Stellar Australis Blog

Wongan Hills Lookout

Near the town of Wongan Hills, and also Lake Ninan (a great nightscape location) is a lookout on top of – you guessed it – Wongan Hills. From this lookout one can view east...

Won Best Astrophoto – Astrofest 2017

I was very fortunate to be awarded “Best Astrophoto” of the Astrofest 2017 held in Perth, Western Australia. In addition, I received commendations for two other images. They were generous to print my image...

Serpentine on Fire

There’s been a recent theme amongst Perth astrophotographers in taking wonderful nightscapes of the many dams in the hills near the city. So…I’ve added my humble image – this being one of Serpentine Dam...

Serpentine Falls

Serpentine Falls lies south of the city of Perth, Western Australia. It is a small, narrow valley with a pool surrounded by rocky valley walls, trees, and a small little water fall that typically...

Antares Rising, Serpentine Falling

Serpentine Falls lies south of the city of Perth, Western Australia. It is a narrow valley which lets in little ambient light, but my good mate had the idea of using the light on...

Serpentine Dam

Serpentine Dam is certainly convenient for photography as the road leading to the dam actually crosses the dam wall. This means that the entire length of the dam is accessible to the public at...

High Commendation – Photographer of the Year

Australian Photography Magazine, 2016 Photographer of the Year – High Commendation Well, didn’t win any category but received a high commendation in the Landscape category. The 2016 Photographer of the Year competition had more...

50 Million Views (Google+)

My total audience views for my numerous postings on Google Plus clocked over 50 million over the weekend. Thanks to all those who have viewed, commented, supported and / or followed my profile over...

Featured: Amateur Astrophotography Ezine

The folks that produce the fantastic Amateur Astrophotography Ezine were generous enough to do a multi-page feature on my works in issue 34 of their online magazine. There are a couple pages on the...

Published: Sunday Times

One of my photos managed to make it into the Sunday Times today. I had entered it into the David Malin photo contest (although I think I’m unsuccessful), however looks like the Times was...