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The Nullabor Coast

watching and his time alone in natural For the past 20 months they have Police Station at Daly Waters.
remote locations. Kevin records been restoring an old house, planting Kevin’s aim is threefold: to make
the natural sounds of an area then organic vegetables and fruit, looking an art gallery, a theatrette and an
while painting from his photograph, after their ducks and chickens and information centre out of the building.
he plays them back to recapture the volunteering their skills to the local Daly Waters is home to thousands
mood of that specific moment. Where Progress Association. Kevin has of visitors every week from autumn
there are no sounds to record, Kevin recently designed and built the ‘John to late spring, of which the majority
listens to classical, folk or rock music McDouall Stuart Heritage Trail’, are caravanners. Kevin would like to
while he paints, the genre of music is commemorating the sesquicentennial offer these travellers lessons in how
dependent on what is being painted. (150th) anniversary of the explorer to paint with watercolours during
Kevin and Jeanette now live in a John McDouall Stuart’s exploration their time at Daly Waters. He feels
small hamlet called Daly Waters in and naming of Daly Waters. He is that travellers need a hobby and
the Northern Territory with a current also in the early stages of renovating he can’t think of a better one than
permanent population of five people. the town’s old Post Office come replicating their travel experiences in

Old Wreck Margaret River WA

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