Outback South Australia Archives - Peter MacDonald Photo

Summer Rain?

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 22, 2021
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It’s been a long hard battle with a particularly bad drought for many people in South Australia’s outback these last few years. Fortunately some rains came a few weeks back but despite some brief appearances of wildflower and ground cover things look grim if there are no follow up rains this summer. This picture is […]

Frozen Waves

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On November 17, 2020
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Lake Frome, Outback South Australia Interesting backstory to this image. I was working over outback salt lakes that had recent rains. We’d been shooting at high altitudes but were finished and descending as we headed for base. Sitting in the back with the door open I was watching the waves in the water below. […]

On The Way To The Beach

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On March 2, 2019
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Moving House…one of those stressful things in life. So much to pack, so many items that have passed their used-by date. Enter the room where all my framed work is stored. So much that’s been in a gallery somewhere and not sold, others damaged but you could not bear the part with them. There […]

“The Bloke” on Instagram

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On September 2, 2015
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Although the pictures posted on the Sentimental Bloke website have always been randomly selected there has always been an underlying theme. For more than a decade I have been recording the ever changing cycles of nature. These cycles have included drought, flood, dust storms, good weather and bad, the four seasons, the flora, […]

From the Air – Day One

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 12, 2015
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Fresh rainwater surrounding islands of pristine white salt…so beautiful. Unable to get to Lake Eyre after some very heavy rainfalls a couple of months back the opportunity to fly over Lake Frome in South Australia’s vast outback was something of a surprise. After all the images of Lake Eyre that have been posted here previously, […]

Legends of the North – Akurra, the Snake

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On June 11, 2015
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Exploring the edges of Lake Frome in northern South Australia, an amazing mixture of textures and formations, even aboriginal culture. The lake is part of the local Dreaming story told by the Adnyamathanha people explaining how the region’s geology and species originated. According to this Dreaming story, Lake Frome was emptied of its water by the Rainbow Serpent Akurra when he ventured down […]

The Spectacular Flinders Ranges…No 6

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 28, 2015
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Experimenting with angles and light. The window is about 5 minutes before there is a dramatic change in the landscape. The Ridgetop track, Arkaroola as not often seen.

The Desert and Winter Rains

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 29, 2014
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The effects of passing showers on the desert landscape in far north South Australia.

A Sense of Space

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 11, 2014
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The Birdsville Track gives a sense of never-ending space as it passes Dulkaninna Station homestead. The Photograph was taken while shooting an article on the Bell family for the “Best of Outback Stations” publication back in April. The Bell’s can trace their heritage back to the first European establishment of pastoral properties on the Birdsville […]

Summer Storm

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 1, 2014
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Over a number of years from time to time, I have passed this lonely skeleton standing in a tree-less plain and thought it needed a dust devil to complete the picture. Dust devils are quite common here but none came close anytime when I was there ..until by chance the God of summer storms smiled […]

Outback Station

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On June 28, 2014
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Pre-dawn, the calm before the start of another busy day on Commonwealth Hill sheep station, Great Victoria Desert, far western South Australia.

Last Job of the Day

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On June 1, 2014
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I had the good fortune recently to shoot an extended article on Commonwealth Hill station for the R. M. Williams publication “Best of Outback Stations”. Commonwealth Hill is a vast 10,000 square kilometre sheep station in South Australia, north of Tarcoola. It is in the Woomera rocket testing zone. While I was there they were […]

Maree

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On April 8, 2014
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I have been through Maree many times on my way to somewhere. It was the same a couple of weeks ago when I passed through Marree to do a feature for the upcoming R M Wiliams “Best of Outback Stations” magazine. Maree is the beginning ( or the end ) of the Oodnadatta and Birdsville […]

Cold Beer Please

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On September 16, 2013
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A new owner and a new website for the famous William Creek pub. I had a bit of fun shooting this shot recently for the webiste. Norm Simms, manager of Anna Creek Station and head stockman Gordon Warren – that’s him on the horse – heading for a cold beer at the end of a […]

Sunrise at the Peake

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On June 2, 2013
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The Peake is the Anna Creek outstation. Because of the size of Anna Creek the Peake, which is about 70 kilometres south of Ooodnadatta has its own staff although ringers come and go between the two centres. This photo was taken not far from the old Telegraph Station. Details about the station and what it […]

Aerial Ops 3

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On May 23, 2013
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This picture best illustrates for me the vastness of Anna Creek Station. The KIdman station is the largest in the world. The statistics say it is 6 million acres or 24,000 square kilometres and as big or bigger than some countries, but that is hard to imagine. This scene, with the Margaret Range in the […]

Aerial Ops 2

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On May 21, 2013
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Anna Creek station’s Cessna 172 in action spotting cattle for the ringers on motorbikes below. Without the flying experience of my friend Trevor Wright from William Creek, shots like this would be impossible to achieve.

Aerial Ops 1

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On May 19, 2013
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Working cattle from the air is an essential part of cattle production these days. On a vast property like Anna Creek Station in South Australia’s far north, using an aircraft to spot cattle spread out over big distances saves time, money and the efforts of the stockmen on the ground.

A Splash of Rain

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On March 25, 2013
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Anna Creek Station

It is a fallacy the Australian Outback is a vast, flat featureless plain. Granted, at times the gems may seem far apart but in reality it is an ever-changing landscape of colour…almost chameleon like. Take for instance the Margaret Range, about 70 kilometres south of Oodnadatta on the Oodnadatta Track not long after a brief […]

The Crows Nest

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On March 21, 2013
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Anna Creek Station

The crows nest…synonymous with a lookout point high up on the main mast of an old sailing vessel has a different connotation in the cattle industry. When big herds of cattle are brought in from far afield on outback stations, the crows nest is an important part of how they are sorted and processed either […]

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