We like ’em big in Australia

We seem to have a thing in Australia for building giant statues of everyday objects. There's the giant pineapple, the giant banana, the giant sheep. And then there's this fellow. The Cassowary is a large, flightless bird found in far northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea. It is extremely endangered and many birds lose their...

The curse of the palm tree

People love palm trees. I get it. They remind you of somewhere warm. They're picturesque and have a sense of romance about them. You can imagine yourself sitting underneath sipping on a Pina Colada. So this is a reminder to myself that they're actually quite beautiful. Why do I need to remind myself? Because I...

Surrounded by nature

One thing about living in a semi-rural area is you can become a bit blase to the beauty of nature around you. I'm more likely to get angry at the stuff that drops out of this beautiful Golden Penda on to my car than to take the time to appreciate the beauty of the flower...

A crater full of fun

When it heats up on the coast it's pretty unbearable. Temperatures hit the mid-30s and, until we get some rain to cool things off again, the aircon is your best friend. But being stuck in the house all day is pretty boring. There's a reason we live in a place of such natural beauty and...

Froggies and bananas

Sometimes the photo gods bless us. Often they just leave us fuming but every so often they throw us a bone. That was the case for this photo. I had been photographing a banana farm for a morning down in the small town of Tully, a couple of hours south of Cairns. At this stage...

Canoodling Galahs

This is one of my favourite images. When I first looked up at these two galahs, a small pink and grey parrot found here in Australia, the two birds were far apart from each other. But as I was watching them the left hand bird slowly started shuffling along the wire to his friend on...

I bet your curtains don’t look like this

Still here on the Atherton Tablelands, which doesn't get anywhere near as much publicity as its coastal competitors but has a wealth of beautiful places to explore. One of those is the Curtain Fig Tree, just outside the small town of Yungaburra. Formed when a Strangler Fig took over a giant fallen tree, thick tendrils...

Millaa Millaa

Surely this has to be on of the most photographed waterfalls in Australia. The beautiful Millaa Millaa Falls is a short drop from Cairns, up on the lush Atherton Tablelands. Whenever visitors come we usually end up trundling up here so they can tick it off the bucket list. But, as with most iconic locations,...

Tiny bursts of life

If there's one thing an editorial and stock photographer discovers pretty quickly it's that if you're assigned to photograph something you need to go deep. In this era of $1 stock photography and millions of images being added to Social Media accounts all over the world every second, well you just can't compete against that...

Lizard by name, paradise by nature

Another one of those gigs where you're pretty much packed and on the plane before you've hung up the phone.   Destinasian is a wonderful travel and lifestyle magazine run out of Indonesia. They called me up to see whether I'd like to spend a couple of days photographing a luxury, no kids, island resort...