Australian Life photography competition 2025 – in pictures
From coast to coast, these snapshots of the everyday lives of everyday Australians capture moments of love, laughter, grief and grind.
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Defying AI to create beautiful images
These days you could type prompts into an image generator and create something like this in seconds. But it wouldn’t be real. After shooting 100,000 frames, Doug Gimesy got his shot.
How his love of the water inspired a new career
Russell Ord has always loved to meet people whose daily lives revolve around the ocean. After 19 years with the fire service he became one of them himself.
The warmth is strong in this one
It’s just what you need in midwinter: an electrically heated poncho. Who cares if it makes you look like Anakin Skywalker?
Every inch counts in the Wheatbelt
On this 7900ha farm in Western Australia, the tractors are GPS-guided to an accuracy of 2cm. Making for one hell of a drone-captured image.
Wake up and smell the salts
Smelling salts aren’t just for reviving dazed footballers – you can use them in place of your morning coffee, insists the good people at Primed. Who are they kidding?
Just another day at Cable Beach
It’s Broome’s famous stretch of sand – but not as you know it. What’s the story behind this funny, Jeffrey Smart-like photograph?
Is that Hervey Bay or a noir film set?
Landscape photography isn’t all about sunlit vistas of the natural world. This brilliantly moody shot from The Landscape Awards 2025 shows the power of main street gloom.
This contraption wants you to stop scrolling social media
The Brick is a piece of hardware designed to help you with restricting and resisting those pesky social media apps. How does it work?
Take BYO to a whole new level
Bringing a special bottle of wine with you to a restaurant? This $30,000 LaErre bottle case will ensure you arrive in style.
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