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I took this picture recently on a hot sunny day while driving from Sydney to Canberra. The Wind Mills are the Capital Wind Farm which is around 30 kilometres (19 mi) north east of Canberra. It is the largest wind farm in New South Wales.
An old shot from 2018 from a trip from Sydney to Perth and back. This was from our roadside camp just out of Esperance W.A.
Revisiting some photos from the very heart of Australia. The locals say that More people have been to the South Pole than have been here. The only sound that could be heard was the hooves of a quickly approaching brumby looking for water.
GWA001,GWU003 on 1901 empty ore to Rankin Dam wait in the crossing loop at Burando on 19-9-21.
The Rankin Dam consists are roughly 400m shorter than the ones that ran to Wirrida and only 2 locos instead if 3.
Not quite as wild as in Down Under, but disturbing enough in civilised Hertfordshire. It actually is the policy of the National Trust, owner of these woods, to keep them as natural as possible which is a difficult task as the woods are open to the public. So, you watch out for branches that are about to fall or have already broken off the tree. Photographically speaking, this is wunderbar. Leica M Mono, Voigtlander CS 2.2/50.
Having dropped 2820 off at Cloncurry, 2805 and 2844 continue West away from Malbon with 6M40 bound for Mount Isa.
Saturday 23rd July 2022
Fenceline near Lake Frome. It is hard to imagine what creature would have been farmed out here that required fencing. I suspect sheep, goats & cattle but that was long ago.
Ghan liveried locos NR18,NR75 combine to work 4DA8 Ghan service from Darwin approaching the crossing loop of Chandler, north of Marla on the evening of 11-3-21
At a viewpoint near Uluru, Australia, just before sunset.
I'm not a big fan of blown out shots but for some reason this one.....
Nikon D810, Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6, @ f/5.6, 210mm
Something a bit different, for a change. If setting your camera on self-timer and taking a photo of your back is a selfie, then I guess this counts as a selfie. This is a vast salt lake a mate & I just had to take a drive on back in May on the road between Tibooburra and Broken Hill, within a 100k's or so of the Packsaddle Roadhouse. It felt like the right place to pull up a pew and have a cold beer and enjoy the incredible emptiness.
I couldn't believe the incredible quiet, like no world existed outside this vast empty isolation, only crusty salt and blue sky. And the occasional stubby of beer being opened. Other worlds is the term that comes to mind. I love the NSW outback!
We took similar pics with the chairs in lots of the places we visited, just a bit of fun 😀
Have a great week everyone!
PS If you were wondering which is me, I was the one thinking it's time to Ramble On ;)
Yancowinna Creek, a typical bed load channel, only recently activated by substantial but short-lived flood flows. Large sand banks, deep dry pools and some more abandoned concrete blocks are testament to the power of these desert streams. Yanco Glen north of Broken Hill, northwest NSW.
HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f2.8
A lone tree is illuminated by the rising moon over the red soil of Mutawintji National Park. The rugged, mulga-clad Byngnano Range is dissected by colourful gorges, rockpools and creek beds lined with red gums. Mutawintji is an ancient landscape revered by the local Aboriginal people and a perfect spot for seeking some quiet contemplation. Outback New South Wales, eastern Australia.
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Tiger Force!
Outback is the only tiger force classified series character I've picked up. I did want Recondo and Bazooka, but the few I saw in store had really poor quality control.
I'm cool with that though, as I see this figure as being a novelty repaint anyway of a favorite character. Plus, these days I doubt I'll ever get to own the original o-ring version.
At the end of September rail freight operator Aurizon commenced a regular 500km intermodal service between Gillman Terminal (Port Adelaide) and Pimba to service client BHP's mining operations in the north of South Australia.
Around 1.3 million tonnes per annum will be carried by five weekly return trains serving BHP’s activities at Olympic Dam, Carrapateena and Prominent Hill mine sites.
On Saturday 13 December 2025, Aurizon locos GWA008/ ACD6069 have just backed their 600m long consist into the outback transhipment terminal at Pimba, Aurizon will be spending another $40 million over the next year or so to expand the terminal.
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...the night sky, about 20km from the Barcaldine glow.
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A fading vision of the Australian outback as solar pumping takes over as a more reliable source of water, galvanised simplex Windmills hold an iconic status in Australian culture pushing the frontier of settlement outwards into areas with no running surface water. Initially imported from the USA and the UK, Australian made windmills first appeared on the market from the 1870s with the development of the Intercolonial Boring Company who manufactured the first Simplex windmill. The white discoloration is a result of the salty bore water as the groundwater from overgrazed lands is becoming increasingly saline.
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This image was taken west of St George, Queensland where there is nearly zero light pollution. It was so dark when I was shooting out there I could see the starlight reflecting off my car. And so quiet I could hear my ears ringing! very spooky but very awe-inspiring!
Taken in wide angle with our drone from about 6m hight.
SW Queensland, near Eromanga
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This local Port Augusta resident and his boy were looking a little surprised to see two AC Cobra roadsters sitting on the old wharf at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Port Augusta is a major cross-roads point in Australia and I often think of it as the beginning of the 'outback'. North takes you to Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory - some 2722km away. West will get you to Perth in Western Australia after about 2300km on the highway. South is back to South Australia's capital city, Adelaide - just over 300km down the road, and east will ultimately get you to Sydney in NSW after a distance of 1546km. Usual cars up here are of the SUV or four wheel drive type - not the low slung left hand drive Cobra roadsters.
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Two 1/18th scale model cars with a backdrop of the wharf in the old port section of Port Augusta in South Australia.
Models are a Shelby Cobra (white with blue stripes) by Solido and the black AC Cobra by Norev.
A grasshopper from Griffith NSW. According to iNaturalist, it’s a slender Gum Leaf Grasshopper, Goniaea vocans. I was out early in the morning and as I was walking through the grass, this guy sprung into view. The sky gave a nice contrast against its orangey-tan tones. ———————————————Single outdoor handheld shot, with an Olympus em5 mkii, 60mm M.Zuiko lens. Godox V350o Flash. F11, iso 200, shutter 1/100. Flash, DIY Diffuser. RAW-LR6.