http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/ I grew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, capital city of Queensland, Australia, in a house backing onto a "country" golf-course. The relatively untamed creeks meandering across this area gave me my first taste of nature, and I spent many a summers' day wandering down there, barefoot, collecting lost golf balls to sell for pocket money, a pastime that continued long after I really needed it. This early environment fostered a desire to see more and more of the natural world, and experience more varied environments. I developed a great attraction towards outdoor sports: rockclimbing, skiing, or simply bushwalking - whatever could get me into more and different places. On the other hand, I have always had a somewhat artistic temperament. From the age of eight, I played the violin, sang in choirs, and later dabbled in many more physical artistic endeavours, such as woodturning. In photography, I found something that could combine these two great pleasures. This site contains a collection of my best images, taken on my travels to various locations. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them! http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:35:10 -0800 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:47:22 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2010, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/photos/46850751_nbgAJ-Ti.jpg http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/ http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Events/New-Years-Eve-2009/10815629_EfV83 <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Events/New-Years-Eve-2009/10815629_EfV83">New Year's Eve 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Events/New-Years-Eve-2009/10815629_EfV83" title="New Year's Eve 2009"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Events/New-Years-Eve-2009/IMG5711/754215787_gLHm9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="New Year's Eve 2009" title="New Year's Eve 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Events Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:47:22 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Events/New-Years-Eve-2009/10815629_EfV83 http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Illinois-Sep-Dec-2009/9765157_5uy2s <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Illinois-Sep-Dec-2009/9765157_5uy2s">Illinois, Sep-Dec 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Illinois-Sep-Dec-2009/9765157_5uy2s" title="Illinois, Sep-Dec 2009"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Illinois-Sep-Dec-2009/IMG47391/662705425_FoKc4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Illinois, Sep-Dec 2009" title="Illinois, Sep-Dec 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:54:52 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Illinois-Sep-Dec-2009/9765157_5uy2s http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Meet-Colin/4087830_pCj4p <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Meet-Colin/4087830_pCj4p">Meet Colin</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Meet-Colin/4087830_pCj4p" title="Meet Colin"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Meet-Colin/BABY1/238237076_JY36p-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Meet Colin" title="Meet Colin" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Family Sun, 17 May 2009 05:18:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Meet-Colin/4087830_pCj4p http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Colins-First-Birthday/8151290_jfSbB <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Colins-First-Birthday/8151290_jfSbB">Colin's First Birthday</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Colins-First-Birthday/8151290_jfSbB" title="Colin's First Birthday"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Colins-First-Birthday/IMG2767/531892718_PYLGN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Colin's First Birthday" title="Colin's First Birthday" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Family Wed, 13 May 2009 04:52:01 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Family/Colins-First-Birthday/8151290_jfSbB http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Charleton/5534685_JHXzd <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Charleton/5534685_JHXzd">Charleton</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Charleton/5534685_JHXzd" title="Charleton"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Charleton/IMG9254/338948799_Huzcn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Charleton" title="Charleton" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:09:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Charleton/5534685_JHXzd http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/A-night-in-the-cemetery/4860692_tuee2 <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/A-night-in-the-cemetery/4860692_tuee2">A night in the cemetery</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/A-night-in-the-cemetery/4860692_tuee2" title="A night in the cemetery"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/A-night-in-the-cemetery/IMG84221/289537305_Y3z5L-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A night in the cemetery" title="A night in the cemetery" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Landscapes Sun, 04 May 2008 16:51:11 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/A-night-in-the-cemetery/4860692_tuee2 http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Close-to-home/1029332_MtNrQ <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Close-to-home/1029332_MtNrQ">Close to home</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Close-to-home/1029332_MtNrQ" title="Close to home"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Close-to-home/051210-026/47734791_Jfh2y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Close to home" title="Close to home" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 03 May 2008 16:04:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Close-to-home/1029332_MtNrQ http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Toronto-and-New-York-June-2007/3013235_84gtS <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Toronto-and-New-York-June-2007/3013235_84gtS">Toronto and New York, June 2007</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Toronto-and-New-York-June-2007/3013235_84gtS" title="Toronto and New York, June 2007"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Toronto-and-New-York-June-2007/IMG67331/170575440_AZy9d-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Toronto and New York, June 2007" title="Toronto and New York, June 2007" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:05:54 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Toronto-and-New-York-June-2007/3013235_84gtS http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Competitions/2007-CanonBetter-Photography/3101259_Rj7BN <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Competitions/2007-CanonBetter-Photography/3101259_Rj7BN">2007 Canon/Better Photography Photo of the Year Competition</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Competitions/2007-CanonBetter-Photography/3101259_Rj7BN" title="2007 Canon/Better Photography Photo of the Year Competition"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Competitions/2007-CanonBetter-Photography/Green-bridge/169583059_AzWJP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="47" alt="2007 Canon/Better Photography Photo of the Year Competition" title="2007 Canon/Better Photography Photo of the Year Competition" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Competitions Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:31:06 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Competitions/2007-CanonBetter-Photography/3101259_Rj7BN http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Sydney-May-2007/2799967_D9SWK <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Sydney-May-2007/2799967_D9SWK">Sydney, May 2007</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Sydney-May-2007/2799967_D9SWK" title="Sydney, May 2007"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Sydney-May-2007/Coogee-Bay-walkway/149438630_inC4T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="42" alt="Sydney, May 2007" title="Sydney, May 2007" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 15 May 2007 02:27:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Sydney-May-2007/2799967_D9SWK http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Cityscapes/Scenes-from-Brisbane/2462649_NMCyd <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Cityscapes/Scenes-from-Brisbane/2462649_NMCyd">Scenes from Brisbane</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Cityscapes/Scenes-from-Brisbane/2462649_NMCyd" title="Scenes from Brisbane"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Cityscapes/Scenes-from-Brisbane/IMG5350/129160533_y59ij-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Scenes from Brisbane" title="Scenes from Brisbane" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Cityscapes Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:31:23 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Cityscapes/Scenes-from-Brisbane/2462649_NMCyd http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Architecture/The-Eleanor-Schonell-Bridge/2339329_tjdnT <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Architecture/The-Eleanor-Schonell-Bridge/2339329_tjdnT">The Eleanor Schonell Bridge</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Architecture/The-Eleanor-Schonell-Bridge/2339329_tjdnT" title="The Eleanor Schonell Bridge"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Architecture/The-Eleanor-Schonell-Bridge/IMG4834/122406478_ZtUjV-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="The Eleanor Schonell Bridge" title="The Eleanor Schonell Bridge" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Architecture Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:56:11 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Architecture/The-Eleanor-Schonell-Bridge/2339329_tjdnT http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Weddings/Honeymoon-New-Zealand-May-2006/1460552_Qxn3R <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Weddings/Honeymoon-New-Zealand-May-2006/1460552_Qxn3R">Honeymoon - New Zealand May 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Weddings/Honeymoon-New-Zealand-May-2006/1460552_Qxn3R" title="Honeymoon - New Zealand May 2006"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Weddings/Honeymoon-New-Zealand-May-2006/IMG1977-Flowers-at/69677182_9ba2L-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Honeymoon - New Zealand May 2006" title="Honeymoon - New Zealand May 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weddings Tue, 16 May 2006 22:30:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Weddings/Honeymoon-New-Zealand-May-2006/1460552_Qxn3R http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Sports/Climbing/1054936_T32NU <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Sports/Climbing/1054936_T32NU">Climbing</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Sports/Climbing/1054936_T32NU" title="Climbing"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Sports/Climbing/bailing-1/49001838_DjkWz-Th.jpg" width="52" height="150" alt="Climbing" title="Climbing" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Sports Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:02:55 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Sports/Climbing/1054936_T32NU http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Plants/1084815_ZUCqo <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Plants/1084815_ZUCqo">Plants</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Plants/1084815_ZUCqo" title="Plants"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Plants/P1010054/50400443_f6hDH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Plants" title="Plants" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Nature Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:34:58 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Plants/1084815_ZUCqo http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Further-afield/1012314_nbGXg <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Further-afield/1012314_nbGXg">Further afield</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Further-afield/1012314_nbGXg" title="Further afield"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Further-afield/P1010033/46852981_mRzA7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Further afield" title="Further afield" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:38:34 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Animals/Further-afield/1012314_nbGXg http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Victorian-Alps/1054933_nRGvh <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Victorian-Alps/1054933_nRGvh">Victorian Alps</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Victorian-Alps/1054933_nRGvh" title="Victorian Alps"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Victorian-Alps/Mountain-Ash-Mt-Bogong/46748666_fNMs5-Th.jpg" width="43" height="150" alt="Victorian Alps" title="Victorian Alps" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Landscapes Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:02:04 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Victorian-Alps/1054933_nRGvh http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Images-of-Australia/1010084_yaBX6 <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Images-of-Australia/1010084_yaBX6">Images of Australia</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Images-of-Australia/1010084_yaBX6" title="Images of Australia"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Images-of-Australia/bard-panorama-final/46748664_nboXo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="39" alt="Images of Australia" title="Images of Australia" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Landscapes Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:58:26 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Images-of-Australia/1010084_yaBX6 http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/New-Zealand/1018086_hfo4f <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/New-Zealand/1018086_hfo4f">New Zealand</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/New-Zealand/1018086_hfo4f" title="New Zealand"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/New-Zealand/fox-arrival/47164675_57T7m-Th.jpg" width="150" height="41" alt="New Zealand" title="New Zealand" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:49:00 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/New-Zealand/1018086_hfo4f http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Switzerland/1016247_2DVXY <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Switzerland/1016247_2DVXY">Switzerland</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Switzerland/1016247_2DVXY" title="Switzerland"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Switzerland/schwarzhorn-panorama/47060450_PR2rE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="42" alt="Switzerland" title="Switzerland" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:08:33 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Switzerland/1016247_2DVXY http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Huangshan-China/1010240_t9DPV <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Huangshan-China/1010240_t9DPV">Huangshan, China</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Huangshan-China/1010240_t9DPV" title="Huangshan, China"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Huangshan-China/underwater-1/46805950_jhgrd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="30" alt="Huangshan, China" title="Huangshan, China" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:15:12 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/Huangshan-China/1010240_t9DPV http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Fungi-of-the-Netherlands/1013790_jGSZH <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Fungi-of-the-Netherlands/1013790_jGSZH">Fungi of the Netherlands</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Fungi-of-the-Netherlands/1013790_jGSZH" title="Fungi of the Netherlands"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Fungi-of-the-Netherlands/IMGP0581/46933376_NjbGV-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Fungi of the Netherlands" title="Fungi of the Netherlands" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Nature Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:06:38 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Nature/Fungi-of-the-Netherlands/1013790_jGSZH http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/China/1010155_oAStJ <p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com">blondgecko</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/China/1010155_oAStJ">China</a>'</p><p><a href="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/China/1010155_oAStJ" title="China"><img src="http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/China/dragon-path-2/46752722_s8pGr-Th.jpg" width="105" height="150" alt="China" title="China" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:06:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (blondgecko) http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/Travel/China/1010155_oAStJ