It was just a few weeks after the Denmark bushfires that I visited musician, artist and environmentalist James Gentle at home. It was a mix of good luck and James’s huge efforts that his house was not on the list of those lost in the fires. All that’s left of his caravan, however, is a patch of ash with melted metal and glass sculpted by intense heat.

Artist and visionary, Andre is the man who started the Denmark Arts markets, and indeed Denmark Arts itself. He flies under the radar most of the time these days, and I'm sure there's a lot of people here now who have no idea how much Andre shaped our little town. He's one of Denmark's original 'bloody hippies' and a bloody treasure.

I’ve photographed Andre many times over the years and have included some of my old favourites below the photos I took a few days ago.

I recently spent a fascinating few days traipsing though the bush with a team of ecologists from Bush Heritage Australia…The team were monitoring the endangered Red-tailed Phascogales, a tiny carnivorous marsupial once found across most of southern Australia.

I’ve just enjoyed an amazing few days whale-watching in Flinders Bay, Augusta with Naturaliste Charters…Those few days were full of new experiences - hearing the whales expel air, awe-inspired to realise that the spurt I’d seen on the horizon actually reaches five metres into the air…

When the planets align - sometimes you find yourself in a perfect location with beautiful winter’s afternoon light, a gorgeous family wearing colourful clothes…and pelicans.

Beyond The Traffic Lights…One of the lovely, unexpected upshots from our 22,000km meander has been an exhibition of 100-plus portraits on Yagan Tower, in the centre of Perth….