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Australia { 140 images } Created 4 Mar 2011

Images from a four-month road trip across the top end and west side of Australia in a 22year old 4WD vehicle.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Stokes Hill wharf, Darwin at sunset. One of the locations used for the 2008 Australia movie by Baz Luhrmann.
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  • Submerged leaves of a tropical plant fluttering in the current of a small stream - Tiwi Islands, nr Darwin, NT, Australia.
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  • Driftwood-like remains of a fallen gum tree. Note the termite "glue" between some of the branches.
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  • Small Termite Mound with fallen deciduous leaves surrounding it, Tiwi Islands, nr Darwin, NT, Australia.
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  • Angry frilled lizard in the Tiwi Islands, an independant Aboriginal community just offshore from Darwin, NT, Australia.
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  • Controlled burning off of long grass to prevent devastating hot fires in the Tiwi Islands, nr Darwin, NT, Australia
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  • Aboriginal and Christian cultures meld together in the Old Catholic Church in the Tiwi Isles, nr Darwin
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  • Aboriginal and Christian cultures meld together in the Old Catholic Church in the Tiwi Isles, nr Darwin
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  • Old Catholic Church, Tiwi Islands, nr Darwin, Australia
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  • The tiny 10-seater charter plane that flies back and forth from Darwin to the Tiwi Islands taxi-ing on the runway just before take-off.
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  • Sunset over Fannie Bay, from the terrace bar of the Darwin Water-Ski Club, NT, Australia
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  • Almost the reverse of the setting the scene shot - the scene at the end of the day. This silhouette into the light captures the warm glow from the bar terrace chosen for a post-dive drink.
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  • Yachts on the horizon - sunset over Fannie Bay, from the terrace bar of the Darwin Water-Ski Club, NT, Australia
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  • Yachts on the horizon - sunset over Fannie Bay, from the terrace bar of the Darwin Water-Ski Club, NT, Australia
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  • Yachts on the horizon - sunset over Fannie Bay, from the terrace bar of the Darwin Water-Ski Club, NT, Australia
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  • Huntsman spider in the centre of its web, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, NT, Australia. This spider is a common sight, making many webs throughout the leaves and branches of the wetland trees of Fogg Dam.
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  • Boardwalk along the wetlands, Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, nr Darwin, NT, Australia
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  • Trunk of a Melaleuca - the paperbark wetland tree, in Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, nr Darwin, NT, Australia
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  • Tourists on the boardwalk through the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve wetlands, NT, Australia
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  • Whistling Kite (Milvus sphenurus), Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, NT, Australia
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  • Silhouetted riverbank at sunrise on the  Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia.
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  • Saltwater crocodile silhouetted in golden dawn-light over the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu, NT, Australia
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  • Geese on an early morning flight over Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, Australia
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  • Early morning cruise boat on the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • "Camo Croc", a stealthy reptile predator tries to use the local river weed to disguise its presence, but there's no mistaking that yellow eye! Shot on the Yellow Water Cruise, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Saltwater Crocodile  (Crocodylus porosus) wearing camouflage pond weed on it's head, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Early morning cruise boat on the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Rainbow Bee-eater, a member of the Kingfisher family, perched on waterside debris at Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Sea Eagle, perched up high, surveying the view in search of dinner.  Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, Australia
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  • Jabiru - a native member of the Stork family in the wetland meadows beside the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Australian Darter perched on a branch above the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Australian Darter poised for take-off on a branch above the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • A salt-water crocodile lurks near the surface of the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia.
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  • Lone tree stump in the wetland meadows beside the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia.
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  • The wake of a cruise boat making waves on the edge of wetlands of the Yellow Water, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Yellow Water Cruise, Cooinda, Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
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  • Tangled vine root in the cavern entrance of one of the Undara Lava Tubes, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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  • Walkway through one of the Undara Lava Tubes, Atherton Tablelands, nr Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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  • Painting with light - a photographic technique used to light large dark spaces such as a cavern in one of the Undara Lava Tubes, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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  • How the road changes - from good A road to outback singletrack in an instant
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  • Typical outback scene, red earth, termite mound, gum-eucalyptus tree, red wriggley tin shed, blue sky
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  • It could be Engllish countryside - suddenly the landscape changes from tropical savannah to unduating grassy meadows. N. Queensland, Australia
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  • Country lane, nr Ravenshoe, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
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  • The Curtain Fig - a well-known individual strangler fig tree in the Atherton Tablelands, Northern Queensland, Australia.
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  • Millaa Millaa Falls on the Atherton Tablelands Waterfalls Circuit. Apparently these are one of the most photographed falls in Australia.
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  • Typical rolling upland grassy fields of the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland, Australia.
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  • Banner on the Cairns Esplanade, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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  • Dense foliage under a blue sky in the Daintree rainforest canopy - largely made up of fan palms in this location, Cape Tribulation, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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  • Licuala ramsayi - Australian Fan Palm. Typical lush green foliage of the understorey view in the Cape Tribulation rainforest, near Daintree, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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  • Typical rainforest clearing in the canopy in Daintree National Park, near Port Douglas, Queensland
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  • Sailing yachts just off the shore of Port Douglas, Queensland
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  • Typical tourist scene with palm trees and blue skies on the coast of Port Douglas
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  • Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas - viewed from a high point on a nearby hill
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  • Dry riverbed on the Savannah Way, Queensland
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  • Ancient fossil rocks made of shells line the beach at Karumba on the Gulf of Carpenteria, in north-west Queensland, Australia.
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  • Ancient fossil rocks made of shells line the beach at Karumba on the Gulf of Carpenteria, in north-west Queensland, Australia.
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  • Termite Mounds, Savannah Way
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  • Tiger-striped beehive domed rocks of the Bungle Bungles, nr Picaninny Creek.
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  • The Cockburn Range (as featured in the Australia movie) from near El Questro, Gibb River Road/Kununurra
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  • Boab tree near the Gibb River Road - a typically bizarrely-shaped tree which is unique to the Kimberley and featured prominently in the Australia movie.
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  • Camel trekking on Cable Beach at sunset, Broome, W Australia
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  • The typical outback view (straight dirt road stretching for km ahead) from a 4WD vehicle, Pilbara region, Western Australia
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  • Sandstone boulder - a not untypical sight along outback roads in the Pilbara region of W Australia
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  • A long straight section of railway track, servicing the iron ore mines, stretches across miles of outback desert near Tom Price, Pilbara Region, W Australia
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  • Reflections in Fern Pool, Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Reflections in Fern Pool, Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Tree stump reflected in Fern Pool, Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Circular Pool, Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Aerial view of Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Knox Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Close-up of rocks and flowing water, Knox Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Steep sandstone walls tower over the entrance to the Class 6 Canyon in Knox Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • The entrance to the Class 6 Canyon in Knox Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Kermit's Pool, Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Regan's Pool, Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Water tumbling down the rocks from Kermit's Pool towards Regans Pool, Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • Adventurers exiting from the Spider Walk, Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, W Australia
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  • The Pinnacles, amazing sandstone formations near Perth
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  • The Pinnacles, amazing sandstone formations near Perth
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  • The Pinnacles, amazing sandstone formations near Perth
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  • Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) feeding chicks in nest. Photo shot in Lamington NP, QLD, Australia
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  • Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) chick stretching its wings in preparation for fledging. Photo shot in Lamington NP, QLD, Australia
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  • 'The impossible wildlife shot'. Glen Threlfo attempts to film an Eastern Whipbird in Lamington National Park (QLD, Australia) but the bird seems more interested in looking at his camera than posing for it!
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  • Glass House Mountains from Bribie Island, nr Brisbane, Australia
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  • The Salt Store, Rottnest Island
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  • Bushfire near the Western Australian border on the way to Kununurra (Savannah Way)
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  • Not all Australian roads are state owned - some of the better outback ones are privately constructed but useable by the public.
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  • Crossing the Leichhardt River - a creek large enough to still have significant water in the dry season on the Savannah Way, between Karumba and Burketown.
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  • The Leichhardt River - a creek large enough to still have significant water in the dry season on the Savannah Way, between Karumba and Burketown.
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  • The Southern Lost City - a series of natural sandstone spires, near Roper Bar on the Savannah Way, Northern Territories, Australia.
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  • Crossing the Pentecost River in dry season, with the Cockburn Range in the background, Gibb RIver Road, Kimberleys, NW Australia
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  • Midday light makes the inner walls glow at Echidna Chasm, Purnululu National Park, WA
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