From halfway up Rawnsley’s Bluff in the mid Flinders Ranges and looking back to the southwest is a vista that is beautiful, stark and dramatic. A short 5 hour drive north of Adelaide is all it takes to get to this part of our diverse country and this time of the year is the best […]
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An Elder Morning
As the sun rose behind me a great shadow raced down from the distant ridge-top of the Elder Range. It was breathtaking the speed it moved but that was nothing to compared to the way it raced away from the base towards me across the eucalyptus and native pine scrub below. As the shadow got […]
Read MoreOut in the Wild
It’s nice being able to share an experience of being somewhere wild and out of the way. That is why good landscape images are so compelling. It’s also fun to share the actual experience of being there with friends. This image is proof that Gavin actually did make it to the top in time to […]
Read MoreSpotlight On the Pound
The beautiful Wilpena Pound is an ancient geological formation which looks like a giant crater and is something of a temperate oasis in the semi-arid Flinder Ranges. Off in the distance what appears to be a gentle saddle separating left and right sides is the incredible Edeowie Gorge. The small triangular peak a little to […]
Read MoreThe Golden Orb Weaver
When I was thirteen years old I remember being on a walk in the Flinders Ranges and walking into a great big net spread between two trees. I also remember that it did not break and I had to extricated myself from it by walking out backwards. It was the web of a Golden Orb […]
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