Mining is tough. Mining in arid outback Australia even tougher. Imagine your self back in the late 1800s, armed with a pick, a shovel and a wheel barrow and working a 12 hour hard labour day. If you’re still determined to endure such hardship then throw in breathing silicate dust all day and having your […]
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When I first lay eyes this extraordinary creation by Australian artist Grant Donaldson I just starred and starred and stared. I was lost for a time in glorious swirls of light and colour and imagined ghostly entities playing trixy with my my senses. Is the genie long gone or perhaps still lingering; delighting in its […]
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Spend a little time at Outer Harbour watching the container ships being unloaded and you realise our huge reliance on trade and shipping. For the most part this great machine goes unnoticed. The ships often seen as silhouette curiosities as they move up and down our gulf far from shore don’t really convey their importance. […]
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Of all our gorgeous Southern Australian marine critters there are few as beautiful as our Southern Blue Devil. Timid, elegant, graceful and a dazzlingly iridescent blue, their grumpy expression seems at odds with their vibrant colour. They are a fish that always make me smile when encountered on a dive. Normally a shy and reclusive […]
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