Not such a bad way to start your day. After a peaceful overnight stop in the truck, this is the view I had for breakfast. The sun rising over the Ravensthorpe Range lighting up the wheat which is just starting to turn yellow.
This well known rock formation sits just off the Great Northern Highway, about 50km north of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra and Ngarla people.
Located on the western shore of lake Brown, Eaglestone Rock is a well known local landmark.
Aurora australis, captured 1 December 2023
Aurora Australis, captured 11 May 2024
Late Spring rains in the Wheatbelt have a distinct smell. With it comes the threat of thunderstorms that can damage crops with heavy rain, hail and fires started by lightning. There is nothing you can do but watch and hope for the best.
“The heavens do not merely break; they exhale. Here, the landscape is caught in a silvered breath, where the earth reaches up to meet the descending shroud of the storm. It is a quiet erasure—a moment where the solid world surrenders its edges to the soft, rhythmic persistence of the rain. There is a profound stillness in this turbulence, a reminder that even the most fleeting of storms leaves a permanent mark upon the soul of the land.” -Anonymous
This image is dedicated to all those people who live and work in the rural areas of our state, and in particular, the many volunteers who risk their lives fighting fires. Every day people helping each other in a time of need. This is what our great country is built on. As one of the local fire fighting units was returning from putting out a fire started by lightning, they flashed their lights as they went past. As luck would have it, I had my shutter open.
Somewhere off the south west coast of Western Australia, 27 June 2016.
Read the full story from this day here.
2 Feb 2015 – After a week of amazing electrical storms, I went out to a local spot near my home to catch what was potentially the last of the storms. I got quite a few average shots, but this one was literally the last image of the night. And my favorite. It was so close and so loud that it actually made me duck for cover. Needless to say the drive home was done on adrenaline.
