Lake Daylesford : Autumn evening . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries:- 1) "The Stillness Speaks 1" curated by thanks 173rd Airborne, 2) "Mother Natures Capture too" by J.R. McMellen and 3) "premio selecto de hacedor de imagenes" by byktor -f.d.
Lake Daylesford is an artificial lake in the town of Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. It was completed in either 1927 or 1929 after many years of campaigning, beginning in 1893. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin, the American architect who won the competition to design the city of Canberra. Lake Daylesford was formed when the dam wall was built across Wombat Creek above the Central Springs in 1929. The town wanted an ornamental body of water to beautify the scarred creek landscape.
Primary inflows : Wombat Creek
Primary outflows : Molonglo River
Average depth : 2m (6.6 ft)
Maximum depth : 9m (30 ft)
This was taken about an hour before sunset: autumn colours were highlighted against a clear blue sky. The 5 poplar trees in view here have shed most of their leaves, yet skeleton trunks and branches were still strutting up beautifully. The water was still, and the reflections were close to perfect symmetry.
The lake is about 112 km north-west of Melbourne CBD. From the Dja Dja Wurrung people, who first inhabited the land thousands of years ago, to the Swiss Italian migrants of the gold rush and Melbourne's turn-of-the-century holidaymakers, Daylesford has long been considered a special place of healing.
( Explored : May 19, 2023 #89 )
Lake Daylesford : Autumn evening . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries:- 1) "The Stillness Speaks 1" curated by thanks 173rd Airborne, 2) "Mother Natures Capture too" by J.R. McMellen and 3) "premio selecto de hacedor de imagenes" by byktor -f.d.
Lake Daylesford is an artificial lake in the town of Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. It was completed in either 1927 or 1929 after many years of campaigning, beginning in 1893. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin, the American architect who won the competition to design the city of Canberra. Lake Daylesford was formed when the dam wall was built across Wombat Creek above the Central Springs in 1929. The town wanted an ornamental body of water to beautify the scarred creek landscape.
Primary inflows : Wombat Creek
Primary outflows : Molonglo River
Average depth : 2m (6.6 ft)
Maximum depth : 9m (30 ft)
This was taken about an hour before sunset: autumn colours were highlighted against a clear blue sky. The 5 poplar trees in view here have shed most of their leaves, yet skeleton trunks and branches were still strutting up beautifully. The water was still, and the reflections were close to perfect symmetry.
The lake is about 112 km north-west of Melbourne CBD. From the Dja Dja Wurrung people, who first inhabited the land thousands of years ago, to the Swiss Italian migrants of the gold rush and Melbourne's turn-of-the-century holidaymakers, Daylesford has long been considered a special place of healing.
( Explored : May 19, 2023 #89 )