Take a drive on the wild side
The 2023 Outback Car Trek took in 3,900km across 8 days. Leaving Bendigo in Victoria and finishing in Queensland, the rally raises money for RFDS.
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Bellevue Hill: Paradise for dogs
Harbour views, exercise, shopping, cafes, chasing sticks - it doesn't get much better for dogs than Sydney's Bellevue Hill.
How the healthiest koala colony collapsed into extinction
Calamity has struck the koalas of Gunnedah, the NSW town that still calls itself the “koala capital of the world”.
- by Nick O'Malley and Wolter Peeters
Families locked down in Sydney’s west are literally climbing the walls
While residents of the east and north shore flocked to Sydney’s beaches when COVID-19 hit their neighbourhoods, families on the city’s fringe are instead taking advantage of larger spaces and nearby bushland to stay sane.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Wolter Peeters
‘These are battlefield tasks’: Defence Force on the ground for flood recovery
Colonel Young, deputy commander of the Joint Task Group for NSW assigned to the recovery effort, said the relationship between the defence force and state agencies galvanised through the fires and were bedded down by COVID-19. But these were just dress rehearsals for the flood.
- by Lucy Cormack and Wolter Peeters
Bushfire victim with 55 per cent burns who lost it all wants to go home
With heavily bandaged legs and red, raw arms and hands that “just don’t bend,” Roy Annesley asks the bank to waive late payment fees because he has “had a bit going on”.
- by Lucy Cormack and Wolter Peeters
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Bushfires
‘The RFS abandoned our village’: Balmoral laments lack of action
Balmoral RFS captain Brendan O’Connor blames an over-reliance on computer modelling and failure to take on local knowledge for the destruction of his village.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Wolter Peeters
'Trees were exploding': Fires ravage Southern Highlands
The Currowan blaze has torn through bushland and destroyed properties west of Kangaroo Valley, where emergency services were trapped for several hours on Saturday.
- by Tom Rabe and Wolter Peeters
'It will come': Anxious wait for residents in the path of Gospers Mountain fire
Residents near Lithgow are doing all they can to prepare their homes as nearby fires threaten to get closer as conditions worsen.
- by Laura Chung and Wolter Peeters
Behind the lens: SMH photographers capture raging NSW bushfires
Our photographers offer their insights into the worst fires of living memory after being on the front line earlier this month.
- by Nick Moir, Wolter Peeters and Dean Sewell
Top tips for shooting Vivid like a pro
Snapping that perfect Vivid image is not easy, especially when you're surrounded by thousands of other visitors. But SMH photographer Wolter Peeters' tips will make it a walk in the park.
- by Laura Chung and Wolter Peeters
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/wolter-peeters-h10ofw