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Afternoon thunderstorms brewing in plus 40C heat during the build-up to the wet.
Near Chainman Creek, Katherine Region NT.
The term is iconic in Australia. In reference to the landscape, "The Bush" refers to any sparsely inhabited region regardless of vegetation. It also refers to any populated region outside of the major metropolitan areas, including mining and agricultural areas.
Romanticising the bush was a big step forward for Australians in their steps towards self-identity.
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En Australie, le terme de "Bush" peut englober les aires agricoles et les petits groupements humains dans les régions faiblement peuplées. Il ne constitue alors une simple distinction entre paysage rural (outback) et paysage urbain.
The track down to Cobbold Gorge at night. Unusual star trails are revealed in this near-equatorial view.
Mission accomplished - finally got to see the ageing GMs on the ARTC rail train - a long drive though for a handful of shots (1000km round trip).
Genesee & Wyoming Australia's GM37/GM43 on 8M42 work train are dropping rail lengths near the 220km post between Wirrappa & McLeay in South Australia on 3 July 2017.
After almost 18 months sitting out in the open on the storage roads at Dry Creek (Adelaide), these two 50-year old locos were fired up again in November 2016 for use on this rail train contract.
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Wilyakali:
Wilyakali lies in the east of the state of South Australia, crossing into New South Wales, including the town of Broken Hill. The Wilyakali people traditionally visited the Paakantji people on the Menindee Lakes in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion each year.
The three Major language groups for the Broken Hill Region are the Paakantji, Mayyankapa, and Nyiimpaa.
Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages.
Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”
Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.
Today the Wilyakali people are still the main Aboriginal group in Broken Hill, though there are a number of Aboriginal people that come from other language groups.
The Aboriginal people of Broken Hill have established working parties to pursue their vision of a better future. They continue to look after their traditional lands and are joint managers of the Mutawintji National Park which is the first national park handed back to the traditional owners in New South Wales. There are many strong elders who continue to maintain and pass on their traditional knowledge to their young people and, today, share their stories with the wider community.
Danggali:
The Danggali nation is located across plains southwest of Broken Hill from near Tandou Lake, southwestward to Mount Bryan and Burra Creek, northwest of Morgan, South Australia, chiefly in the more arid country extending generally eastward to within a few miles of the Darling River.
For most of the year, Danggali people depended on water from the roots of water mallee trees but came in to the Anabranch of the Darling in dry times. Eyre (1845) gives the general term Paritke for these scrub dwellers west and northwest of the Murray. Their language name was Jakumban and they extended eastward to the Darling. They were known farther east as the Jokajoka or Jakojako, a term based on ['ja:ko] their word for 'no.' Richardson indicated them as extending westward, presumably in the scrub country north of the Murray, as far as North West Bend.
Walyakali is to the north of Danggali. Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages. Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”
Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.
Source: Mobile Language Team (mobilelanguageteam.com.au/languages/danggali/), Aboriginal Housing Office, & South Australian Musuem (www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_group...).
Curtain Springs Cattle Station, Northwest Territory, Australia. Cattle are fed only natural grasses and water is pumped to the surface for them to survive.
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went out a few hundred kms into the outback to try and get some shots of the night sky with my Fuji X100 to see how it performs before a 4 day camping trip 600kms out of town, very happy with how it performs, this is a two shot exposure blend foreground at f/8 and sky at f/2.0.
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Many older buildings in the Outback Queensland area are raised above the earth, have wide verandahs for shade and the ability to circulate air through the house/building. Many of the buildings have solar panels to soak up the plentiful sunshine and provide electricity. This school has undercover play areas due to the highly raised building. Flooding also is a problem in this area. Muttaburra State School
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Last year Subaru sold just 2144 vehicles here in the UK yet in the same period they sold a mammoth 643,591 in the U.S. They are thus considered very much a niche marque here and usually sell to farmers or vets who need a reliable off-road vehicle but not the size of a huge SUV!
Its huge sales in the U.S. probably explains why Matchbox are happy to produce a variety of their vehicles culminating in this brand new 2023 Subaru Outback Wilderness which makes its debut in Case K.
Keeping in mind its designed and priced to compete with the likes of Maisto Fresh Metal etc.. it pays not to be too critical of its execution. I actually rather like it particularly in this signature light blue colour and at least MBX have given it a raised ride height with black lower extremities and wheel arches.
Mint and boxed.
Flat red earth and silver-grey saltbush stretching wide under a sky turning yellow at the horizon, with pink cloud scattered higher up. A pair of railway tracks cuts through the scrub to the left, running toward nothing visible. One small tree stands alone in the middle distance, catching the last warmth. This is Australian outback at its most open. Photo taken at Olary - South Australia
Its interesting when you get down really low in the arid outback of South Australia. The shapes and colours can be amazing.
If you look closely, you can find both Uluru and Kata Tjuta in these photos of the Australian Outback. What a fascinating Landscape, like an open geology book.
Auf diesen Fotos des Australischen Outbacks kann man sowohl Uluru als auch Kata Tjuta entdecken. Was für eine faszinierende Landschaft, wie eine offenes Geologiebuch.
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Another figure I hadn't used in a long time, the original version of the team's survival expert. Even though the night force version has more sensible colors, the original is still pretty awesome imo.
The Boulia Camel Cup is Australia's most prestigious camel race, being the longest and the richest in Australia. It's the culmination of 2 days of professional camel races held every July in the spectacular remote town of Boulia in Outback Queensland.
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Water in the outback brings life.
This image has been captured at Bowra near Cunnamulla in the outback of Queensland.
In this area near Cunnamulla the vegetation is sparse and the land is arid and not very productive.
Cunnamulla is around 787Km west from Queensland's capital Brisbane.
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This image has been captured with the Nikon D810 camera and Nikkor 14-24mm lens at 24mm.
For someone apparently complex, Cook's needs are remarkably simple.
Her gin doesn't always have to be Hendrick's even if her sherry must always be dry, and chilled. She doesn't want anything with a little umbrella in it; just a negroni will be fine, thank you. There's no need to blend her whisky; a single malt is adequate. Don't trouble yourself with the water, this will do. Likewise, if her champagne is French, her prosecco Italian and her cava Spanish, she will not complain.
It's about now that her anecdotes will start to flow. The story about the one-armed kitchen hand is true; he'd lost it in the war. The bit about how he made rissoles may be an embellishment. Eventually she'll open up about when she was as Roxby Downs, it rained, and the red of the outback turned into a carpet — as far as the eye can see — of these things: the Sturt's Desert Pea.
Do they annoy you? No, no, not Sturt's Desert Peas, even though they are a bit picky about where they will grow. No, I mean, and you can't see my annoyance because it's away to the right. I'd perfectly framed this pretty thing when some ill mannered type with an expensive camera and a great big flash hood thingy borrowed from The Handmaid's Tale pushed in underneath me. I did enquire whether I was in their way. Sarcasm, it seems, was not their strong suit. They then spent the next 15 minutes fiddling about without once touching their shutter button.
I gave up, and that's why there's bits of this lovely plant missing from my memento.
For some reason or other, we, as a nation wander about at Easter time. It could be because, as a once predominantly European, Christian population we held particular beliefs, or it may have been because we get four days off work at a time when children have a school holiday. There's also a kind of panic in the air. It'll soon be too cold for luxuriating on the beach and instead, as ANZAC Day approaches — the traditional day for hereabouts to start heating our houses — we acknowledge that Nature has won. I've answered the call of an invitation to venture into the Big Smoke. Hence I am here, admiring this plant, while silently cursing the arrogance and ignorance at my feet. Is that why we crave travelling at Easter, to the outback, to move apart? Because together, sometimes, we forget each other?