TRAVELS

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Apart form a period 1980-81 residing in England (London and Oxford) Australia has been home.

There have been travels (long and short):

East & S.E.Asia, China, India & the Himalayas, Central Asia,
Britain, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, USA, Canada, NZ, Indonesia and Noumea,

BALI

Candidasa, 1986

Jukungs

traditional outrigger fishing and transport canoes

Jukungs (traditional outrigger canoes) Candidasa, 1986

The history of outrigger five part canoes, used by Austronesian people from Madagaska to Hawaii, goes back thousands of years.

The five parts are the hull, two winged stem pieces and two gunwales.

Candidasa, 1986

Lovina and the dark volcanic sands of Northern Bali , 1986

Lovina, 1986

Whereas previously the parts were stitched together, resins and nylon rope are increasingly replacing natural materials, 1986

The eyes of an Elephant Fish on the bow of a jukung to ward off evil spirits and guide the boat back to port, 1986

Jukung outrigger canoes, 1986

Jukungs are becoming endangered with few now rigged for sailing , 1986

Jukung, Lovina , 1986

Rigged for sailing, Lovina, 1986

Jukungs, Candidasa, 1986

Lovina, Northern Bali , 1986

USA

Crash, Chicago, 1991

World Trade Centre, NYC, 1991

NEW ZEALAND

Path to the Glacier, Franz Joseph Glacier, 2010

Franz Joseph Glacier, 2010

NEW CALEDONIA

Noumea 2022

Noumea, New Caledonia 2022

MALAYSIA

CHINA

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The Ironmonger, Shanghai, China 2024

Shanghai Lights, China 2024

Going Home 1982