In Tracks, an ongoing series, Breckon combines incised drawing and wet plate photography to map the paths she repeatedly travelled while working as an arts worker in the Kimberley.

The Kimberley is one of the more remote parts of Australia. The 2021 Census counted 35,092 people living across a region that accounts for almost 20 per cent of Australia’s total land mass. An area covering one and a half times the size of New Zealand.

For Breckon, its vastness and remoteness from other parts of Australia – along with its distance from her homeland Aotearoa New Zealand – means that long-haul travel has become routine. The isolated and precarious nature of Kimberley roads, many without phone or internet services, requires being vigilant and aware of one’s bearings.

After an intensive period of remote work, Breckon focused on gauging the sum of her Kimberley experiences and patterns of travel. This included mapping her travels along unmarked backtracks, unsealed highways, and flight paths to Aotearoa New Zealand.