Red soil at Table Mountain National Park outside Cape Town, South Africa

Red soil at Table Mountain National Park outside Cape Town, South Africa in February 2015

Washout

Erosion near the airport at Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, taken in November 2008

Harsh country

This photo was taken at the Pine Creek lookout, about 200 km south of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, overlooking the goldmine that sustains this town. Taken in April 2008, it illustrates just how harsh and forbidding this landscape is, albeit very beautiful as well. The spear grass has died off and has turned straw-coloured amongst the ever present red dirt, dust and Eucalypt trees.

Big boots to fill

These are my boots! Taken on Elcho Island in May 2008 showing just how dusty this place is and how red the soil is. It gets into everything but is great for taking photos as it is such a vibrant colour. And anyway I prefer dust to the mud that this soil turns into during the wet season.