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Travel Australia Darwin to Daly Waters

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  Our trusty Subaru Forester was packed with me, my partner Brenda, Katchalla (our concerned but enthusiastic spoodle), and enough snacks to survive a tiny apocalypse. With our brand new Brass Monkey securely tucked into the boot, we set off on our mission: the first leg of an epic journey from Darwin to Ulladulla, NSW, with Daly Waters shimmering in our minds as our initial oasis. We departed from Darwin, the tropical humidity clinging to us like a second skin. After about 98 kilometers, the promise of caffeine lured us into the Adelaide River Country Store. Brenda, ever the coffee connoisseur, declared their coffee to be "a damn good coffee," which is a high compliment indeed. Meanwhile, Katcha sniffed around, searching for the right spot to relieve himself and stumbled upon the store's no dickhead policy. Back on the Stuart Highway, the landscape began to slowly transform. The lush greens of Darwin gradually gave way to the more resilient vegetation of the outback.  Th...

Ambitious Artist RAW

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Ambitious Artist Raw no reason no logic just physical and emotional just barely holding on my paintings were determined to have something to say Portrait of an ambitious artist

Self-portrait

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Over time I have changed Through multiple starting points and many opportunities, I evolved How did authority get inside of my head? A mind forged by manacles

Leper Line 25th Parallel

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It was so primitive From the 1860s to 1950s They were seemingly untreatable They were feared  There was panic Colonies within a colony A prison for the sick Of appalling living conditions Enforcing social isolation GRIM and SHAME

1981 An Ambitious Artist

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1981 An Ambitious Artist Back in ‘81  When  Times were fun  As a fine artist  With ambition in mind  I thought of life