Luke O'Brien Photography

Wombat Rescue Tasmania

June 15, 2021

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting with Joy from Wombat Rescue Tasmania. She is doing an amazing job to care for these well loved critters, who sadly are facing many difficulties – most notably mange and roadkill. I was up in Miena presenting a photography workshop and the wombats stole...Read More

The fungi hunting blues

June 7, 2021

The autumn blues are upon me. The summer is long gone. The days are cold and the nights are long. And I got the blues. The fungi hunting blues. The lying in the dirt, flicking off leeches, convoluted tripod gymnastics, autumn in Tasmania fungi hunting blues… By blues I mean of course, Mycena interrupta. Every...Read More

Sunrise Ronny Creek

May 31, 2021

I think its fair to say I have shot more than my fair share of sunrises down at Dove Lake over the years, so on a recent trip I stayed back at Ronny Creek and caught some very nice dawn light and mist over Crater Lake and Marions Lookout from Waldheim. It was a wonderful...Read More

Logging and the Election

April 26, 2021

At the risk of sounding political – well, there is an election this weekend here in Tasmania – I am sharing these photos of magnificent rainforest in the Tarkine. This particular area, along the Que River, contains massive old myrtle trees, giant ferns and fabulous fungi. There is no question of the forests age, beauty...Read More

Miena Cider Gums

April 16, 2021

I have spent a bit of time up at the Great Lake in Tasmania’s Central Highlands over past few weeks with the newly minted Highland Shutterbugs photography group. During my last visit we were granted access to one of the properties that contain the rare Miena Cider Gums, most of which sadly are now dead...Read More

Ghost Mushroom Paradise

April 9, 2021

Wowsers. What a sight. Ghosts – everywhere. Who you gonna call? Well to be honest, I called one of the fine folk in charge of the Tasmanian Fungi facebook group to find out where these beauties were and was rather surprised to be personally guided to the site! It was amazing. I packed a tent...Read More

Upcoming Tasmanian Photography Workshops

April 1, 2021

** UPDATE MAY 2021: Some spring dates are now set with some new tours to be unveiled shortly too. Private 3 day tours available on demand all year round ** Contact me with any questions or to book a place. Cradle Mt & Tarkine: Aug 28 ~ Sept 3, 2021 $3495 per person BRAND NEW...Read More

Liffey River Cascades

March 31, 2021

Liffey Falls is one of Tassie’s best waterfalls, not just because the falls themselves are great, but the Liffey River cascades through some wonderful forest with multiple locations to shoot during the short walk of around 20-25 minutes each way. The first viewing decks are found around 10 minutes down the track and funnily enough...Read More

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Aurora March 20, 2021

March 23, 2021

The night of March 20, 2021 was a good one for aurora viewing – a lot of things lined up just perfectly. Super large coronal hole on the sun blowing the solar wind at the earth? Check. Moonless night? Check. Cloud free skies – absolutely! And a well behaved aurora that started performing right on...Read More

Bastion Cascades

March 19, 2021

The Bastion Cascades are just one of many hikes in the Meander area and we went to check them out a week or two ago. The weather turned out to be way sunnier than I was expecting which made shooting the waterfall tricky but it was still a great reccie for another visit in the...Read More

Cradle Mountain Festival of Fagus

March 16, 2021

In conjunction with the Cradle Mountain Hotels inaugural “Festival of Fagus” I am very excited to be presenting a day photographing Tasmania’s botanical wonder on Saturday April 24th. Every year for a couple of weeks each side of ANZAC day the mountains of western Tasmania glow with autumnal tones of yellow and orange as the...Read More

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