It seems like a while ago now but looking back at the photo's always keeps it fresh in your mind. Back in March my girlfriend Jo and I took some well deserved time out from our day jobs and hired a deluxe 4WD Landcruiser complete with pop up roof and bed and everything you need to be self sufficient on the road. 

Needless to say we had an incredible journey and covered some 5000kms in 3 weeks leaving from Perth and heading south via Margaret River, continuing east and exploring the south coast until we turned around at Israelite Bay in the Cape Arid national park. We had a tyre blow out here and subsequently had the jack break on us whilst putting the spare on. We decided it was too risky continuing further without a spare tyre or jack so we crawled back up the 200 kms of challenging terrain and onto the safety of Esperance where we had the tyre fixed, the jack replaced and reluctantly headed back west.

The aim was to get off road and away from the usual tourist based locations and really challenge ourselves, the result was some incredible images and a lot of stories to tell. I cannot recommend this type of holiday enough especially if you enjoy camping, there is so much untouched beauty in this country and especially W.A! Jorndee Creek in the Cape Arid national park was a highlight!

Jo and I with our adventure machine on Lucky Bay beach in Esperance W.A.

Check out some of the images in my Great Southern W.A page on my website. 

Those of you that know me will know that I am a "one eyed" West Coast Eagles supporter so you can imagine how quickly I jumped at the chance to take some shots of Mark Nicoski from the West Coast Eagles with his dog  "Jet"  for an upcoming promotion for the RSPCA. 

Thanks heaps to Joanne Armstrong for getting me the gig!

Mark Nicoski flanked by Joanne Armstrong, Jet, Bullet and me!

One of the things I am extremely interested in at the moment is timelapse photography. I love the idea of capturing a long period of time and manipulating it so it can be viewed in a fraction of the subjects real time. It involves setting your camera up on a tripod and setting a timer attached to your camera to trigger a shot at different intervals over varying periods of time depending on your subject. In layman's terms, taking lots of pictures and turning it into a video.

The below picture is just one frame of about 600 I took at Skippy Rock in the Stokes Inlet National Park just west of Esperance. The conditions were perfect as it was a crystal clear night and there was no light pollution as we were miles from civilisation. My only downfall with this one was not taking at least a couple of hundred more frames as it cuts off a bit short but it was a great learning exercise. You will definitely be seeing more of these in the future!

Our 4WD home for 3 weeks beneath a canopy of stars!

Check out the whole thing by clicking the video below: 

Skippy Rock Stars