More Images from the Red Centre

Writing posts forwards and backwards in time, I realized that Vilis captured far more exquisite photos on our trip to the Alice Springs area than I can possibly include in the post dates corresponding...

Ross River, Low Tide

Within Townsville, the Ross River curves and twists like a serpent seeking the ocean. Its edges are bordered with the lush green of the river parkway, and its waters neatly divided into fresh and brac...

Devils Marbles – Karlu Karlu

In 1872, during the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line in the central Northern Territory, John Lewis wrote of the presence of rounded granite boulders of astonishing size and arrrangement, wh...

Spinifex

In February, I listened to an ABC radio documentary about the Simpson Desert, in which Dr. Chris Dickman of Sydney University discussed the pivotal role spinifex – a spiky, slow-growing, clump-formi...