Eidsvold Cattle Drive 2022 – Eidsvold, Queensland.

This photo essay shows a portion of the experience of the 2022 Eidsvold Cattle Drive.

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So there you go, a sample of the experience.

Cheers 🙂

Eidsvold Cattle Drive – Eidsvold, Queensland, 2018

This photo essay shows a portion of the experience of the 2018 Eidsvold Cattle Drive. To watch a short video I made of the 2018 cattle drive, click here.

The second running of this cattle drive occurred 8th-14th  April, 2018.

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So there you go, a sample of the experience.

Cheers 🙂

Inaugural Eidsvold Cattle Drive – Eidsvold, Queensland, 2016

This photo essay shows a portion of the experience of the inaugural Eidsvold Cattle Drive from 2016. To watch a short video I made of the 2016 cattle drive, click here.

The second running of this cattle drive will be run 8th-14th  April, 2018, and I will again be participating.

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Cheers 🙂

Warwick Gold Cup Campdraft, 2017 – early rounds.

I have just returned from a week of filming the Warwick Gold Cup Campdraft and the National Rodeo Finals, 2017. In the little free time I had, I snapped a couple of still images of two campdraft competitors.

Warwick Campdraft 2AM-009742. ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Warwick Campdraft 2AM-009748. ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Warwick Campdraft 2AM-009750. ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Warwick Campdraft 2AM-009759. ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Warwick Campdraft 2AM-009760. ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Cheers 🙂

FARMS, NOT COAL – Breeza, on the Liverpool Plains of NSW, Australia.

‘nuf said?

The Liverpool Plains is a prime food and fibre producing area that is under imminent threat from several coal mines – at least one of which, the Shenhua Watermark mine, is foreign-owned (Chinese). These companies seek to rape and scar the land, deplete and contaminate aquifers, then pack up and leave once the destruction is no longer financially viable. Never mind that there are farmers, you know, living breathing hard-working people, with families and dreams, enduring incredible stress as they seek to remain being outstanding stewards of the land they sweat for. How and why our political “representatives” allow this is beyond me – I suppose it goes along with their belief in continued economic growth year on year. Well, let’s inform them that exponential growth is unattainable and to seek it is ignorantly irresponsible (but I guess it is politically astute?).

I am not against mining, per se, however I do have issues with “the commons” being over-extracted for the profits of a few whilst the landholder has little recompense for the invasion, and the people of this nation see very little direct financial benefits. As another roadside sign in the area states: “Wrong mine, wrong place.”

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A pre-dawn light painting at Breeza, on the Liverpool Plains, NSW. Breeza 2AM-001230 ©Andrew McInnes.

 

Silos at dusk. Breeza 2AM-001216 ©Andrew McInnes.

 

I hope you enjoyed these images.

Cheers 🙂

Springsure, Queensland – including a light-painting episode.

This is overlooking Virgin Rock and the town of Springsure in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland, Australia – as seen from Minerva Hills National Park. As is my want, I hiked in a few hours too early with all the required equipment and froze my bum off, waiting for dusk’s blue hour and the town lights to be on, in order to light-paint this scene…

This is the “before” image, taken on iPhone 5:

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And this is the subsequent light-painting image.

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Springsure 2AM 8300-8301 stack © Andrew McInnes

 

The remaining images here are different views of Mount Zamia escarpment, incorporating Virgin Rock:

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This is a light-painting of the entrance to Springsure Golf Club.

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Springsure 2AM-008319 © Andrew McInnes

 

For the following shots it was 1 degree C, and silly me, I was out photographing in thongs (i.e. Flip flops, not the underwear variety), light summer fishing pants, t-shirt and an old hoodie! Brrr.
On the left is Virgin Rock – a feature of the Mount Zamia escarpment.

The following two images are essentially very similar compositions, but were taken  50 minutes apart.
different light = different feel.

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Springsure 2AM-008359 © Andrew McInnes

 

Hope you enjoyed a brief glimpse of this beautiful area of Queensland.

Cheers.