Here is a collection of photographs of The Great Barrier Reef, Tropical North Queensland, Central Australia, Ayers Rock and Australia wide. These prints are available exclusively from the Australian Ric J. Steininger Gallery.

Rainforest

Rainforests are some of the most fascinating and inspiring places to visit and walk through. The abundance of life and the various unusual plants are amazing. Waterfalls, rivers and creeks add the experience.

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“Mossman River” Mossman Gorge river, North of Port Douglas	“Mossman” Mossman Gorge river, North of Port Douglas	“Barron Falls”
“Barron Falls from the Air”	“Eternal Fig” The rainforest of Mossman Gorge, North of Port Douglas

Great Barrier Reef and Islands

The Photographs in this section contain images of reefs, islands and sand cays.

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“Green Island & Coastal View”	“Green Island Reef”	“Low Isles” Low Isles, off the coast of Port Douglas	“Low Isles and Mangroves”
“Low Isles from the Air”	“Quicksilver” Quicksilver pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas	“Angel” A bird sanctuary on a sand cay situated off Cairns	“Michaelmas Cay from the Air”
“Michaelmas Cay Reef”	“All in a Day!”	“Upolu Cay and Ocean Spirit”	“Green Island from the Air” Green Island and surrounding reef, off the coast of Cairns
“Upolu Cay” One of three sand cays situated off the coast of Cairns	“Tropical Islands”

North Queensland Beaches and Coastline

North Queensland has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. One of the main distinctions is that each beach has a strong tropical feel.

Photographs include sunrise and clear blue days.

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“Ellis Beach” Ellis Beach (Palm Cove), north of Cairns Queensland	“Double Island” Ellis Beach (Palm Cove), north of Cairns Queensland	“Mission Beach”	“Cape Tribulation Head”
“Cape Tribulation Coastal View”

Port Douglas

The special haven settled in the midst of the tropical North. Port Douglas is a very popular township, a place sought after by visitors from all over the world.

"A small township on a headland reaching out for the Great Barrier Reef". Full of great hotel resorts, cafes and restaurants, Port Douglas is a township known for its wonderful character and atmosphere.

It is also a great jump-off point where you can catch a boat leaving to visit the reef or the tropical islands of Low Isles. Port Douglas remains unique and a special place in Tropical North Queensland. There are many natural wonders that are close by like the famous Mossman Gorge and the Daintree and Cape Tribulation area which are both just a short drive north.

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“St. Mary's by the Sea”
The lovely Port Douglas setting, North Queensland

“4 Mile Beach”
Four Mile Beach Port Douglas, North Queensland

“South Four Mile Beach”
The south end of Four Mile Beach Port Douglas

“Port Douglas Marina”
Marina Mirage Port Douglas, North Queensland

Cairns City

I have been living here in Cairns for the past ten years.

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“City of Cairns”	“Lilies” White lilies in a pond, Cairns Queensland	“Pondering Life” A pink lily captured at Centenary Lakes Cairns	“Pink Lilies” Pink lilies captured at Centenary Lakes Cairns
“A Pond of Lilies” White lilies in a pond, Cairns Queensland

Ayers Rock and the Red Centre

Central Australia is a very different place from the big cities or regular country side, there is just a whole lot of nothing. But this is a part of what is so special about being here, these vast open spaces where you can see off into the distance in every direction and it is just you and the land, sky and God... soulful.

But of course there is more than that as well. As you get closer to the centre of Australia the land colour changes dramatically to a rich pure red and the Spinifex grass begins to appear. In this environment there is an abundance of life living in and amongst the Spinifex grass... the adventure continues.

It seems that Uluru (Ayers Rock) lies right in the heart of Central Australia. It is almost as if Uluru is the actual physical heart of Australia. Anyway, as you drive closer both Uluru and Kata-Tjuta about an hour out and gradually begin to grow as you draw closer. They are the only things that you see on the horizon except the endless red sand.

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Uluru (Ayers Rock)

Ulu r u — “Walk About” Ayers Rock captured with the Olgas in the distance	“Spinifex” The height of the Spinifex grass glowing at sunrise	Kata Tju t a — “Olgas” The Olgas with the moon rising behind, 20 minutes after sunset	Kata Tju t a — “Olgas at Dawn” The Olgas captured at sunrise
“Aura” Ayers Rock captured 45 minutes before sunrise	“Desert Oaks” Ayers Rock captured in between two Desert Oak trees	Kata Tju t a — “Dreamtime” The Olgas captured 40 minutes after sunset	“Hand of God” Ayers Rock on the distant horizon with the rays of sunlight
“Uluru” Ayers Rock captured at sunset with the moon rising behind