance to see them on stage. Their energy is infectious, not only will they...

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Film Student

I have often wondered how someone ends up behind a TV camera. At the 2015 Byron Bay Bluesfest, we saw film students from the local creative media institute filming bands on the main stages at the...

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George Clinton

This is George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the start of a 4 hour set as the final band on the Mojo stage at the Byron Bay Bluesfest. George is known as one of the foremost innovators of funk...

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Gallipoli Centenary

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the first World War. April 25th is now known as ANZAC Day. In 2014 we attended a local service...

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Confucius Statue

This statue of the Chinese philosopher Confucius was gifted to Southport, Australia in 2014. It overlooks the Chinatown precinct of the Gold Coast. The area is an exercise in urban regeneration not...

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Mothers Day

This yellow sun flower was photographed at the Bundaberg Botanic Garden in Queensland. Today is Mothers Day in Australia. It originates from the american holiday pioneered by Anna Jarvis in 1908....

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Gold Coast

This is the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is one of a set of Australian Skylines which I have used long exposures to photograph cities at night over water.

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Sprint Boat

This is what happens when you strap a V8 to a dinghy. Today was round 2 & 3 of the Australian Superboat Champsionships. I was there with some friends from work (Panedia) because one of them had...

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Notorious Evening

Last weekend we welcomed the return of the ‘Notorious’ and her crew to Queensland. This hand built ship is both labour of love and home to Captain Graeme Wylie and his wife Felicite. They had been...

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The Spit

This is The Spit on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is a sand bar off the coast of Southport and our largest local beach. We biked down there yesterday to look for one of the sets for the new Pirates...

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Pirate Set

This is one of the sets of the new Pirates of the Caribbean film “Dead Men Tell No Tales” which is currently being filmed on the Gold Coast in Queensland. They have fenced off a long sand beach on the...

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4th July

Happy 4th July to any Americans out there. I have never photographed America so I found these fireworks which were taken at the 2014 New Year display in Sydney. To its credit, Australia managed to...

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Cuban Thaw

I photographed these people in Cuba in 2004 when Fidel Castro was still running the country. I was pleased to hear that the USA plan to reopen their embassy in Havana this month, after 54 years. Maybe...

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Nikki Hill

This is Nikki Hill playing the final day of the 2015 Byron Bay Bluesfest. Along with guitarist husband Matt Hill they put on a high energy performance of raw Rock and Soul. This image has been accepted...

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Pied Currawong

This is a Pied Currawong in the Springbrook national park on the Queensland New South Wales border. The bird is native to Australia and has been found as far south as Victoria. It is an omnivore which...

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Venusian Dunes

These are the Eucla Dunes in the deserts of Western Australia, 7 miles from the South Australian border. Eucla is believed to originate from the Aboriginal word “Yinculyer” referring to the planet...

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Pimped Classic

Karen photographed this classic car in Cuba. If anybody knows the model please leave a comment. I used fractalius and photoshop to pimp it up.

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Springbrook Leatherwood

These are the roots of an endangered species of tree known as a Springbrook Leatherwood. It is found in a single river catchment in the temperate rainforest crossing Queensland and New South Wales in...

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Peppermint Tree

This is the Peppermint Tree in Kings Park Botanic Garden in Perth, Western Australia.

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Chevrolet Engine

I discovered this Chevrolet Engine on display in a random car park in New South Wales.  On a drive from Sydney to Southport in 2014, at some point while stopping for food, I stumbled upon the...

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