I thought I should include a post about the main photographs featured here on my site.
They were taken in 2011 on the Ord River, near Kununurra in the East Kimberley, Western Australia.
I was initially in town to pay my dues on a mango farm in order to claim my second year working holiday. Safe to say, I fell in love with the place and so once the farm work was done, and the second year claimed, my partner and I decided to stay, and so turned our attentions things other than mangoes.
I thought it would be pretty cool to have a job where I got to get out and see the area, some bush exploring, whatever. And a serendipitous turn of events actually did lead me to that job.
And it was pretty cool. In fact I still think it was the coolest job in town – even though I no longer have to say that 😉
I was sidekick (Yep. Official title.) to locally famed Maka, who runs Go Wild! Adventure Tours – providing canoeing, abseiling, climbing and walking, guided and self guided tours in the Ord river region.
Yes I know. Amazing.
So one day, several months on, Maka and I were havin’ a yarn over a beer, when I suddenly had this brainwave and said “So if you rigged two abseil lines and joined them together… then you’d have a rigging point above the river?”
Maka looked at me and blinked a bit. Then he said “Yeah. So what is it you normally do again?”
So we set about making it happen.
My wonderful friend Isabella Streckhardt was the talent behind the camera, capturing some incredible images despite shooting from a very unsteady boat, circling me on the rope.
Huge thanks to Maka, Isa and the rest of our little team who came out with us and worked so hard to make this happen.
Here are a few more of the final images, and a few ‘backstage’ to enjoy!
Haylee-Mai 