In my post about Lesueur National Park, I mentioned its extraordinary floral diversity and the fact that it contains 10% of Western Australia’s described plants. As impressive as that is, Fitzgerald River National Park on the state’s southern coast makes Lesueur look like a cottage garden. Not only does Fitzgerald River’s 330,000 hectares eclipse Lesueur’s…
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Even before I set foot in Stirling Range National Park I knew I was in for a treat. Long before I thought about making the trek to Western Australia, I had read about the place and had heard people recount their trips to the park and there was never anything but glowing praise, so it…
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Some of the best things happen by chance. When I was planning my 2018 Western Australia trip, one of my intentions was to stay in Cervantes, which is on the Coral Coast approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth, so I could be close to Nambung National Park and its famous Pinnacles Desert, but I was…
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It has taken me a long time to write this post, partly because I have been distracted by other things, but also because I could never quite find the right words to describe some of the things I saw during my time in Western Australia. Better late than never, so here goes, although I still…
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2016 was a year when I decided to tick another place off my bucket list. I initially had grand plans of heading over to Western Australia, but by the time I started some serious planning, I realised I only had two weeks of leave available, so I had to reconsider my options and find somewhere that wasn’t…
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If you ever decide to take a drive along the Cunningham Highway in southeast Queensland, whether it be travelling from Warwick to Brisbane or vice versa, there is an obstacle that must be negotiated along the way. Approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Warwick, forest-clad mountains rise sharply above the surrounding farmland and there is only…
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When I dropped in at Girraween National Park in October, 2014, I knew immediately that my two days there weren’t going to be enough, so when I headed north again in late October the following year, I booked five nights at the Murray Gardens Motel in Stanthorpe to give myself three full days to delve deeper…
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One of things I love the most about nature photography is the surprises. There always seems to be something new and often unexpected and at times it feels almost like a treasure hunt, except I usually have no idea where the treasure is and what it might be. In October and November, 2014, I went…
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I had known about Girraween National Park for a few years before I finally visited the place in October, 2014. A couple of friends of mine, Vanessa and Chris Ryan, run a website dedicated to this amazing piece of Australia and I had often looked at some of their photos and marvelled at the unique…
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I find few things more satisfying than getting in the car and going for a long drive, so when the opportunity presents itself I like to make the most of it. What started as a conversation about spending a day or two filming an episode of Hike Or Die with my mate, Tom, turned…
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