Landscape
A Glimpse of the World that was
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Zigzag environments: Our infrastructure was forever being burned down or overgrown
Zigzag Railway upper and lower viaducts, Clarence [Jul-2019 717kb]
A crown of ashes: Every Christmas the sky would fill with pyrocumulus, and we would exchange Bushfire Survival Plans and kiss beneath the falling embers
Woodford bushfire aftermath, Blue Mountains [Dec-2019 736kb]
Precipitous descent: Decades of wandering through a hostile terrain, only to flounder in the sea
Ocean cliffs south of Little Marley, Royal National Park NSW [Aug-2020 544kb]
Past escarpment: It was easy to forget how dramatic the landscape could be
The view south from Thelma Head, Royal National Park NSW [Jul-2019 482kb]
Unlimited potential: Entire hillsides of these things, just standing there not doing anything
The lower portion of the Wodi Wodi track, near Coalcliff NSW [Oct-2020 941kb]
Across the rill and into the trees: The way out was much easier than Papa feared
Fern Dell, near Springwood NSW [Oct-2019 755kb]
Abrupt about face: The first explorers got a nasty surprise when they tried to follow the rivers inland
Glenbrook Creek boulders, Lapstone [Aug-2021 524kb]
Temporary respite: Spend all morning crawling over truck-sized boulders, before having a break and doing it all over again
Glenbrook Gorge, Lapstone [Aug-2021 608kb]
Beneath the steps: The smallest details were often overlooked
Sassafras Gully Track, near Springwood [Aug-2021 631kb]
Public Private Partnerships: Friendly local governments were prepared to go to any length to protect the value and amenity of private beach-side mansions (The Guardian, 2022)
Collaroy Beach anti-erosion sea wall [Apr-2022 568kb]
The way out was not easy: The unprecedented was discreetly normalised
Florabella pass track, Blue Mountains National Park [Nov-2019 792kb]
Pac-Man rock: Eventually the environment will reward us for our diligence
Florabella pass track, Blue Mountains National Park [Aug-2021 879kb]
Retro refurb: Tranquilly versus adverse possession
Whitely Gardens on reclaimed NSW Railway land, Lavender bay in Sydney [Oct-2020 789kb]
Features of heritage redevelopment: Mate, if you want to make an omelette then you gotta break a few eggs
1920s heritage shops at Lawson in the Blue Mountains NSW, prior to demolition in Dec 2010.
This linear panorama — divided into three strips for easier viewing — was composited by hand from 62 source images. The master image is a continuous panorama 52000 × 3300 pixels [Oct-2006 263kb]
Tracks through the past: COVID lock-downs encouraged us to rediscover our neighbourhood
Tramway track at Darks Common, Lapstone [Aug-2021 900kb]
Rewilding the wilderness: Civilisation was only a few kilometres away, although you would never know it
Magdala creek, Blue Mountains National Park [Oct-2019 732kb]
Peak oil: Rapid obsolescence was just around the corner
Motorcycle parking at the top of Hill Street, North Sydney [Oct-2020 343kb]
Golden mean: The rise and fall of the west glowed with unfulfilled promise
Garawarra Ridge, Royal National Park NSW [Oct-2019 629kb]
The false autumn: The mist was smoke and haze, the leaves fallen due to drought and fire
Woodford bushfire aftermath, Blue Mountains [Dec-2019 735kb]
Leave No Trace: There will come a time when it will be hard to believe we were ever here
Fern Dell, Springwood Blue Mountains National Park [Oct-2019 836kb]
Notes
These images are multi-shot panoramas, typically 120° wide and 38° vertical
They were assembled from 6−10 rectilinear images, shot in portrait-format and aligned using a nodal camera mount. The individual shots were then “stitched” to create partial-panoramas @ 110 MPixel in size.