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Supermoon Sculpture

Jason Benz — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:09:33 +0000

This is one of six metal fish in Harley Park, Labrador, Queensland, Australia. I chose this spot to photograph last nights supermoon so I could experiment silhouetting the sculptures. I the event there was enough light to illuminate the fish and bring out the rust colours.

Broken Hill

Jason Benz — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:10:03 +0000

This is one of the many frame heads which are scattered around Broken Hill in New South Wales. The wealth of minerals under this isolated city made Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP Billiton) the world’s largest mining company. We have been here for a couple of days and will be heading for Sydney once we visit neighbouring Silverton which has been used in many films including Mad Max II.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

Random Iron

Jason Benz — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:22:11 +0000

This was taken in Gwalia in the Goldfields of Western Australia. It demonstrates Australians fondness for decorating remote houses and mail boxes with random pieces of iron. In the UK metal that is not nailed down seems to find its way to the scrap merchant. In Australia Victorian engineering seems to last forever in the dry environment. The result is a visual time warp reminiscent of Cuba. I used desaturation on the greens and blues and made the yellows and oranges stand out.

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Trinculo Wreck

Jason Benz — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:47:07 +0000

On our first night out of Melbourne we free camped at the Boolarra Pub. We were warmly welcomed by publicans Ross and Robyn who we drank and danced the night away with into the small hours. The following day they treated us to a superb lunch before we set off to Australia‘s southern most point.

Last night we stayed at Paradise Beach which is one of many free camp-sites along 90 Mile Beach. This morning we made our way up the coast to this 154 year old wreck of the Trinculo which was driven ashore by a series of gales in 1871. This is Karen‘s shot of the wreck which I thought looked better than the ones I took.

Kelly’s Armour

Jason Benz — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:23:35 +0000

This is Ned Kelly‘s Armour which he used for his final gunbattle with the Victorian police in Glenrowan. He was captured after police realized they could not get through his armour so they shot him in his unprotected leg. The armour is on display at State Library of Victoria in Melbourne.

Tin Horse

Jason Benz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:50:32 +0000

This is one of over fifty art installations we saw near Kulin on our way to Wave Rock. We took a slight detour to travel along the Tin Horse Highway but it was worth it to see the ingenious ways local farmers recycled old junk into these humorous sculptures. As you can see from the background it has not been all blue sky here. Western Australia has been experiencing an exceptionally wet year since we landed 7 weeks ago. Some areas have had a year’s worth of rain in a single day. We have seen a little flooding but nothing like the scale the eastern states experienced last year. I am told the sandy nature of the ground here ensures Western Australia can absorb a lot of water. We will be spending one more night on the road before arriving in Hopetoun which will be our base till the end of January.

Ghost Town

Jason Benz — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:29:51 +0000

This is the ghost town of Gwalia. One of many in the Goldfields. Gwalia was deserted overnight in 1963 when the pit closed down. Leaving an eerie atmosphere akin to Pompeii. It’s first mine manager was Herbert Hoover who later became the 31st President of the United States. It seems strange to me these places have not regrown since the rise in gold prices have reopened many mines. The pull of the city’s on Australia’s youth and the efficiency of Australia’s super mines seem to keep the population forever declining. We are about to leave the goldfields to head West to Southern Cross before rejoining the ocean at Hopetoun.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.