video slideshows

BRIGHTON JETTY SCULPTURES
Exhibition held 22 January 2025 to 2 February 2025.
The Brighton Jetty Sculptures event is run by volunteers of the
Brighton Surf Life Saving Club. Funds raised help the Club
to keep the beach safe for visitors.
Photographed on 31 January 2025

ALONG THE LINE
The Tarlee railway station operated from 1898 to 1986 as part of the Roseworthy to Tarlee (then called Forresters) railway line.
Here is what remains along the line in this small town
in South Australia..
Photographed on 15 January 2025

FORDS FARM
An abandoned farm in the mid-north of South Australia.
Photographed on 24 August 2018.

EAST ROAD RUINS
An abandoned farm in the mid-north of South Australia
Photographed on 4 August 2020

A DAY TRIP FROM PORTLAND
A bit of sightseeing while on a trip to Portland, Victoria. Features Cape Nelson Lightstation, Enchanted Forest, Cape Bridgewater, Petrified Forest, Bishop's Rock and an abandoned cottage in Tyrendarra.
Photographed on 12 November 2024

THE ROAD TO BROKEN HILL
Along the Barrier Highway, South Australia to
"the Hill" in New South Wales
Photographed on 2 July 2019 and 2 October 2023

HIGHFIELD HOUSE
A visit to Highfield House near Stanley in Tasmania
It is a stunning example of early colonial architecture
from the Regency Period (1811-1820).
Photographed on 17 September 2015

BRICKENDON FARM VILLAGE
A visit to Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village
which is part of Tasmania's World Heritage Convict Sites.
Photographed on 18 September 2015

AT THE TRAWLER WHARF
A visit to the wharf in Portland Victoria on a dull and cloudy day.
Included are some photos of the wood chip loading facility.
Photographed on 14 November 2024

TOWER HILL
Tower Hill Wildlife Park is located in an extinct volcano between Port Fairy
and Warnambool, Victoria, Australia. There are a number of walks
including two which are featured here - the Wagon Bay Loop Walk
and Lava Tongue Boardwalk.
Photographed on 13 November 2024

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTSTATION
Telegraph station, lighthouse keeper's, lighthouse,
World War II bunker in Victoria.
The lighthouse was built in 1848, the telegraph station in 1859
and the World War II bunker in 1942 by the Americans.
Photographed on 24 September 2024

CASTLEMAINE ART MUSEUM
A visit to this smallish art gallery in Victoria. It features paintings,
ceramics, photography and aboirignal artefacts.
Photograned on 18 April 2024

BARWON PARK MANSION - THE HOUSE
1871-2021 historic home near Winchelsea in Victoria
and owned by the National Trust of Victoria.
This video is of the house itself.
The stables feature in a separate video.
Photographed on 25 September 2024

BARWON PARK MANSION - THE STABLES
1871-2021 historic home near Winchelsea in Victoria
and owned by the National Trust of Victoria.
This video is of the stables
The house features in a separate video.
Photographed on 25 September 2024

SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM
A visit to the museum which opened in 2020 in Victoria.
Photographed on 6 June 2024

ON THE PS PEVENSEY
A short trip along the River Murray on board the Pevensey (built 1911)
at Echuca in Victoria.
Photographed on 5 June 2024

ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT Part 1
A slideshow featuring works in visiting exhibitions In April 2024.
Photographed on 17 April 2024

ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT Part 2
A selection of works from the Gallery's permanent collection.
Photographed on 17 April 2024

NATIMUK VICTORIA
30 minutes in this small Victorian country town on the Wimmera Highway.
Some grand buildings from its heyday.
Photographed on 19 April 2024

TANTANOOLA STATION REVISITED
Abandoned railway station and goods shed in the
Grant District of South Australia.
Photographed on 21 March 2024

ART IN CONFLICT
A touring exhibition of contemporary art from the
collection of the Australian War Memorial.
Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre
Mount Gambier, South Australia
10 February to 1 April 2024
Photographed on 23 March 2024

PETTICOAT LANE, PENOLA
Petticoat Lane in Penola, South Australia is a section of a State
heritage area and contains an assortment of buildings reflecting
the growth of Penola, from its origins in 1850 to the First World War.
Photographed on 21 March 2024

GLENCOE WOOLSHED
Built in 1863, the Glencoe Woolshed is a 36 stand shearing shed, unique for never being converted to mechanised shearing and has hand adzed arched blackwood beams, a beautiful example of rural architecture.
Photographed on 20 March 2024

KANYAKA STATION
Heritage site in the Flinders Ranges, Suuth Australia. In its day it was
one of the largest pastoral runs in the country. The ruins consist of a huge
stone shearing shed, shearers quarters,various stone outbuildings and the Station's house ruins.|
Photographed on 15 August 2023 and 15 February 2017

CONVERGING CURRENTS AND TARNANTHI
Two exhibitions of aboriginal art held at the Art Gallery
of South Australia late 2020 to early 2021.
Photographed on 12 December 2020.

OLD WILPENA STATION
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia
An important pioneering pastoral run, Wilpena Station was established in 1851
and had a working life of 135 years, before slipping into retirement.
Photographed on 14 October 2020.

MARTINDALE HALL
Mintaro, South Austraalia
Historic mansion built 1879-1880, now owned by
the National Trust, South Australia
Photographed on 10 January 2024

THREE PETERBOROUGH RUINS
Three ruined farm cottages on the rural outskirts of Peterborough
in the mid-north of South Australia.
Given an infrared treatment with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
Photographed on 16 August 2023

HART, DYNON AND THE LIVING DESERT
Art by Pro Hart and John Dynon,
sculptures at the Living Desert,
Broken Hill and Silverston, New South Wales
Photographed on 8 and 10 October 2023

CITY ART GALLERY
Broken Hill, New South Wales
Featuring art by Rick Ball, Willyanna Arts Society, Annika Romeyn,
Dave Doyle, Sam Byrne and others unnamed.
Photographed on 10 October 2023.

THE HABEL HOUSE
A once substantial and beautiful house with a sad history.
Located in the Goyder District of South Australia.
Photographed on 6 January 2016 and 2 February 2022.

KINCHEGA WOOLSHED
near Meningee, New South Wales
Built in 1875 of corrugated iron and river red gum, the historic Kinchega Woolshed is a vast and very well preserved classic piece of Australian pastoral heritage. In 97 years of operation, six million sheep were sheared here, an amazing thing to imagine as you wander through this quietly majestic building.
Photographed on 9 October 2023

FARM BY THE CREEK
Down the hill, cross the dry creek bed and up another hill to the farm
near Quorn in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
Photographed on 17 August 20223

WHEN THE TRAINS HAVE GONE
Once thriving railway towns, there have been no trains for many years. Locations in South Australia - Eurelia, Quorn and Tantanoola
Photographed on 17 and 18 August 2023, and 4 February 2021

TWO COTTAGES, BLACK ROCK, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Black Rock is a hamlet in the mid-north of South Australia. It once had a railway running through it but, once the line closed, its population dwindled so that now there is hardly anyone living there. The first of the two cottages was occupied by fettlers and the second was the victim of fire.
Photographed on 14 August 2023.

COAL MINES HISTORIC SITE
Located at Saltwater River in Tasmania and 25 minutes from the more familiar Port Arthur Historic Site, the Coal Mines were where the worst of the worst convicts and prisoners were sent.
Photographed on 25 November 2018

ADELAIDE GAOL 1847-1988.
The Adelaide Gaol is one of the oldest remaining colonial public buildings in Adelaide and is the site of some of the State's more interesting, grisly past. Photographed on 29 July 2023.

TINTINARA WOOLSHED
Located about 190 Kms south-east of Adelaide, South Australia, the woolshed was constructed by William Harding and George Bunn in 1865 and had 16 shearing bays. Photographed on 23 February 2020..

THE SCHOOL MASTER'S HOUSE
An abandoned house where the teacher of a nearby school lived. That school has been renovated and is used now as accommodation for walkers in the Barossa District of South Australia. Photographed on 27 July 2023.

FIVE DAYS IN VICTORIA
A five day trip to photograph heritage buildings in Victoria, Australia including the amazing Murtoa Stick Shed and goldfields towns of Carisbrook, Chewton and Talbot among others. Photographed in July 2022.

COTTAGE AND WHEAT STORE OF JOHANN PFEIFFER
Johann was an early settler in South Australia. He founded the town of Sedan in the Mid Murray district. The buildings date from around 1875. Photographed on 19 July 2023

SEDAN FLOUR MILL
This steam-powered flour mill was built by Johann Pfeiffer around 1881 and began operation on 6 January 1882. It operated under several owners with various modifications until it closed in 1966.  Photographed on 19 July 2023.

PORT ARTHUR HISTORIC SITE, TASMANIA
A second visit to this wonderful and moving place. An horrific chapter in Australian history - so much atmosphere - so many memories. Photographed on 27 November 2018