Welcome to our Guest Authors who write for our Blog section, as well as articles throughout the website. Through the blogs we hope that you get a sense of the author as a person, with passions, sensibility and their more humorous sides.
We also introduce you to some of our image contributors. Their passion for capturing and sharing our visual world is a gift indeed.
Following list of authors and contributors in alphabetical order:
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.
- Alice to Auburn – the Audacity of Adventure (7 part series)
- Auburn Awaits
- Port Germein
- A Seaside Sojourn of Stories
- Serendipity or Cosmic Cartographer?
- Autumn Passion
- One People One Country One Dreaming
- Day Two (Coober Pedy)
- Coober to the Coast
- Leaving Alice on Jet Plane – Over the Ditch with Da Qua
- The Doctors Have a Point
- Waitati Wandering
- New Zealand has a Castle?
- Tekapo Tribute

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
- Flight of the Black Swan
- A day in the life of Redbank Waterhole
- Henry… at the Gap
- whirr… whirr… a flat battery!!
- Photographer’s paradise
- I’m sure I need a rest…
- I don’t like heights and I’m going up in a balloon???
- Back on the road…
- Trip of a Lifetime (series)
- I’m sure I need a rest…
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 😆
- To bubble or not to bubble…
- Peek-a-boo…
- Lesser noticed (but often more exquisite) little native bees
- The Coastal Moort
- alone in her last few moments to ponder such a short existence
- The Art of a “Resin Bee”
- Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder
- The more you know…
- Hylaeus mysterium puella…
- The Definition of Mental Anguish…
- Sweat running down my face…
- How long do native bees live for
- The unmistakable eyes of Megachile aurifrons
- The “buzz pollination” club
- Illyarrie
- They’re not all blue
- Lupes was already there
Selection of pages as contributor/author in Ausemade (you can do a search using “gary taylor”:
- Amegilla chlorocyanea – blue-banded
- Amegilla chlorocyanea – bubbling bee
- Bubbling Bees
- Buzz pollination
- Megachile aurifrons – five eyes
- Thyreus waroonensis

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.
- Golden moments…
- A hard life…
- A tangled web…
- Those White-plumed Unexpected Moments…
- Reflected Moments
- Felted Love…
- It’s a jungle out there!
- Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival
- The Art of Birds
- Night of a Thousands Croaks
- Faces of the Blue Moon
- There are dragons in my garden
- Backyard Wildlife – Memories of our dad…

Marc Newman
Retired Electrical Engineer, Mushroom farmer, nature lover, macro photographer, native bee enthusiast. See his library of works on Flickr – Kool bee
Selection of pages as contributor/author in Ausemade (you can do a search using “marc newman”:
- Xylocopa aerata
- Male Xylocopa aerata
- Xylocopa aeratus Pollinator
- The Assassin
- Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus
- Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis
- Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni
- Bubbling Bees
- Buzz Pollination
- Thyreus
- Thyreus caeruleopunctatus
- Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna
- Hylaeus euxanthus
- Hylaeus alcyoneus
- Meroglossa
- Hyleoides bivulnerata
Shebah Alice Springs
An avid supporter of local businesses in Alice Springs and the greater Central Australia region, Toni is well known in the local community spreading the news about this wonderful region that she calls home.
