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365 Places: Caloundra

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Day 2: Caloundra, Queensland, Australia My post today is about another place that has special childhood significance for me – Caloundra. Many summer holidays were spent in the Caloundra village of Bulcock Beach… Continue reading →

Morning Glory Cloud

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Text: Garry Benson Photos: Various authors, attributed where possible In Northern Australia, between September and November, an extraordinary phenomenon of unparalleled beauty occurs: the Morning Glory Cloud. If the weather situation is calm, every… Continue reading →

Create a Great Blog

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People often ask us for hints about how to create a blog which has a good following. Online engagement is a topic I write about on my personal site at http://www.traceybenson.com, but thought… Continue reading →

365 Places: Redcliffe

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Day 1: Redcliffe, Queensland Australia This lovely hand coloured photograph was taken at Woody Point around 60 years before I was born. Woody Point is one of the hamlets on the Redcliffe Peninsula,… Continue reading →

365 Places: Launch

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Over the past few years, I have watched with great interest friends and fellow artists who have created visual diaries from taking photographs of their everyday life and themselves. Many of these projects… Continue reading →

Digital Travel Photography

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Text: 2014© Garry Benson  Discovering your personal vision   I first picked up a camera at the age of seven, and that’s over fifty years ago. To say the least, technology has changed. Books in… Continue reading →

Mapping a Sustainable Future – First Steps in Ganmain

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Originally posted on Geokult:
Aside from a mutual fascination with maps and geography, Marty and Tracey both have a passion for sustainable building and treading more lightly on the earth. Over the Easter…

Hasan Dag and Catal Huyuk

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Originally posted on Geokult:
Mount Hasan (Turkish: Hasan Dağı) is an inactive stratovolcano in Aksaray province, Turkey. With an altitude of 3,253 m (10,672 ft.), it ranks as the second highest mountain of central…

The magic of mudbrick

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Originally posted on Geokult Travel:
By Garry Benson Image 1: Namaste – mud brick home I built my own mudbrick house 20 years ago on 10 acres and as an artist have added…

The Magic of Mudbrick

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Text: Garry Benson I built my own mudbrick house 20 years ago on 10 acres and as an artist have added mosaics, sculpture & murals. I’ve also delighted the Welcome Swallows & Paper Wasps… Continue reading →