Country Towns: Regional Economy

Some colour photos from Acland, a ghost town on the Darling Downs. Day after Anzac Day 2009. The war memorial was still being maintained.

Camera - Voigtländer Bessa-L Lens - Snapshot Skopar 25/4 Film : Kodak Portra 400VC

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10 years ago catch-up: 9th January 2009.

Pubs on the Darling Downs.

Fuji GW690 III Tri-X 400 Xtol

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jayavant: 10 years ago catch-up: 9th January 2009. Pubs on the Darling Downs. In small towns with extraordinary names: Kulpi, Meringandan, Goombungee, Quinalow, Kaimkillenbun (this one is the longest town name in Australia). 
Fuji GW690 III
Tri-X 400
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10 years ago: 9th July 2008. A trip to Goondiwindi & Millmerran

Fuji GW690 III

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10 years ago: 22nd June 2008. A walk in Toowoomba.

Fuji GW690 III.

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10 years ago: 25th April 2008. ANZAC Day, Toowoomba.

Various cameras - Fuji GW690III, Bessa-L, Shenhao 54.

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Catch-up: Ten years ago:- December 30th 2007.

A bike ride in Toowoomba. Mostly in the Mort Street area.

Yashica Mat 124G, FP4+, Rodinal 1+50

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Toowoomba, Qld.

Shops in Richmond, Western Queensland.

Nikon F Ektar

10 years ago: a walk around Caboolture with an Olympus Pen 35. Nov 21, 2006.

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Burdekin Sailing Club in Alva, a small coastal town just outside of Ayr, in North Queensland.

Camera - Olympus OM4Ti Lens - Zuiko 1.8/50 Film - Hillvale Sunny 16 Process - Tetenal

A few photos I took in Hughenden, Western Qld, last year.

Leica M3 Nokton 1.4/40 Tri-X Xtol stock

From my film photography tumblr...

The Wedding Gift.  

Just south of Ingham is this, the most expensive machinery shed in North Queensland. Local legend has it that this house was built as a wedding gift by the groom-to-be for his fiancé. When the wedding fell through he left the house in this incomplete state. The ex then had to drive past it every day on her way to work.

Contax T2 Sonnar 2.8/38 (fixed) 13 year expired Konica Centuria 100 (first and probably last time I have shot Konica film)

also on flickr

From my film photography tumblr. A house with a story.

Silverton, NSW (a ghost town famous for being the backdrop to many films, most notably Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior)

I stayed the night here in my station wagon. During the day the temperatures had reached 42°C (107°F) and overnight it got down to a low of around 26°C (79°F). This made for an extremely sweaty and unpleasant night, and as a result only got a few hours of sleep (the mozzies just wouldn’t quit it). At dawn i awoke to a kangaroo grazing only a few metres from the car and setup quickly to take the above photos. Shortly after i headed back into Broken Hill to begin the long 10 hour drive home.

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Broken Hill, NSW

i drove to Broken Hill about a week back. Plenty of photos to come.

This is exquisitely beautiful.

Some atmosphere images from Moranbah, the young predominantly mining based town where I was just on documentary commission with other students and practitioners.  Our joint exhibition (QLD Small Towns) with the team who went to Dalby will open at the Brisbane Powerhouse on the 12th of November.

Adaminaby NSW, 2015 website / tumblr / flickr / blog