Situated in the desert, Lake Pamamaroo is a dry lake which rarely has water. Upon learning there was water due to recent flooding I made the 1100km drive to photograph a Milky Way Landscape.

On the first night I arrived at dusk and it unexpectedly rained. So instead, Emma and I enjoyed a cheap bottle of red from the general store relaxing during sunset taking in this amazing landscape from the lakeside.

The next day I scouted the waters edge far away from camp to find this tree branched out of the water. It had a unique shape and aligned with the Milky Way. It was the only one on the whole lakeside which was isolated from other trees. I imagined before arriving there would be many to choose from and I am lucky to have discovered this particular one.

I spent two of the six nights photographing the same isolated tree as conditions on every night were different. Two nights were rainy or had heavy cloud coverage. Two nights were very windy. And one night it was clear with mild winds which were best for star reflections in the water. On the other night I photographed another area.

It was an amazing few days here and it was challenging to capture this image. Our tent blew sideways each night as the open deserts windy conditions were too strong for our little tent. And we bathed using a tap in the middle of winter with cold water with curious onlookers in their campervans.

With rain and clouds forecast for the next week we continued through the outback to Broken Hill where we stayed at the resort and enjoyed some comfort for the night. Emma was happy with the roof over our heads and I was happy to have visited a location I have long wanted to photograph.

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