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Drone view over the dry hills of Fountain Springs in western Queensland

West of the Coast

A shift inland from the edge of the water into dry country, distance, and slower time.

This set moves between wide land, fading light, small encounters, and time spent working the ground.

Charters Towers Julia Creek Richmond Cloncurry Clem Walton Ballara

Distance

The land opens quickly. Low hills, dry grass, and long distances where very little interrupts the horizon.

Dry outback landscape at Fountain Springs — Fountain Springs Dry hills and open ground

Dry ridge at Fountain Springs in western Queensland — Low ridge Shape and heat in the land

Rocky outback hill near Fountain Springs — Rock and grass Country holding its colour

Water and dry country at Chinaman Creek Dam — Chinaman Creek Dam Water sitting quietly in dry country

Sunset over Chinaman Creek Dam — Dam sunset The land softening at the edge of day

Light

Light becomes the main change. Heat softens into colour, and the day resolves itself across sky and grass.

Stormy sunset from a hill at Charters Towers — Charters Towers A darker sky over warm stone

Golden grass detail at sunset near Charters Towers — Grass light A small flare of gold

Wide orange sunset over Julia Creek — Julia Creek A flat horizon and a wide sky

Windmill silhouette at sunset near Julia Creek — Windmill A familiar shape against orange light

Deep orange sunset at Clem Walton — Clem Walton Last light through the scrub

Milky Way over camp lights at Clem Walton — Milky Way Night taking over the road

Encounters

Small encounters break the rhythm. Brief, quiet moments that sit inside the larger stillness.

Wallaby in long grass at Charters Towers — Wallaby Still for a moment in the grass

Willy wagtail flying through golden light at Julia Creek — Willy wagtail A small shape crossing the heat

Camel at Ballara in western Queensland — Ballara camel A strange and perfect roadside face

Ground

Time shifts again here. Slower, more deliberate. Working the ground, searching, turning over small fragments that carry a much longer history.

Family at a fossicking site in Richmond — Richmond fossicking A sign, a patch of ground, and time to look

Digging for fossils at Richmond — Working the ground Slow searching in pale earth

Belemnite fossil held in hand — Belemnite A small piece of older time

Belemnite fossil in stone — In stone A line held in the rock

Collection of belemnite fossils from Richmond — Finds Small pieces gathered from the day

Amethyst in red earth near Cloncurry — Cloncurry amethyst Colour in the red ground

Fossicking in red earth near Cloncurry — Red cut Searching deeper into the ground

Traces

Signs of presence remain, but lightly. Structures, tracks, and places that sit between use and memory.

Aerial view of the old Mary Kathleen township remains — Mary Kathleen The grid of a town mostly gone

Old station remains at Ballara — Ballara station A line left in dry grass

Stone tunnel at Wee MacGregor — Wee MacGregor A tunnel framing blue sky

Camp beside water at Clem Walton — Camp A quiet place to stop at the end

Mary Kathleen dam and uranium plant remains — Mary Kathleen A dam and uranium plant remains