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Marble Bar Ironclad Hotel
Memories of Marble Bar's Ironclad Hotel. The people and their stories.
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Family Gathering on the Yule river.
A great day out lunching on the Yule river after a cyclone has brought seasonal rains to the area.
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My Red Dog
Me and My Red Dog on Roy Hill Station trying to get him onto the back tray of our Landcruiser.
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Self Taught Artist
No 67. in my series of short stories Is it wrong or is it right. I am a believer that art school is not right for all people. It's...
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Indian Pacific
No 65. in my series of short stories The Indian Pacific train embarked on its inaugural trans continental journey on 23 February 1970 and...
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Daintree Rainforest.
No 62. in my series of short stories. Daintree Rain Forest Driving north to the Daintree River with only a ferry for vehicle crossing, added to the uniqueness of the property we had just purchased. The Daintree Rainforest is known for its biodiversity and natural beauty, so having a piece of it was going to be a new challenge and we had quite the adventure exploring our new property in the Daintree Rainforest! The lush and dense vegetation, along with the presence of the nat
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Dirt track to Millstream.
No.61 in my series of short stories. After painting 3 rather large watercolor scenes of the Dirt track to Millstream and sending copies...
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Sturt's Desert Pea
No.60 in my series of short stories. My experiences and observations of the Sturt's Desert Pea "Red Eye" variant, adds an interesting...
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Gold Prospecting in a river bed.
No.59. in my series of short stories. We had been out Gold Prospecting in a river bed and up and down hills and valleys. It was after a...
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Shaw River Hillside Station
No.48. in my series of short stories. Shaw River Hillside Station Prospecting for gold on Hillside Station was an adventurous pursuit. The nights out in the desert in our swags when the temperatures would sometimes be around minus 3deg. Rising predawn, to explore the terrain with metal detectors in search of gold adds a sense of anticipation. The quiet moments before the heat, having breakfast, filling water bottles, making sure we have everything we need for the day. Usin
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Australian shearing shed
No.43. in my series of short stories Nothing like the original old Australian shearing shed on Nans farm @ Jennacubbine in Western...
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Barradale Roadhouse. Part 1
No.39. in my series of short stories. It was around 1966 I was 17 and thrilled to get a job as a booking clerk in the lovely old...
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Millstream Homestead.
No.25. in my series of short stories. No.618. Millstream Homestead. Sold. One of the many really early watercolour paintings I did of...
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Roy Hill Station.
No.22. in my series of short stories. No.286. SOLD. Roy Hill Station is one of Australia's major resource-based operations,...
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Get out of bed a cyclones coming
No.21. in my series of short stories. Get out of bed a cyclones coming No.688. SOLD: The whole series of 7 was purchased by the same person. The series was Titled THE LIFE OF RILEY. 7 different paintings of various destinations and days out and about around the Pilbara. Get out of bed a cyclones coming was my first attempt at painting people in my funny way. A cyclone had not long gone through and as we usually did we would jump in the Landcruiser to take a look at all
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TAMBREY HOMESTEAD.
No.13 in my series of short stories. SOLD.No54. Tambrey Homestead. Old homesteads, who doesn't love them? Tambrey homestead in Western...
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Cossack.
Cossack. Historical town where early settlers landed ships to make this place a home.
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WHIM CREEK PUB.
The Whim Creek Pub is an iconic Western Australian outback Hotel.
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