Mallee Blog

This photo of an agricultural landscape between the towns of St Arnaud and Rupanyup in the eastern part of Victorian Wimmera was made in May 2018 prior to the winter rains. I was on my way to Adelaide after spending … Read More

A simple study of Mallee tree in the South Australian mallee. These trees were on the Sturt Highway between Truro and Blanchetown prior to the Bookfield Conservation Park. I’d seen it when I was on my way to explore the … Read More

This photo below is of a gravestone in an old cemetery near Mintaro and Manoora that I came across as I made my way from the Clare Valley across the Tothill Range to the Murray Mallee via Robertstown to Morgan. … Read More

One of the strengths of the photograph is that it brings back the past in a routine and repeatable way that is easily accessible to almost anyone. It mediates the way the world has gone by, which is then interpreted … Read More

I’ve spent some time tracing the old Sedan railway line in South Australia for the Absent History section of the Mallee Routes project. The railway lines in the mallee country were once a significant part of the infrastructure in the … Read More

On a recent trip in 2022 through the north-western Victorian Mallee I retraced a section of this earlier tip in 2021. I stayed a couple of nights at Lake Lascelles in Hopetoun for a photo session the next day. I … Read More

Whilst on a road trip in the Murray Mallee to explore the remains of the old Eudunda/Morgan railway for the absent history section of Mallee Routes I free camped overnight at Eudunda in South Australia. The reason for swagging overnight … Read More

I made a brief return to Copeville in South Australia’s Murray Mallee in the winter of 2021. It was a quick trip to photograph what I ‘d seen on previous trips, but had failed to photograph the subjects in black … Read More

I made a quick detour through the Wimmera Mallee whilst returning to Encounter Bay after walking in Wilsons Promontory for 7 days with the bushwalking group of Retire Active SA. We had traveled up to Mansfield and the Victorian high … Read More