This wide brown land

[Grumpy John]

Here are some photo's from our many trips to outback Australia.


Taken at the sand dunes near Eromanga in outback Queensland.


A very dramatic shot of The Breakaways, near Coober Pedy S.A.


Pamamaroo Lake, western N.S.W.


Silverton, N.S.W.


A dry river bed near Siverton, N.S.W.


The Birdsville pub at night. I really need to edit out all the noise.


Cuppa rest area on the Birdsville Development Road. Outback Qld.


Cuppa Rest Area.


Morney Rest area, "just" past Windorah on the Diamantina Development Road. Outback Qld.


Aileron, just north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Hwy, N.T.

[seaslug]

Lovely set of images John.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Greg, feel free to post any pics of the "Outback" that you feel would fit in with the theme.

[seaslug]

Never been outback John, have plenty of underwater shots though. My trips have been islands, reefs and Denmark 5 times.

[Isac]

Love them all John. I like the processing on them too. I used to have plenty of photos from our North West but when my Dad got cancer he sort of went off the rails and destroyed everything he could get his hands on. Sad to say all photos were burned. I had photos from Darwin, Wittenoom, Port Hedland Kalgoorlie, Paynes Find, Meekatharra etc. but now only memories. I do have recent ones of Paraburdoo I can post later, when I find them.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks for the kind words Isac. Such a shame to lose photo's from your past and a very sad way to lose them.

[Isac]

These are from my tour of Rio Tinto mine at Paraburdoo.
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#5

[Grumpy John]

It's looking pretty green there Isac, what time of year was it?

[Isac]

Cheers John. It was late November. Plenty of summer rain up there to keep things damp.

[Grumpy John]

Uluru in early May 2016, covered in a layer of cloud for a not so typical sunrise shot.

[seaslug]

Love this one.. definitely different!

[HansE]

Great memories. Particularly like the Uluru picture.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Hans. There were 4 busloads of tourists there that morning expecting the typical sunrise that you see in all the travel brochures. I tried explaining to some of them that were seeing something not many people get to witness, and that they should appreciate it for what it is. I don't thin it helped much, I can understand what it's like when you travel thousands of kilometres and things aren't quite what you expected.

[Isac]

Not your everyday shot of Ayres Rock John. One to keep. Love the pov, it gives it a good sense of scale. I do have a couple of the rock but from a great height whilst in a QantasLink Boing 717!

[Grumpy John]

It had been raining so much and there was plenty of vegetation so there were virtually no dead 'roos on any of the roadsides in the area.
The day before.


Sunset 3 days later.

[Alan]

Wonderful series of photos gents. Makes me want to get back out there. Cold and windy and very dry at Moruya

[LJG]

Looks like a great time was had by all John, some lovely shots.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Lloyd, I'll put up a few more later this evening.

[Grumpy John]

A random selection along the Oodnadatta Track,


#1, Planehenge



#2, Relaxing in the spa at Coward Springs.



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#5.

[Isac]

Love all of them John. Vibrant colours and all well framed.

[Grumpy John]

And some more.

#1. The pub at Barrow Creek.



#2. One of the outbuildings at Barrow Creek.



#3. The Pebbles, Tennant Creek, The lesser known version of the Devils Marbles.



#4. The twilight zone.


#5. Australian Stockman Hall of Fame, Longreach. With the Qantas museum in the background.

[Isac]

All great Aussie shots GJ. Very colourful character in #1. Subtle selective colouring in the last. The second looks like an old police lockup from days gone by.

[seaslug]

They would all sit well in a book.. remember them?

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Greg, I’m looking in to doing a couple of coffee tabel books.