Australia is a land of many faces. There is the Australia of the Aboriginal people, where every landscape is full of meaning. There is the Australia that the last two centuries have seen changed into a mosaic of cities and towns, farms and properties, wilderness wetland, aridland, bushland and managed National Parks and Reserves. There is the Australia whose fascinating life is sometimes not even suspected - the Australia of koala, platypus and kangaroo, amazing birds, remarkable reptiles, and fantastic undersea life.
This is the Australia that Steve Parish has been discovering and recording on film for over thirty years. For this superb volume in his 'Signature Collection', Steve has chosen to portray the scenery of Australia in all its beauty, majesty and, at times, savagery.
Australia is an ancient land - its bones seemingly indestructible, but often, in truth, fragile. These photographs show the awesome variety of scenery and landscapes in Australia, from the coasts bludgeoned by the Southern Ocean to the fecund beauty of the rainforests and the pure lines and colour of the Red Centre. Here is a song of praise to the land of Australia.
