HE has been painting NSW landscapes for 30 years. But Goulburn artist and educator, Bob Millis has discovered a whole new-world in Central Australia, one that he says has given him a "visual journey with creativity".
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He found a domain of clear, crisp light, an indeterminable array of green, blue and red hues dancing in the soft winter sunlight.
He discovered time-sculptured craggy cliffs and ochre-coloured soil, all blending with some of the bluest skies he had yet experienced.
In short, Mr Millis was standing in Ruby Gap, some 180km east of Alice Springs, a truly remote place located in the East McDonnell Ranges, first found by Europeans in 1886.
The story goes those early visitors discovered what they thought were rubies "simply lying around the canyon".
"When word got out in Alice Springs, it started a ruby rush and before long, more than 100 adventurers were picking up the scattered gems," Mr Millis said.
For the full story, please see Monday's Goulburn Post, available from our front office in Auburn St, or at all leading newsagencies across the Goulburn area.
