Tom M. Wilson

The area around Mossman is full of grand cane field-filled ampitheatres of cloud and mountain.

Engaging with nature doesn’t mean just looking at it. The waters of Mossman Gorge are so good for washing off the salt of the coast. Massive white boulders and cool water on the skin, so fresh you could smell it as you stroked your way forward across the surface or tumbled through the rapids.

This black and white and sepia collection comes mainly from Mossman Gorge, north of Cairns.

This is the Gorge in all its quiet, fresh-watered inwardness.

After Cairns and Fitzroy Island we went south. Up into the Tablelands to the east the water flowed cold and pure.

Then we were a thousand metres up in the Tablelands, amongst the clouds and the rain.

By Lake Barrine I thought I’d check the strength of the lianas by pulling on one. One thing lead to another…