LIFE ON THE PLATEAU

It’s 24 degrees when I step out of the tent at 6am. It feels cool, relatively speaking. By 9:30am it’s 32 degrees and any wooden decking...

You never know what you'll find after dark. This little guy is a Wolf Spider - completely harmless they tell me. When you go spotlighting...

Can't seem to get this chainsaw to cut anything.....

Baby freshwater crocs seem to be a little less skittish than their mum and dad. Usually a mature freshie will take off in a heartbeat...

It's not every day you have a National Park all for yourself. The park is officially closed to visitors this time of the year but thanks...

Giant Frog (Cyclorana australis).

The country’s dry at the moment; except for a few isolated showers it hasn't rained properly for months. And yet everywhere you look...

You know you're a wannabe hippy when the first book on your Wet season reading list is The Mastery of Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz. This in...

Northern Snake-necked Turtle looking for dinner....

Microbats roosting under a sandstone overhang...

Nothing like a swim in the sump pump and fresh sewerage to start your day. Talk about nature heightening the senses!

About The Region For anyone unfamiliar with this part of the world - the Kimberley region of Western Australia - it's considered to be...

It's not pretty in a conventional sense but how amazing is this Mud wasp... I’ve seen the nests all over the Kimberley but never watched...

Not a bad way to start the day. Coffee and bird watching.

Another pleasant surprise on the drive up. A Northern Brown Bandicoot foraging in the leaf litter.

Home from home. Life amongst the palms.

Super cute Sugar Glider feeding on the blossoms of a Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Had never seen one in the wild until a few...

Full moon and firelight. My little shack in the woods.

There’s something about being surrounded by nature... something about the absence of man-made noise... something about fleeting...

And so it begins... Wet Season caretaker/King of the Castle. :) Goodbye Indian Ocean, hello Mitchell Plateau! #middleoffuckingnowhere