The farmland and working country around East Gippsland, paddocks, livestock, farm machinery, roads and the people and places that make up the rural landscape. These are photographs of the countryside as I encounter it, often in passing and sometimes in the changing light and weather that makes me stop.
Sheep grazing beneath a lone gum tree in the Australian countryside.
Mist settles across the valley at first light.
An old farm cultivator rests among the gums, slowly returning to the landscape it once worked.
Rain falls across the valley beneath a gathering storm at Mount Taylor.
Sheep shelter beneath a gum tree beside a farm dam.
Cattle grazing across the hills of the countryside.
Irrigation arches stretch across a freshly cultivated field.
Hay bales scattered across a harvested field near Fernbank.
A country road disappears beneath a gathering storm.
Backlit Hereford calf standing in the afternoon light.
An abandoned farm shed, weathered by years of sun, wind and rain.
Weathered timber yards on an old Australian farm.
Late afternoon light falls across a quiet rural hillside, with the ranges fading into the distance.
A tractor stands beside an irrigation system in a cultivated field.
The weathered remains of an old farm implement, slowly being reclaimed by the landscape.