Trees of the Outback - photograph series - Photo 1
Thanks all for your complements on my fire photos. I’ve been thinking recently of sharing some of my nature-based photography with you all here. I’ve decided I’ll start with a fascination of mine - dead trees. Now, you may say “that sounds hideously boring!” And… you may be right. But not to me 
Last year, I was lucky enough to get paid to travel around regional and rural areas of Queensland. On my journey, I was struck once again by the strange beauty that much of the outback has. Now, I’m not a stranger to that beauty - I lived in Charters Towers for three years (for those of you who don’t know where that is - think proper red-dirt, dry-soil, hot, hot outback in the north of Australia). Some of my fondest memories of the place are of walking up a hill near my house of an evening, and watching the sun set over the flat expanses of red soil and scrub.
The trees I saw throughout my journey last year drew my eye. They are structurally fascinating, and hold a stark beauty. So, for your enjoyment (hopefully), I’ll share one of these photos with you all - one per week.
Here’s Photo 1 - This was taken in Millmerran.
July 01 2008 07:57 pm | photography
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I love looking at those stark and twisted trees; imagine the stories they could tell us!
Great photo
July 6th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Thank you, Jayne. And yes, it’s that eerie feeling of time past that I feel when I look at these trees…