Category: Travel photography

Our outback journey led us to the heart of Australia, Uluru (or for the tourists, Ayers Rock). We stayed around the resort for two nights, which gave me the time to take a lot of footage, including some great time-lapses. (featured here)

After passing Adelaide, we headed north into the Outback. The vast emptiness of the central part of this continent didn’t compare to anything I’ve ever seen before, and I can say that after having been to the Salt Flats of Utah and the long stretches of deserts in Arizona. You could literally drive for a whole day without ever seeing anything noteworthy, if you didn’t know where the interesting spots are.

Our journey through Australia led us to the Gorge Wildlife Park near Adelaide, where I was able to take all of these photos. Although these animals are born in captivity, they are native to Australia, and are allowed to roam free in the park. So if you keep your distance and bring a good zoom lens, you can still experience a somewhat natural behavior.

For our journey from Sydney down to Melbourne and further on, we rented a car, which took us to some of the most famous sites of Australia, and also to some lesser known, though not any less beautiful, places.

A few days after Sydney, we arrived in Melbourne, and only a few minutes in I was already certain that this city was much more my cup of tea. Melbourne is bursting with color and creativity and when walking through the streets of downtown, you get the feeling that this city has an unwritten policy that no two buildings are allowed to look even slightly similar. Every single bigger building or scyscraper has some kind of special and unique decoration.

In summer 2017 I toured through Australia with my family. We first arrived in Sydney, where it actually was a lot warmer than we expected (we throught it would be similar to the Austrian winter, but it’s more like warm, sunny autumn days).

After the summer school in Utah, I decided to visit my aunt and her family, who live in Colorado. Together we went for a few day trips, climbing all the way to the top of Grays Peak, one of Colorado’s 14ers, gazing into the night sky at Berthoud pass summit, and chasing the perfect nature panorama in Rocky Mountains NP.

During my stay in Colorado, I went to visit the city of Denver with my cousin. Having already been to most of the famous big cities of the US, I didn’t really know what to expect. Honestly though, Denver didn’t fail to surprise me. The creativity, the colors, and especially the music of this city to me were unmatched (at least in the US).

These photos were created during a summer school program at UVU in July 2016. We went on a field trip to Arizona and stayed with a local Navajo family, learned about their customs, beliefs, and cuisine, and even had a private pow-wow dance battle organized for us.

During my time in the States in 2016 I got to experience the 4th of July celebration in Park City, Utah. Coming from a country with rather low national pride (obviously for historical reasons), this day to me was complete madness.