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On The Beaton Track

Australia is pure Adventureland. On the Beaton Track is where I share my travels across this great south land, capturing its spirit and sharing my photography techniques—technical and creative—that bring each story to life.

The Bunya Mountains are the ancestral land of the Wakka Wakka, Jarowair and Barunggam peoples, Queensland, Australia

Bunya, tree of reconciliation

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe bunya tree is amazing in so many respects and not just because it is a cultural, sacred and emotional

Rainbow Bee-eaters In Trouble – Agnes Water/1770

Reading Time: 4 minutes“It’s a mess”, said Wayne, the administrator of the Facebook group for the Agnes Water community. I ran into him

Orchid, Lemon Kiss, Spathoglottis sp,

Wild, wilder and really native

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe For Sale sign was advertising “Native Ground Orchids”. What — there are native ground orchids in a nursery? I

Hello Fellow Nature and Wildlife Photographers!

Reading Time: 2 minutesHere is an opportunity for your photos to do some powerful good. Let me tell you the story behind this

A personal journey: relocating from NSW to that other country, Queensland

Reading Time: 8 minutesMy Facebook posts were disjointed and inadequate in telling the story about my move from Bateau Bay to Queensland. It

How to carry out a geographic magazine assignment – Part 3 – Approaching people

Reading Time: 4 minutesEven when I’m in that high vibrational state, where I feel at one with the environment and where the

What's happening in January

It’s a hot and steamy month in south east Queensland but nature doesn’t slow down. This gallery showcases some of my favourite shots – drag across to see more!

Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Rainforest, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Queensland

Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Rainforest, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Queensland

Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) mating pair. Female is larger on right. Male has blue.

Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) mating pair. Female is larger on right. Male has blue.

Money cups fungus

Rufous fantail pair, building, adjusting, sitting on new nest, built with spider silk, with entangled horsehair fungus

New lagoon & sandbar formed by ocean storm now connects Bribie Island to mainland at Caloundra, QLD

New lagoon & sandbar formed by ocean storm now connects Bribie Island to mainland at Caloundra, QLD

Double Drummer Cicada (Thopha saccata) at 120dB the loudest in the world.

Double Drummer Cicada (Thopha saccata) at 120dB the loudest in the world.

White fungus mushroom with colourful background,

Buttress roots of strangler figs in rainforest of Blackall Range, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Buttress roots of strangler figs in rainforest of Blackall Range, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

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