West of the Coast

A shift inland from the edge of the water into dry country, distance, and slower time.

This set moves between wide land, fading light, small encounters, and time spent working the ground.

Charters Towers Julia Creek Richmond Cloncurry Clem Walton Ballara

Distance

The land opens quickly. Low hills, dry grass, and long distances where very little interrupts the horizon.

Fountain Springs — Fountain Springs Dry hills and open ground

Low ridge — Low ridge Shape and heat in the land

Chinaman Creek Dam — Chinaman Creek Dam Water sitting quietly in dry country

Rock and grass — Rock and grass Country holding its colour

Dam sunset — Dam sunset The land softening at the edge of day

Light

Charters Towers — Charters Towers A darker sky over warm stone

Grass light — Grass light A small flare of gold

Julia Creek — Julia Creek A flat horizon and a wide sky

Encounters

Wallaby — Wallaby Still for a moment in the grass

Willy wagtail — Willy wagtail A small shape crossing the heat

Ballara camel — Ballara camel A strange roadside face

Ground

Richmond fossicking — Richmond fossicking A sign, a patch of ground, and time to look

Belemnite — Belemnite A small piece of older time

Cloncurry amethyst — Cloncurry amethyst Colour in the red ground

Traces

Mary Kathleen — Mary Kathleen The grid of a town mostly gone

Ballara station — Ballara station A line left in dry grass

Wee MacGregor — Wee MacGregor A tunnel framing blue sky