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Spaces to isolate in Australia are freely available. Just remember to keep a social distance from the next person, if you can find one. And you may need to drive for hundreds of kilometres for water and food.
On the edge of the Pilbara region, in the remote outback of Western Australia.
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.
Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group's MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #56
CHEF boeckli is sending us Down Under!
➤ Your image must include a map (or outline) of Australia.
➤ Also at least one object and/or landmark unique to Australia (didgeridoo, boomerang, Sydney Opera House, Uluru, etc.).
➤ And at least one animal unique to Australia (koala, wombat, emu, kangaroo, dingo, etc.).
➤ Finally, since Australia's national colors are green and gold, at least 80% of your image must feature those colors.
➤ NO PEOPLE
Credits: Texture by me; Outback scene via pixabay; all other elements via PNGWing.
Having dropped 2820 off at Cloncurry, 2805 and 2844 continue West away from Malbon with 6M40 bound for Mount Isa.
Saturday 23rd July 2022
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 ;)
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
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
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.
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...the night sky, about 20km from the Barcaldine glow.
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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
Taken in wide angle with our drone from about 6m hight.
SW Queensland, near Eromanga
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Hauled by CSR022/024, SCT Logistics service 7PG1 from Perth in Western Australia to Parkes in New South Wales on 24 April 2023. A year ago this area had been the scene of a serious washaway that closed the transcontinental rail line for over three weeks.
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The milky way arching over Baldy Top Hill near Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. The top of the hill was illuminated by the lights of Quilpie 7km away.
Nikon Df: 20secs-f2-iso 3200
Sigma 14mm f1.8 lens
10 shot panorama - two horizontal rows of five each stitched in Microsoft ICE and processed in Lightroom
At the Sculpture Out Back exhibition in Roma, what a wonderful work this is. I wish I could show you more close ups inside these wonderful old cars, made out of bits and pieces. They are really humorous. A classic title and Australian scene, this sculpture would work anywhere and hopefully ends up where it can be rightfully enjoyed by many. This type of work would be a stand out in exhibition at the 2030 Olympics. It sold for $35000 and I can confidently say it was worth every cent. The next shot is a close up of one of the ladies at the front.
Words taken from the work's description -
The sculpture is by Slim Humphries and Grace Gray. It is a tribute to everyday life in the Maranoa (directly, the area around Roma and Mitchell on the Maranoa River in south western Queensland. The federal electorate of Maranoa extends west of Toowoomba south to the NSW border, west to the South Australian border and right up into central western Queensland. In fact, it is the largest in land area in the state and three times the size of the state of Victoria).
The work features a classic 1950's tow truck driver hauling out a 1924 Oldsmobile, with some help! It is a celebration of Aussie bush character, it honours the Outback by making people smile.
The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush" which, colloquially, can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas.
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.
This shot was taken approximately 30 minutes after a spectacular full sunset. The blue hour is a most underrated time of photography.
Bit of a story to this one. So had some work in Armidale on wednesday so headed off tuesday arvo in an attempt to get to a little chapel in the bush call Gostwyck Chapel. I knew I had left too late to get there for sunset but tried. I was about 5ks away heading over a hill and was absolutely struck by what I witnessed. The moon was just heading above the horizon and as I came over the crest leading into the valley this is what I witnessed. The road leading along meandering through the hills leading to the moon. I knew I had to stop and capture it. The light was just insane. You'd swear this was the sun but the colour coming from the moon was so rich and the light was warm and running all through the grass alone with having light from behind me of the setting sun which had just dipped down behind me.
It was just incredible to photograph. if ever you can get out and explore NSW then check out Gostwyck Chapel. Thats another photo to share with you. This moment however is one ill never forget. Hope you enjoy this and if you see this on your computer click on the image for a better view.
The planes have finished flying today, the evening light glows in the West,
Arkaroola, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia.