About OzOutback.com.au

Originally from Friesland, the Netherlands, my main ambition was to see the world. As soon as I finished university, I moved to Eswatini (Swaziland), Africa, in 1970, working in science education for UNESCO and as a science teacher at a local school. It was a marvellous place to live; I stayed for almost five years and also travelled extensively in the region.

In 1975, I moved to Australia, where I lived and worked in Education in nine Aboriginal communities and three towns in the Northern Territory. I learned a lot about traditional Aboriginal culture, rituals, and language. This site started in 1999 as “OzOutback - The REAL Australia” emphasising the Outback and Indigenous culture.

In 2001, I moved to Cairns, Far North Queensland, where I worked in an indigenous school for ten years. Here, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students also showed their cultural dances. During that time, I started the website “WorldPics - Images of the World” from my collection of photographs taken in countries around the world since 1965.

In 2014 I combined the two sites as “OzOutback - Images of the World”, and added more photos and also videos over the years. Having a keen interest in a country’s history and the development of its national symbols, I also added a section showing the flag history of each country. Over 800 videos of many more countries are at my YouTube Channel.

As all the photographs are mine, the emphasis is on the places I have spent most of my time - and where I have taken pictures. There will have been changes since I was last there; the photos and videos all have the date they were taken underneath it. This site then is a very personal view of Australia and the world.

Kind regards,
Ludo Kuipers