Well I was hitching a ride on a winding Hokitika road When along came a lorry with a high and canvas covered load "If you're going to Hokitika, mate, with me you can ride" So I jumped into the cabin and settled down inside He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand And I said, "Look, listen mate, I've been everywhere in this here land..." I've been everywhere (NZ version)

Don's photography

Current shots

Flickr collection

assorted recent favorites on Flickr.
Picasa galleries

galleries on the Google version of Flickr.

Alaska - Juneau, Sitka and elsewhere
some of the houses of these Alaskan towns, plus shots from aboard ship. Taken Summer '08.
Barnesville's stately homes

some of the gracious homes of Barnesville, Georgia, about 50 miles southeast of Atlanta. Taken in Spring '06.
Bay villas, Ponsonby, Auckland

the bay villa was a classic late-19th century house design that reached its perfection in NZ - especially in the inner city suburbs of Ponsonby & Grey Lynn, Auckland. Ponsonby-Grey Lynn have reputably the largest concentration of 19th century wooden houses in the world. These are several dozen shots of beautiful Ponsonby villas taken in the winter of '06.
Corrugated iron, Granville Island, Vancouver
the urban village of Granville Island, Vancouver, boasts one of the world's great collections of corrugated iron buildings. In Spring 2007 I snapped images of some of the great textures and patterns that this material creates.
Edgefield, Winter's Day
the Edgefield was formerly the old Multnomah County Poor Farm, and is now a thriving McMenamin's hotel and resort.
Elk, Mendocino Coast

the 19th century timber town of Elk, on the isolated Mendocino Coast of Northern California.
Evergreen Aviation Museum

some shots of amazing aircraft from the Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon - including the Spruce Goose.
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset

dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539, the Abbey was gradually pulled apart in the following centuries, leaving a colossal skeleton. Henry dismembered the last Abbot on Glastonbury Tor behind the Abbey.
Glendalough Monastery, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

the ruins of St Kevin's monastery in a remote Irish valley. Photographed Summer '07.
High Street
many portraits from our favorite place, the High Street pub.
Highwic House, Auckland, latest published photo...
Kowhaiwhai: New Zealand Maori rafter patterns
a database of images from the classic curvilinear kowhaiwhai art style found on the ridgepoles and rafters in Maori meeting houses.
The Morningstar collection
I have several photos in this permanent library exhibit from regional photographers.
The Neolitihic dolmen at Poulnabrone
the 5,000 year old Pol na Bron dolmen (portal burial chamber) on the West Coast of Ireland. Photographed Summer '07.
Pubs of Britain

some of the UK's wonderful historic pubs, taken on my trip in Summer '05.
San Diego Balboa Park
San Diego Old Town
San Francisco
our Fall 2005 visit to the City by the Bay with P. and Fiona.
Taliesin West
a set of photos of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece in the Arizona desert. Photographed Summer '99.

Blarney Castle, Co. Cork, Ireland

best known for its Stone, Blarney also hosts some wonderful gardens. Photographed Summer '07.
Connemara, Western Galway, Ireland

one of the most extraordinary landscapes of Ireland, filled with shimmering lakes, peat bogs, and glowering mountains. Photographed Summer '07.
Chatsworth House Gardens, Peak District, Derbyshire

this stately home is the site of one of the most gorgeous gardens in Britain. It is a huge, meandering complex full of whimsical by-ways, mazes, quiet alleys and random statuary placed in secluded groves. Photographed Summer '05.
Cliffs of Moher & the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland

two remarkable landscapes on the west coast of Ireland. Photographed Summer '07.
Glen Lyon, Perthshire

photos of Fortingall and Glen Lyon, ancestral home of the Macnaughtans.
Hampton Court Palace Gardens, Surrey

the magnificent gardens of Henry VIII's palace south of London. Photographed Summer '05.

Kowhaiwhai: New Zealand Maori rafter patterns
a database of images from the classic curvilinear kowhaiwhai art style found on the ridgepoles and rafters in Maori meeting houses.
Japanese matchbox art
a collection of unusual Japanese art deco matchbox designs from the 1930s.

The bristlecones of Windy Ridge
a photo portfolio of a 1,000-year old bristlecone pine grove in the Colorado Rockies.
part of the World Community of Old Trees art project in New York.
The bristlecones of the White Mountains
photography of the oldest trees on the planet, in Eastern California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Amongst these images is possibly the "Methuslah" tree, the oldest living organism in the world (the exact location of Methuslah is a scientific secret).
The cliffs of Moher and the Burren
two adjacent areas of remarkable beauty in County Clare, West Coast of Ireland. Photographed Summer '07.
Critters
whales, eagles, cats, geese, a sturgeon.....
Glaciers, Alaska
Glacier shots from Glacier Bay, SW Alaska
Greenland from 30,000'

a look at the landforms of Greenland. Great images of glaciers and icefields.
Hummers

my local Anna's hummingbird hanging around for the winter of '06.
Humpbacks, Witless Bay, Newfoundland

a young humpback whale stops by for a visit. Photographed Summer '04.
Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree is an extensive National Park east of Palm Springs. Photographed Winter '07.
Klamath Marsh, south-central Oregon
Klamath Marsh is part of the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex, Oregon's largest marsh and lake ecosystem.
Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra of California

crack out your old copy of Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here"! The unearthly tufa formations of Eastern California's Mono Lake. Photographed Summer '03.
Palm Canyon, near Palm Springs

Palm Canyon is the largest California Fan Palm oasis in the world. It stretches 15 miles through rocky desert south of Palm Springs. Photographed Winter '07.
Raccoons and goats

a couple of raccoon kits who've taken up residence in my back yard.
Row River, Southern Willamette Valley
Winter at Cape Kiwanda

images from Cape Kiwanda, a beautiful but dangerous headland sheltering the town of Pacific City, on the northern Oregon Coast. Waves sometimes surge 50' over the end of the Cape.
Yosemite

Birdoswald, Cumbria

well-preserved remnants of Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald Roman Fort, an old farm near Brampton, east of Carlisle. The fort here was a regional strongpoint, looking out over a deep valley to the north. By the 5th century it had been over-run by Picts and Saxons. Photographed Summer '05.
Coppers from the Pacific Northwest Coast

a set of 27 rare images of valuable historic coppers created by Northwest Coast tribes from the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Coppers are now found only in museums and a few private collections.
Kowhaiwhai rafter patterns

a database of 45 kowhaiwhai - classic New Zealand Maori patterns from the rafters (heke) and ridgepoles (tahuhu) of meeting houses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kowhaiwhai are also found on monuments, water vessels, paddles, and canoe prows.
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland

photos of L'Anse aux Meadows, a Viking settlement at the northern tip of Newfoundland, ca 1000AD. For about 10 years at the end of the first millennium, Norse settlers from Greenland tried to survive at this remote locality in northern Newfoundland. They traded and raided as far south as the Gulf of Lawrence, but eventually the isolation, climate and conflicts with the local Beothuk led to the dissolution of the settlement. More here about the Viking settlement. Photographed Summer '04.
The Neolitihic dolmen at Poulnabrone
the 5,000 year old Pol na Bron dolmen (portal burial chamber) on the West Coast of Ireland. Photographed Summer '07.
The prehistoric cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado
spectacular cliffside apartments of Mesa Verde, a remote southwest Colorado plateau. Photographed Summer '99.
Totem poles from British Columbia
a selection of Gitxsan, Kwakwaka'wakw, Haida, and Cowichan totem poles from Thunderbird Park, Victoria.
Totem poles from Sitka
a selection of Haida and Tlingit poles in Sitka, Alaska.

Barnwell St Andrew, Northamptonshire

Barnwell is a small village near Oundle, south of Peterborough. Photographed Summer '05.
Birdoswald, Cumbria

well-preserved remnants of Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald Roman Fort, an old farm near Brampton, east of Carlisle. The fort here was a regional strongpoint, looking out over a deep valley to the north. By the 5th century it had been over-run by Picts and Saxons.
Blarney Castle, Ireland

Blarney Castle is best known for the Stone, but I was more interested in the exquisite gardens.
Cerne Abbas, Dorset

this village is famous for its massive, mysterious chalk image of the Giant, engraved on a nearby hillside. There are several theories about the Giant - it may be up to 1500 years old, or maybe only 300. Theories range from the wacky to the sober and scholarly.
Chatsworth House Gardens, Peak District, Derbyshire

this stately home is the site of one of the most gorgeous gardens in Britain. It is a huge, meandering complex full of whimsical by-ways, mazes, quiet alleys and random statuary placed in secluded groves.
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire and Broadway, Worcestershire

two of the most picturesque villages in the Cotswolds, Chipping and Broadway have become increasingly popular as weekend destinations.
Connemara, Western Galway, Ireland
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset

dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539, the Abbey was gradually pulled apart in the following centuries, leaving a colossal skeleton. Henry dismembered the last Abbot on Glastonbury Tor behind the Abbey.
Glendalough Monastery, Wicklow, Ireland
Hampton Court Palace Gardens, Surrey

the magnificent gardens of Henry VIII's palace south of London.
Jan, Jen & Don, UK '05
Kerry, Ireland
North Lopham, Norfolk

I stayed in this village for a week in July 2005. North Lopham is set in farm country near the Suffolk border, and is surrounded by fields of sugarbeets and rapeseed. It is near Redgrave and Lopham fen, and the market towns of Diss and Thetford. The church dates from Norman times, and the King's Head pub is a good 400 years old. About 500 people live in North Lopham. Part of the North Lopham Village website.
A parade of British pubs

some of the UK's wonderful historic pubs, taken on my trip in Summer '05.

Barnesville's stately homes

some of the gracious homes of Barnesville, Georgia, about 50 miles southeast of Atlanta. Taken in Spring '06.
Bombay Beach, on the Salton Sea

a drowned town on the shores of the Salton Sea, Bombay Beach is a surreal landscape of abandonment and dereliction.
The colors of St. Pierre et Miquelon

the colorful architecture of the remote French archipelago of St. Pierre et Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland. Photographed Summer '04.
Elk, Mendocino Coast

the 19th century timber town of Elk, on the isolated Mendocino Coast of Northern California.
Corrugated iron, Granville Island, Vancouver
the urban village of Granville Island, Vancouver, boasts one of the world's great collections of corrugated iron buildings. In Spring 2007 I snapped images of some of the great textures and patterns that this material creates.
Historic houses of Oysterville, Willapa Bay, Washington
photos of historic Oysterville, a village on Washington state's Willapa Bay.
The Oregon Country Fair, 2007
the wonderful temporary village that is the Country Fair springs into life every year outside Veneta, Oregon.
Stonehurst South, Eastern Nova Scotia
an eccentric collection of fishing huts and shacks on an isolated peninsula east of Lunenburg in Nova Scotia. Photographed Summer '02.
The villages of Labrador
Marji's trip on a coastal boat from Goose Bay, Labrador, to visit a series of Inuit, Innu and Euro-Canadian villages along the remote Labrador coast - now the autonomous country of Nunatsiavut. Her ports of call were Rigolet, Makkovik, Postville, Hopedale, Davis Inlet, and Nain on the northern coast; and Cartwright and Black Tickle on the southern coast. Photographed Summer '05.
The windows of Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia

insights into the ornate and beautiful architecture of Sherbrooke, an 18th-century village in Nova Scotia. Photographed Summer '02.