Flinders Island flight

Australia, Flinders Island, Landscape, mountains, ocean, Plant, Tas, trees

When The Doc visited Flinders Island in late 2023 for a photography course, the group went on a plane ride. The plane took off from Lady Barron airs strip and flew over Cape Barren Island, Green Dog Island and a few other islands all part of the Furneaux group. The images were taken through Plexiglass, so the images are soft and they had heavy colour casts. The Doc got rid of most of the colour casts with some recent techiques, and has salvaged a few images. Not inspiring images but better than nothing.

Devil’s Marbles revisited

4X4, Australia, desert, Landscape, landscape, NT, plains, rock, Textures, The Red Centre

The Doc reprocessed some images from his Northern Territory trip, since he cannot travel due to treatment. This time the Devils Marbles south of Tennant Creek. A few image this time. Click on any image to see the slideshow, enjoy.

Arnhem Land Revisited – medium format style

4X4, Arnhem Land, Australia, camera, Kakadu, Kakadu, Landscape, landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT, river/creeks, trees

The Doc took two cameras on the helicopter, including a Pentax 645Z Medium format camera. The Pentax gives massive files which The Doc can crop how he wishes. The files have eye watering details, not always appreciated when you can only post small images on a blog.

The Pentax renders very accurate colours, more so than the Canon 1DX which was the other camera used. These images are a very accurate representation on what you see from the helicopter.

To be precise, these images are from the West Arnhem Region.

Arnhem Land Revisited

Arnhem Land, Australia, camera, Kakadu, Kakadu, Landscape, landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT, river/creeks

Some images reprocessed from The Doc’s 4 day helicopter trip around Arnhem Land and Kakadu in 2017. It was a great trip. Click on an image to see the slideshow. Enjoy.

Piccaninny Plains revisited

Australia, AWC, Cape York, forest, lakes, Landscape, landscape, Piccaninny Plains, plains, Qld, river/creeks, Uncategorised

AWC Supporter events are about to start at Piccaninny Plains on Cape York. The Doc visited back in 2014, and did a flyover in 2015 on Day 4 of the Cape York helicopter trip. It is a fantastic place and very different to others parts of Australia he has visited.

The Doc needed a break from the ongoing rehab and reprocessed some of his old images, using his new post processing techniques. They turned out great.

Most of the images were taken on the helicopter. Enjoy. Click on the first image to see a full size slideshow.

Vista RV Crossover van picked up

4X4, Australia,

The van has been picked up and placed in storage. Trip here (The Doc started the data logger at Benalla).

Van on the way home.

No trips for the moment as lots of medical appointments over the next few months.

The round trip was 2,675kms and The Doc was tired for a couple of days after the trip. He thinks it was the amount of kilometers over those days – more than he usually does when traveling in that period. Another thing The Doc needs to factor in after the accident. The list just seems to grow and grow.

Madagascan boababs

Australia, flowers, macro, Northern Territory, Plant, trees

On the recent visit to the Northern Territory, The Doc visited the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. The Botanic Gardens have a large selection of boababs trees from Madagascar. Here is selection of 4 species.