Category: Environment

Recent good rain in Bega has not only alleviated the drought, it has caused minor erosion on some bare dirt in the Bega Civic Centre gardens, exposing a bit of steel, just waiting for someone to trip on. Here’s the story of this archaeological discovery.

Archaeological discovery, an old horse shoe discarded by the Bega blacksmith, […]

Painting the camping boxes ready for desert travel
A pleasent, sunny, winter afternoon here in Bega. The camping boxes are finished apart fron a coat of paint.

Painting the ATV camping boxes Roxby red.
Mind you, it’s hardly the best colour in the event that someone has to come looking for a lost outback photographer. At Roxby Downs […]

Well, G’day.
As you may know, planning is well underway for a wilderness landscape photography trip to the west of Lake Torrens, in September.
Here’s the link for a map of the area, sent to me by the president of the John McDouall Stuart foundation, who has been most helpful as I plan for this next trip […]

Fancy a Hawaiian vacation at an out-of-the-way oasis? Well, check out these Hilo vacation rentals.

Here’s a website that is a directory of villa accommodation, attractive to experienced and/or well informed travelers, looking to relax and enjoy the more simple and customizable atmosphere of a villa style vacation home.
The reasons that individual travelers have for wanting […]

ATV camp trailer set up for a trial.
Preparations are coming along well for a wilderness travel, camping and photography trip in September.
The ATV engine has been rebuilt. The ATV camping trailer has also been rebuilt to overcome the weaknesses of the previous model.

Strong, highly flexible coupling to allow for very uneven country and trailer […]

The fabrication of parts for rebuilding the ATV camp trailer.
As the time for another outback South Australian photography trip draws near, the urgency of rebuilding the small trailer that carries the camping gear intensifies.
On the previous trip, some of the country proved beyond the endurance of the construction, a crack developing in the draw bar […]

ATV, quad bike, parked in the weird landscape of Lake Eucumbene
G’day there.
Well, it wasn’t much of a day on Good Friday, for photographing or riding, with the sky heavily overcast and showers visible around the landscape, threatening to fall close handy.
However, with the bike motor having just been rebuilt, the urge to give it a […]

The Green Grasshopper - Murray Nichol, photographer
Murray Nichol is a young photographer making his mark, not only on the local scene in the Bega Valley, but also, to some degree, on the national stage.
With The Green Grasshopper, pictured, Murray Nichol has won the National Youth Week Snap It Talent Competition. His prize was the digital […]

Clay pan between parallel sand dunes in the arid region.
The photo shows just how dry and inhospitable the outback, wilderness, arid region of South Australia can be. This is six inch rainfall country.
My son, with his little family, lives in a mining town, Roxby Downs, an oasis in the desert. They are a family of […]

The effect of the drought, seen at the Hume Weir.
The effect of climate change on Australia’s water resources.
At around 30 metres (100 feet) below the high water mark, long dead and submerged trees in the bed of the Hume Weir present a stark image of the effects of the combination of the regular cycle of […]