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Inside the mind of a compassionate, holistic, eco-conscious Australian; Kate Newman is a photographer and writer — standing up for things that matter and inspiring you along the way! Come and join me ♡

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The goal of most wildlife and conservation photographers is to protect the natural world 🌿 The focus is almost entirely on wildlife and the environment, but there’s one HUGE piece of this puzzle that is frequently ignored...
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— Indigenous communities (the world’s best conservationists) are repeatedly forced off of their land for wildlife/environmental protection. Local people are often demonized, their needs are disregarded, and they’re not included in any of the solutions. Huge human rights violations occur around the world in the name of “conservation”... Racism and colonialism hits this lane too.
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Visual art is a powerful tool to instil strong emotions and inspire global change, and although I will forever advocate for the protection of the natural world, it must never EVER be at the cost of human lives.
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Photographers are storytellers at heart, and it’s vital that we tell the WHOLE story... Remember — it’s not conservation unless you care about all aspects; PEOPLE, animals, and planet 🌏✨

Feeling small... 🌲
A moment amongst 85 year old trees; where a foreign logging plantation now merges with native species 🌿
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It’s wonderful what nature can do when it’s left to grow slowly and in harmony with its surroundings... Something for humans to learn from too ✨
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📍 Gadubanud Country

Sunlight streaming through the Aussie bush 🌿✨
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Here in Australia, the bush is far more than just a forest... It’s rich with life, Indigenous medicine, culture and infinite history — unique like no other.
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— “The bush is the natural environment; uncultivated and largely untouched by human intervention. An area with trees, smaller bushes and Indigenous plants. The aroma of eucalypts, the buzzing of insects, birdsong, wildlife, and eternal peace... An often blazing heat, but the essence of being Australian.” 🤍
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📍 Boonwurrung Land

Forever grateful for the moon ✨
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Despite being 384,000 km away, the moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating its wobble axis and creating tides; a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years 🤍
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This was a full moon rise (on Jaitmatang Land) that I won’t ever forget 🌝
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— Captured on @sonyalpha a7iii with 100-400 GM lens (1/60, f/5.6, ISO 800)

More than 4 MILLION of our beautiful native animals are killed on Australian roads EVERY year...
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Please — for the sake of our furry friends — slow down, drive carefully, stop to help wildlife cross the road safely, ensure that hurt animals are quickly tended to (do not hit and run ‼️), and if you see an animal that has been hit by a car, PLEASE stop to check their pouch or at least call someone who can.
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We all play a role in keeping our roads safe 🧡
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📍 Gadubanud Country

I took this photo back in 2017 with my iPhone, witnessing the most incredible wildlife event I’ll probably ever experience... It might not be very good quality, but it’s one of my favorite moments of ALL TIME, and I am forever grateful to have captured this memory that I will truly treasure forever.
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In the age of Instagram where people only post images that they deem to be “worthy to post”, don’t ever forget what photography is truly about...
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“The best camera is the one you have with you” — if it captured a moment in time that is memorable to you, then it’s a perfect image to me 🧡

Look closely 🐸✨
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Can you remember the last time you consciously looked up at the sky? The last time you watched an insect pollinate a flower? The last time you looked closely at the world around you instead of what you might find on your screen?
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It’s so easy to walk amongst this beautiful planet blind to the tiny details that literally keep us afloat... The bees, the fungi, the frogs, the trees.
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So next time you go outside, I challenge you to look a little deeper... Because “when we connect, we care, when we care, we protect” 🌍
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— For reference, this frog is no bigger than my fingernail. So tiny, but so very important 🤍

Rapidly disappearing... 🧊
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10% of the Earth’s surface is covered in glacial ice, and despite losing 28 TRILLION tonnes of it in the last 30 years (the equivalent of a 100-meter-thick ice sheet the size of the UK), melting rates are still accelerating at record speed 💔
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Not only does this impact ecosystems and biodiversity, it also disrupts weather patterns, accelerates natural disasters and rising sea levels, creates a scarcity in fresh drinking water, damages crop irrigation in local communities, and deeply affects the lives of many Indigenous peoples who live amongst these environments...
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It’s such an incredible feeling to stand before an overwhelming amount of ever-changing ice; a powerful landscape that can drastically impact so many lives when not treated with the respect it so deeply deserves.
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A reminder to protect our frozen landscapes, and demand that our governments do the same too 🌍

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The goal of most wildlife and conservation photographers is to protect the natural world 🌿 The focus is almost entirely on wildlife and the environment, but there’s one HUGE piece of this puzzle that is frequently ignored...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
— Indigenous communities (the world’s best conservationists) are repeatedly forced off of their land for wildlife/environmental protection. Local people are often demonized, their needs are disregarded, and they’re not included in any of the solutions. Huge human rights violations occur around the world in the name of “conservation”... Racism and colonialism hits this lane too.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Visual art is a powerful tool to instil strong emotions and inspire global change, and although I will forever advocate for the protection of the natural world, it must never EVER be at the cost of human lives.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Photographers are storytellers at heart, and it’s vital that we tell the WHOLE story... Remember — it’s not conservation unless you care about all aspects; PEOPLE, animals, and planet 🌏✨

Feeling small... 🌲
A moment amongst 85 year old trees; where a foreign logging plantation now merges with native species 🌿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It’s wonderful what nature can do when it’s left to grow slowly and in harmony with its surroundings... Something for humans to learn from too ✨
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📍 Gadubanud Country

Sunlight streaming through the Aussie bush 🌿✨
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here in Australia, the bush is far more than just a forest... It’s rich with life, Indigenous medicine, culture and infinite history — unique like no other.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
— “The bush is the natural environment; uncultivated and largely untouched by human intervention. An area with trees, smaller bushes and Indigenous plants. The aroma of eucalypts, the buzzing of insects, birdsong, wildlife, and eternal peace... An often blazing heat, but the essence of being Australian.” 🤍
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📍 Boonwurrung Land

Forever grateful for the moon ✨
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Despite being 384,000 km away, the moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating its wobble axis and creating tides; a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years 🤍
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This was a full moon rise (on Jaitmatang Land) that I won’t ever forget 🌝
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
— Captured on @sonyalpha a7iii with 100-400 GM lens (1/60, f/5.6, ISO 800)

More than 4 MILLION of our beautiful native animals are killed on Australian roads EVERY year...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Please — for the sake of our furry friends — slow down, drive carefully, stop to help wildlife cross the road safely, ensure that hurt animals are quickly tended to (do not hit and run ‼️), and if you see an animal that has been hit by a car, PLEASE stop to check their pouch or at least call someone who can.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We all play a role in keeping our roads safe 🧡
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📍 Gadubanud Country

I took this photo back in 2017 with my iPhone, witnessing the most incredible wildlife event I’ll probably ever experience... It might not be very good quality, but it’s one of my favorite moments of ALL TIME, and I am forever grateful to have captured this memory that I will truly treasure forever.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In the age of Instagram where people only post images that they deem to be “worthy to post”, don’t ever forget what photography is truly about...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
“The best camera is the one you have with you” — if it captured a moment in time that is memorable to you, then it’s a perfect image to me 🧡

Look closely 🐸✨
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Can you remember the last time you consciously looked up at the sky? The last time you watched an insect pollinate a flower? The last time you looked closely at the world around you instead of what you might find on your screen?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It’s so easy to walk amongst this beautiful planet blind to the tiny details that literally keep us afloat... The bees, the fungi, the frogs, the trees.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
So next time you go outside, I challenge you to look a little deeper... Because “when we connect, we care, when we care, we protect” 🌍
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
— For reference, this frog is no bigger than my fingernail. So tiny, but so very important 🤍

Rapidly disappearing... 🧊
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
10% of the Earth’s surface is covered in glacial ice, and despite losing 28 TRILLION tonnes of it in the last 30 years (the equivalent of a 100-meter-thick ice sheet the size of the UK), melting rates are still accelerating at record speed 💔
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Not only does this impact ecosystems and biodiversity, it also disrupts weather patterns, accelerates natural disasters and rising sea levels, creates a scarcity in fresh drinking water, damages crop irrigation in local communities, and deeply affects the lives of many Indigenous peoples who live amongst these environments...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It’s such an incredible feeling to stand before an overwhelming amount of ever-changing ice; a powerful landscape that can drastically impact so many lives when not treated with the respect it so deeply deserves.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
A reminder to protect our frozen landscapes, and demand that our governments do the same too 🌍

Flying to the moon 🌜🕊
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Photographing luna will forever be a passion of mine... It challenges me to look at the same subject in new and creative ways, and I believe it impacts the way I see the world around me too. The most simple of things have such magic to be found, especially when we have patience 🤍
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Make sure you take the time to look up at the moon, and don’t forget that so many others are sharing it with you too ✨

Australia might not have the tallest mountains, but my gosh are they beautiful 🌝✨
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I spent this weekend hiking amongst a part of my home state that I had yet to explore; climbing peaks and watching the full moon glide amongst the dreamiest of skies... It’s incredible what you discover when you deeply explore your backyard 🤍
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— Taken with CPL @urth filter 🌏 (AD)
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📍 Jaitmatang Land

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