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Window cleaners, Hobart, Tasmania
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Two window cleaners at work abseiling down the facade and cleaning the windows of the Hobart Medical Institute in Hobart, Tasmania © Rob Walls 2018
March 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Bartender, the Gypsy Bar, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne 2010
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A serene looking bartender at her place of work against a backdrop of bottles, glasses and chalkboard of wine prices in The Gypsy Bar, Fitzroy, Melbourne © Rob Walls 2010
April 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Road train, Nullarbor Roadhouse, truck stop, sunrise; This Working Life project 2011.
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A trucker checking the wheels of his road train rig with the rising sun behind him after a fuelling stop at the Nullarbor Road House, before setting off to cross Australia on Highway 1, to the west. From the This Working Life project, a documentation of work in Australia © Rob Walls 2011
April 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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A bat out of hell, in a pub which was once said to hold the world record for the number of stabbings in a single night; karaoke at the Pier Hotel (closed 2024), Port Hedland, Western Australia. September 2011 #photojournalism #thisworkinglife #photography #documentaryphotography
An electrician in orange hi-vis work shirt with drink in hand giving his best Meatloaf impression, complete with backing singer on karaoke night at the Pier Hotel in Port Hedland. A photo from my Working Life project. September 2011
April 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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A mining contractor delivering his Meatloaf impression at an open karaoke night in The Pier Hotel, Port Hedland, Western Australia. 2011
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A mining contractor, wearing hi-vis doing a Meatloaf impression on the open karaoke night competition at the Pier Hotel in Port Hedland Western Australia. Before it closed in The Pier used to be known as the toughest pub in the country, if not the world and once claimed a record for the highest number of stabbings in a single night. Nikon D300, slow shutter speed sync flash 1/8th sec @ F5.6 400ISO © Rob Walls 2011
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Phil Turner, was the publican there when I was there 10 years ago, travelling with my brother @tezzawalls.bsky.social on my Working Life project. I too would so like too be back out there. #photography #thisworkinglife
This was the publican when I was there with my brother, Terry about 10 years ago. Portrait of the publican and Interior of the public bar of the outback Marree Hotel with a background of typical pub decor including the stuffed and mounted head of a longhorn cow (?).
September 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM