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Camera in hand as I slid off of the floating pontoon skid of the helicopter into the wet spear grass, my feet were sucked into the mud and I was above my knees in water. The words ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ went through my head. With each step I seemed to sink deeper, [...]

This week I had the opportunity to visit HMAS Perth at sea for the day during Exercise Kakadu 2012. The exercise is held off of the Northern Territory coast, with various countries taking part. We were flown out to the ship (approximately 80 nautical miles from Darwin) aboard the Australian Navy Seaking helicopter. On arrival [...]

Recently Michael Edgley’s Great Moscow Circus visited Darwin as part of their 2012-2015 tour around Australia, and while they were here I had the opportunity to photograph the many faces which make the circus come to life. Due to trips away and busy news days I only was able to spend 3 days with the wonderful characters [...]

To much of my surprise while browsing Twitter last night, I came across a tweet from the Walkleys stating that the finalists for the Young Australian Journalist of the Year had been announced. I had entered, and received no communication letting me know that the finalists had been announced. Thinking the worst due to not [...]

This year (2012) for ANZAC Day I wanted to capture an old digger in the uniform he wore during his service. I enlisted the help of the Darwin Military Museum who were more than happy to recommend a digger and supply some clothing and firearms of the era, being World War 2 (WW2). I first [...]