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The remnants of the hideout of an outlaw kangeroo hunter who left long ago, many miles from the dirt road. Tyres, rims and innertubes, plus the signs of someone living there. It's sad that there is even grafitti on the red rocks.
One of Q Crush's Kenworth's with a double water tank in tow comes of the road from Gregory Downs in the Gulf Country of North West Queensland and is just about to head south through Lawn Hill National Park and south towards Riversliegh Station with the rest of the road gang from the Mt Isa Based company. The other trucks in convoy were a K200 towing a triple with workmans humpy's and an Iveco Cabover with a single trailer and a dozer on board. They had been working in the Gulf Country repairing the roads from the wet season.
Sunday 19th August 2018.
Along the Landsborough Hwy, on the way to Longreach.
Travelling through the Queensland outback – the flat, dry land of the Australian savannah (it’s said to make up 23% of Australia’s land area!) – it was particular interesting to observe the shrublands ecoregion of central and northern Australia.
Some might call it boring country, but it’s here that you can see iconic Australian plants such as gidgee, coolabah, brigalow, myall and, of course, Mitchell grass. They survive and thrive in some of Australia’s harshest regions.
Time permitting, I’ll show some of them and more here on Flickr
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Путешествуя по глубинке Квинсленда — по плоской и сухой земле австралийской саванны (говорят, она составляет 23% территории Австралии!), было особенно интересно наблюдать за кустарниковыми экорегионами центральной и северной Австралии.
Кто-то сочтет это скучной страной, но именно здесь можно увидеть «знаковые» австралийские растения, такие как джиджи, кулабах, бригалоу, майолл и, конечно же, траву Митчелла. Они выживают и процветают в самых суровых австралийских регионах.
Если позволит время, я покажу некоторые из них и другие здесь, на Flickr
On Sunday the Broken Heel Festival moved to Silverton, a former mining town about half an hour north of Broken Hill. Once its population was in the thousands. Now it numbers forty, with most of the buildings gone. The buildings that are left include the old jail, now a museum, the iconic Silverton Hotel (which has featured in a number of movies) and the world's only museum devoted to Mad Max 2, which was filmed locally.
We were camping in Silverton, so this was an easy day for us. I decided to put together a relatively simple ensemble, but got carried away with the black and grey theme. The bowler hat is simple icing on the cake. It's the real deal; a lovely quality hat I bought for a ball last month.
Greece, NY. June 2021.
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A few family shots, today, from a celebration of my father's 88th birthday. Yesterday, we all went to an Outback restaurant. What Dad wanted most for his birthday was to have all his kids together.
My sister, Lynne, too this shot.
A properly good Subaru Outback basking in the golden glow of the Puget Sound. With a bit of a custom lift, lights and wheels; I wish it was mine.
2262 and 1303, with a loaded Aurizon iron ore train, wait to cross an outbound empty train at Middleback Junction.
Visible in the upper right of the frame on the horizon is Mount Whyalla.
Middleback Junction, SA.
Tuesday, 7 March 2023.
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Whistling Kite - has a nest and mate nearby
Scientific Name: Haliastur sphenurus
Description: The Whistling Kite is a medium-sized raptor (bird of prey) with a shaggy appearance. It has a light brown head and underparts, with pale streaks, and dark sandy-brown wings with paler undersides. The underwings have a characteristic pale 'M' shape when open. The head and body are relatively narrow and the tail is rounded. The wings are long and well-rounded, with a wingspan of 120 cm to 145 cm. The sexes are similar, but the females are larger. Yong birds are slightly darker above, with paler streaking on head and underbody. They are often seen near water or around farms, soaring in a lazy circling flight pattern.
Similar species: Several other raptors may be confused with the Whistling Kite, including the Little Eagle, Hieraaetus morphnoides, other kites and harriers. These can only be separated by factors such as flight silhouette and style and the overall body shape.
Distribution: The Whistling Kite is widespread over mainland Australia but uncommon in Tasmania, and is also found in New Guinea, the Solomons and New Caledonia.
Habitat: The Whistling Kite is found in woodlands, open country and particularly wetlands. It is also common around farmland, vineyards and anywhere where carrion (dead animals) can be found (e.g. abattoirs, rubbish dumps and roadsides). Prefers tall trees for nesting.
Feeding: Whistling Kites soar above the ground, trees and water to search for prey such as carrion (dead animals) and small live animals such as mammals, birds, fish and insects.
Breeding: The Whistling Kite appears to be monogamous, with some breeding pairs remaining in a territory throughout the year and pairs actively defend the area around a nest. The bulky nest platform is built of sticks in a tall tree and may be reused, growing larger over time. Both sexes build the nest and incubate the eggs (the female does most of the incubation however) and may breed two or three times a year. The young stay with the parents after fledging for about six to eight weeks.
Calls: Loud descending whistle: 'teee-ti-ti'.
Minimum Size: 50cm
Maximum Size: 60cm
Average size: 55cm
Average weight: 770g
Breeding season: July to January in south; March to October in north.
Clutch Size: One to three, usually two.
Incubation: 38 days
Nestling Period: 46 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Organic forms in the depths of the Australian outback, seen from the ISS. ESA astronaut André Kuipers is onboard the orbital outpost as part of ESA's long duration mission PromISSe.
For more informaton on André's mission, please visit: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/PromISSe/index.html
Credits: ESA/NASA
Bianco 458 (drool)
Australian flora with a 458 sat in front of it, lovely. The atmosphere reminds me of the Australian outback, don't mistake this for the real thing :P
What do you think of the location and framing here? I like the editing of this shot, but I don't like how the sky is so overcast that it is as white as the flickr background :O I though it was pretty interesting, comment below and let me know of your thoughts :)