Guest Authors

Guest AuthorsAndrew Turner Cassidy Taylor Da Qua David Rennie Deb Taylor Dianne Bickers Dorothy L Gary Taylor Hongming Kan Jean and Fred Hort JeLa D Ken Walker Koh Lin Marc Newman Marianne Broug Mark Hanlon Michael Doe Michael Jefferies Phil Warburton Stefan Jones Terry Dunham Toni Ryland Tony Eales

Welcome to our Guest Authors who have contributed to our Blog section, as well as providing photographs and articles used throughout the website. Through the blogs we hope that you get an insight into the author as a person, their passions, sensibilities and their humorous sides.

Throughout the site, we have the immense pleasure of presenting some of the photographs from out contributors, many within specific topics such as landscape, local attractions, flora and fauna, including some great spiders, beetles and bee photos. The passion of our photographer / contributors highlighting their passion for capturing and sharing our visual world, a gift indeed. As well as those listed above and below, other recent and long-time contributors include Deb Taylor, Di Bickers, Stefan Jones, Cassidy Taylor, Eamonn Culhane, Emma Skyba, Gary Taylor, Gayle Schick, Greg Mccroary, Hongming Kan, Iskander Kaliananda, Ian Burns, Jeff Melvaine, Ken Walker, Len van der Waag, Marc Newman, Marianne Broug, Mark Hanlon, Michael Doe, Nomes Naomi Betts, Phil Warburton, Shane Dighton, Terry Dunham, with many more throughout the site.

Check out our list of authors and contributors listed above and below…

Andrew Turner

Andrew is a part-time contributor, who in his own words “has a quirky sense of humour” and looks for the unusual side of things.

Da Qua

Vivienne describes herself as both a ‘solo travelling woman’ & a ‘global granny’, with children and grandchildren in Australia and New Zealand, and family in Wales. She spends extended periods connecting to the people and landscapes, capturing images and weaving these moments into memories and stories as she travels.

David Rennie

David Rennie is a wildlife photographer, a claim as that is because it is all he does… wander around taking photo’s of nature and all that rely on it for their survival.

Dorothy L

Dorothy Latimer (aka Dorothy L) is one of our key contributors. Her passion for the natural world around us, is revealed in some of her many photographs of birds and also extends to other creatures and the natural landscape.

As revealed by Dorothy, she likes to shoot a series of photos that tell a story and shows another angle on her subject.

Her blogs include

You can check out Dorothy’s Bird List for some of the birds she has photographed.

Dorothy is also a major contributor to many Ausemade pages, especially Birds.

Gary Taylor

My interests are just as diverse as they are numerous… Life story would be a ripper but I’m too busy doing it 😆 Check out Author Gary Taylor page for his full contribution list of works.

Selection of pages as contributor/author in Ausemade (you can do a search using “gary taylor”:

Hylaeus mysterium puella, Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor — *Hylaeus mysterium puella*, Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor

JeLa D

In her series of blogs, JeLa D weaves her narrative with the photos from Dorothy L. This is a perfect match she says, as it allow her to have a laugh with a kindred spirit.

Koh Lin

I like to draw on life, and look at the beauty around us. There is a story everywhere.

Marc Newman

Retired Electrical Engineer, Mushroom farmer, nature lover, macro photographer, native bee enthusiast. Check out Author Marc Newman page for his full contribution list of works.

Selection of pages as contributor/author in Ausemade (you can do a search using “marc newman”:

Leioproctus (Ceratocolletes) xanthosus on Haemodorum planifolium (Blood Root Lily) © Marc Newman — *Leioproctus (Ceratocolletes) xanthosus* on *Haemodorum planifolium* (Blood Root Lily) © Marc Newman

Michael Doe

We welcome Michael Doe and are excited to present some of Michael’s amazing photographs on spiders and amazing Australian wildlife. Follow the link to his page, where we will keep you up-to-date, as we start to present his amazing works.

Stefan Jones

We welcome Stefan Jones whose interest in Australian Entomology is evident in his amazing spider photographs.

More information on the Guest Author Stefan Jones page.

Toni Ryland

An avid supporter of local businesses wherever she is located in Australia, Toni makes herself well known in whatever local community she finds herself, spreading the news about what is what and happening, through Facebook and blogs. She has contributed stories and photographs for a number of articles on Ausemade.

The 1% Club at Uluru (rain and waterfalls on the Rock) © Toni Ryland

As well as doing a search on this website by using the authors name, you can also see a list of blogs, articles, image contribution by the guest authors listed below (just click on their name)…