Queensland On Film

[michaelwj]

Like the title says, Queensland, Australia - on film.

Queensland is a big place. I'll be posting some shots from my little corner, feel free to add yours if you're a resident or just visiting. Any camera is good - as long as it's on film.

Here are two to get started:

Brisbane from Red Hill. Fomapan 400 at 250 in R09, M4, Summilux pre-asph

Moreton Bay from Moreton Island. Portra 160 at 125 in Unicolor Kit, M4, Summilux pre-asph

 

[Keith]

A year or so ago I jumped in my car, left Brisabane and drove to Longreach via Roma Blackall etc and saw some of the most amazing country I've seen in my life then came back the alternate route inland down to Cunamulla then back east. I have some of the best photos I've ever taken but sadly .. with my M240. It seems I wasted my time and never saw or actually photographed Queensland at all because I chose the incorrect media! The outback is where you find the real Queensland and the real Queenslanders ... shame I can't show anyone! 🙂

 

[michaelwj]

If only Keith!
You'll have to redo that trip with the correct media!

I agree with your assessment of outback Qld though, it is amazing and far more diverse than most people think. When I first moved to Brisbane in my early 20s I made the point of leaving town every weekend and driving somewhere I hadn't been before. Unfortunately those trips were never photographed...

 

[pyeh]

Great idea, Michaelwj. As a shameful Sydneysider I haven't seen much of Queensland at all - just the touristy bits like Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast, and some of that was decades ago. This thread could reach the heights of the Hanoi thread.
I do think you might relax the film requirement though, if only to see Keith's shots. Perhaps just a one-off exemption for our esteemed member.

 

[michaelwj]

Moreton Island Intersection

Red Hill Church

Both Portra 160 at 125 in Unicolor. M4, Summilux pre-asph.

 

[lynnb]

Nice thread. I have happy memories of camping in the campground at Kirra in the 60s, and also at Tugun and Caloundra. There was a steam train from Brisbane that terminated at Coolangatta - captured on 16mm Kodachrome movie film using a spring-wind Kodak Cine camera (which I still have).

Keep the pictures coming! And another vote to include Keith's M240 pics.

Here's Coolangatta beach on a winter day in 1975

Kodachrome 25, OM1 with OM-Zuiko 200mm f4

 

[Huss]

A year or so ago I jumped in my car, left Brisabane and drove to Longreach via Roma Blackall etc and saw some of the most amazing country I've seen in my life then came back the alternate route inland down to Cunamulla then back east. I have some of the best photos I've ever taken but sadly .. with my M240. It seems I wasted my time and never saw or actually photographed Queensland at all because I chose the incorrect media! The outback is where you find the real Queensland and the real Queenslanders ... shame I can't show anyone! 🙂

I'd love to see them! Start a new thread. A sister one to this one.

🙂

 

[lynnb]

Camooweal, outback Qld, 1978

OM1 OM-Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 Kodachrome 25.

 

[Axel]

Yesss!
Kodachrome as I like it... 😀

 

[lynnb]

the small town of Cunnamulla in outback Qld in 1978. Click image to enlarge.

Cunnamulla, outback Qld, 1978 #023 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
OM1 Om Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 Kodachrome 25

Edit: I've found the same building now on Google street view: 26 Jane St Cunnamulla.

 

[rodt16s]

Edit: I've found the same building now on Google street view: 26 Jane St Cunnamulla.

Is the dog still there..?

 

[lynnb]

Is the dog still there..?

lol very funny! His descendants probably are 🙂

 

[michaelwj]

the small town of Cunnamulla in outback Qld in 1978. Click image to enlarge.

OM1 Om Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 Kodachrome 25

Edit: I've found the same building now on Google street view: 26 Jane St Cunnamulla.

Loving the kodachrome Lynn!

That street view image should be on the "lens flare" thread! Best street view I've seen.

 

[lynnb]

on the track between Kynuna and Julia Creek, outback Qld, winter 1978

OM1 OM Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 Kodachrome 25

 

[lynnb]

Charleville, outback Qld, 1978. Notice the "TAA - The Nation's Jetline" sign under the pub awning.

OM1 OM Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 Kodachrome 25

 

[agricola]

A year or so ago I jumped in my car, left Brisabane and drove to Longreach via Roma Blackall etc and saw some of the most amazing country I've seen in my life then came back the alternate route inland down to Cunamulla then back east. I have some of the best photos I've ever taken but sadly .. with my M240. It seems I wasted my time and never saw or actually photographed Queensland at all because I chose the incorrect media! The outback is where you find the real Queensland and the real Queenslanders ... shame I can't show anyone! 🙂

Keith - post the bloody things anyway - since when have Queenslanders been sticklers for protocol ?!%&#

Or start another thread and let us see them.

 

[michaelwj]

Another from Moreton Island

M4, Summilux 35mm pre-asph, Portra 160

 

[lynnb]

sunrise at Barcaldine, outback Queensland, Australia, 1978.
OM1 OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 Kodachrome 25. V700 scan.

 

[lynnb]

Another from Moreton Island

M4, Summilux 35mm pre-asph, Portra 160

Looks like a nice place Michael - you've captured the feel of the coastal Qld bush.. I've never been there, only once visited Fraser Is on one of those 4WD bus tours. Not the ideal way to experience the great outdoors :bang:

 

[citizen99]

Brisbane from Mount Cootha, July 2017 by John Hancock, on Flickr
Envoy Wide Angle 64mm f/6.5 on 6x9, Portra 160. Levels tweaked in Photoshop Elements 2, cropped.