Pilot Andrew Kube captures Australia from above

SOME are abstract, some look like paintings, and some are simply landscapes. Whichever way you look at it, Australia’s outback is bloody beautiful.

Goyder Lagoon, South Australia. “It’s a big reserve, and there’s all these little tributaries, but around the edge is red. There’s the Stony Desert on one side, and the Simpson on the other, and there’s all this iron-coloured dirt.” Picture: Andrew Kube

1/15Goyder Lagoon, South Australia. “It’s a big reserve, and there’s all these little tributaries, but around the edge is red. There’s the Stony Desert on one side, and the Simpson on the other, and there’s all this iron-coloured dirt.” Picture: Andrew Kube

Strzelecki Desert, South Australia. “This was taken back in about March, just after a big rain. As you can see, it really is a desert. It’s red and barren, but there was just water everywhere. I thought: ‘Wow, I’m lucky to see this’.” Picture: Andrew Kube

2/15Strzelecki Desert, South Australia. “This was taken back in about March, just after a big rain. As you can see, it really is a desert. It’s red and barren, but there was just water everywhere. I thought: ‘Wow, I’m lucky to see this’.” Picture: Andrew Kube

Little Allen Island, Queensland. “I think it looks like a flying kangaroo, but depending on the tide it can look really different.” Picture: Andrew Kube

3/15Little Allen Island, Queensland. “I think it looks like a flying kangaroo, but depending on the tide it can look really different.” Picture: Andrew Kube

4/15Pink Lake, Victoria. Picture: Andrew Kube

Dunes near Lake Eyre, South Australia. “I had my family in the plane, and the sun was really low with the evening light. We were zooming along about 500 feet above the ground, it was about 37 degrees and we were all fanning ourselves, just thinking it looked incredible.” Picture: Andrew Kube

5/15Dunes near Lake Eyre, South Australia. “I had my family in the plane, and the sun was really low with the evening light. We were zooming along about 500 feet above the ground, it was about 37 degrees and we were all fanning ourselves, just thinking it looked incredible.” Picture: Andrew Kube

6/15Birds at Lake Eyre, South Australia. Picture: Andrew Kube

7/15Lake Eyre, South Australia. “It looks like a moon. I just like the patterns of this one, it looks like someone painted it.” Picture: Andrew Kube

Lake Eyre, South Australia. “I talked a couple of people into doing a longer trip. I said: ‘We’re pretty lucky, there’s been a whole lot of rain’. It was the best trip ever, after that we started doing three-day trips everywhere.” Picture: Andrew Kube

8/15Lake Eyre, South Australia. “I talked a couple of people into doing a longer trip. I said: ‘We’re pretty lucky, there’s been a whole lot of rain’. It was the best trip ever, after that we started doing three-day trips everywhere.” Picture: Andrew Kube

Camel tracks at Lake Eyre, South Australia. “It looks almost like a piece of barbed wire. We were trying to figure out what is was, and why the animal was wandering around in circles.” Picture: Andrew Kube

9/15Camel tracks at Lake Eyre, South Australia. “It looks almost like a piece of barbed wire. We were trying to figure out what is was, and why the animal was wandering around in circles.” Picture: Andrew Kube

10/15Lake Eyre after the rain, South Australia. Picture: Andrew Kube

11/15Algae patterns on Lake Eyre, South Australia. Picture: Andrew Kube

Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. “It’s one of those places you can’t see from the ground. There’s almost no roads up there, on the Gulf, and when you’re down on the ground you just see the horizon and the sky. You have no appreciation of what it really looks like.” Picture: Andrew Kube

12/15Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. “It’s one of those places you can’t see from the ground. There’s almost no roads up there, on the Gulf, and when you’re down on the ground you just see the horizon and the sky. You have no appreciation of what it really looks like.” Picture: Andrew Kube

Near William Creek, South Australia. “This one is really abstract, it could almost be a kitchen top. It’s a really unique landscape.” Picture: Andrew Kube

13/15Near William Creek, South Australia. “This one is really abstract, it could almost be a kitchen top. It’s a really unique landscape.” Picture: Andrew Kube

14/15Near Bowen, Queensland. Picture: Andrew Kube

Wimmera Paddocks, Victoria. “This was taken somewhere near Horsham. I had an exhibition, and a bunch of farmers were standing there trying to work out what was going on in the picture - why did he turn that way?” Picture: Andrew Kube

15/15Wimmera Paddocks, Victoria. “This was taken somewhere near Horsham. I had an exhibition, and a bunch of farmers were standing there trying to work out what was going on in the picture - why did he turn that way?” Picture: Andrew Kube

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