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Auntie Elk and Paddy come back to see if I still had the heather stalk which went way over yonder that hillock in the wind .. with an open handed gesture they went back to looking ..
Nitmiluk National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 244 km southeast of Darwin, around a series of gorges on the Katherine River and Edith Falls.
Previously named Katherine Gorge National Park, its northern edge borders Kakadu National Park. The gorges and the surrounding landscape have great ceremonial significance to the local Jawoyn people, who are custodians of Nitmiluk National Park. In Jawoyn, Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming".
Katherine Gorge, a deep gorge carved through ancient sandstone by the Katherine River, is the central attraction of the park. Katherine Gorge is made up of thirteen gorges, with rapids and falls, and follow the Katherine River, which begins in Kakadu. During the Dry, roughly from April to October, the Katherine Gorge waters are placid in most spots and ideal for swimming and canoeing.
There may be freshwater crocodiles in most parts of the river, as they nest along the banks, but they are harmless to humans. Saltwater crocodiles regularly enter the river during the wet season, when the water levels are very high, and are subsequently removed and returned to the lower levels at the onset of the dry season. Thus, swimming in the wet season is prohibited.
Cruises of various lengths go as far as the fifth gorge.The gorges can be explored by canoe and flat bottomed boat. In the dry season the gorges become separated as the level of the river falls. They are interconnected in the wet. There is a visitor centre located at the Katherine Gorge, about 30 km east of the town of Katherine.
Freshwater crocodiles are widely distributed along the river year-round. During the wet season, rises in water levels may allow saltwater crocodiles to enter the gorge, where they are caught and relocated to lower levels when the dry season begins.
Birds that can be seen include ospreys, red-tailed black cockatoos, great bowerbirds, white-gaped honeyeaters and red-winged parrots. Part of the Yinberrie Hills Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for endangered Gouldian finches, lies in the park
K Kevin Montana
When I found the postmark for Kevin, Montana, I knew exactly what I was going to use for staging today’s photo. But first, a little background to this little town located just 25 miles (40 km) south of the Canadian border in northern Montana.
The town got its name after Thomas Kevin, superintendent of the Alberta Railway & Irrigation Company. The locals pronounce his name as ‘kee-vin’, with the long ‘e’ sound.
The Montana towns of Sunburst (located 15 miles/24 km north) and Kevin share the same colorful history. The agricultural towns faced a significant population growth after the first oil gusher was drilled in the rich Sweetgrass Arch in 1922. In the height of the oil activity, the Texas Company (later Texaco) built a refinery, and the community grew to almost a thousand people at one point.
The Alberta Railway & Irrigation Company which Thomas Kevin also operated, ran from Lethbridge, Alberta, south into Montana. It was a narrow-gauge railroad built in 1887 and nicknamed the “Turkey Track.”
The Kevin-Starburst oil fields are among the richest of Montana's natural gas and oil fields. Kevin's post office was established in 1910 during homestead days with Rudolph Lehmann as postmaster.
After oil development in the area ceased in the 1970s the area once again became a primarily agricultural town.
Goeddertz Lake, or Goeddertz Reservior, serves as a source for water for local fields. The area around Goeddertz Lake does not receive much rain. The wettest month of the year is generally June when it rains the most, and the driest month of the year is February. Today, Kevin, Montana boasts a huge population of 154 people and still has a Post Office. Boating, fishing, and camping are activities found in this area.
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Camp Crystal Lake...
This image is probably my personal favorite, I love winter, and its returning to Australia soon. The fog will be forming and photographers will be out in force... including me.
Landscape photography is all about trying to be in the right place, at the right time. Seconds before this shot was taken the fog covered the lake like a thick blanket. It felt spooky, the fog felt alive and I think we woke it up, because before we knew it, it was all around us, it had lifted from the lake and rushed us.
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f9, 2.5 seconds, 70mm.
- Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- 100% as the camera saw it. (WB is off, but hey, I like this temp.)
- Border in Photoshop 6.0. (yeah yeah, old school)
About Camp Crystal Lake
Camp Crystal Lake, the setting for many films in the Friday the 13th (franchise) series.
About Lake Moogerah
Lake Moogerah, formed by Moogerah Dam, is a water supply and irrigation dam on Reynolds Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River in Southeast Queensland's Fassifern Valley. The lake is used for recreation, fishing and camping.
The lake is located around 60 km southwest of Ipswich, and about 90 minutes drive from Brisbane. Boonah is the nearest town, about 15 km from the lake.
Construction on the dam began in 1959, although land for the project was resumed as early as 1916. Moogerah Dam was completed in 1961 as the central catchment of the Warrill Valley Water Supply Scheme. The dam wall at Lake Moogerah allows access to Mount Edwards in Moogerah Peaks National Park.
The dam supplies drinking water to the towns of Boonah and Ipswich, although the main user is the Swanbank Power Station. It also supplies irrigation water to small crop farms in the Fassifern Valley.
There is a popular caravan park at Moogerah Dam. Higher Ground Australia operate Camp Moogerah at the lake for church youth groups. On the western shore are Camp Mallon and Camp Laurence which offer group accommodation camps with educational and adventure activities for school students, family and church groups. On the southern shore is the Brisbane Grammar School Pepperina Hill Campsite, which is primarily used for grade 8-10 camps.
During the 1995 drought dam levels declined to a low of 1% total capacity
'Moogerah' comes from the aboriginal word Moojirah meaning home of the thunderstorm.
253 with the CP 7023 Air Force Tribute locomotive is at the CN "diamond switch" at Rouses Point, NY just yards from the Canadian Border.
This border around my mother's house separates the bushes and trees that line the outside of the house from the front lawn. It started with a cutting from a neighbor over 40 years and quickly grew into a thick, lush border that needs little care. In fact, it needs to be controlled and cut back or it will take over. Until I looked it up, my mother wasn't even sure what it was.
"Pachysandra terminalis, the Japanese pachysandra, carpet box or Japanese spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the boxwood family Buxaceae, native to Japan, Korea, and China and introduced to eastern North America. When growing in a spreading mass of many plants, a dense cover is formed." -- en.wikipedia.org
It seems that almost every plant or flower I admire here in the NYC environs turns out to be native to eastern Asia. One example of how humans have altered the environment.
One photo a day. (187/366) Bayside, Queens, NYC -- July 5, 2020
Borders Buses Scania N230UD OmniCity about to depart to Melrose with passengers from a scotrail rail steam charter from Linthigow
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Location : Teluk Jawa, Pasir Gudang
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Borders Buses Optare Metrocity YJ66AEA is seen arriving at Berwick-Upon-Tweed Station on a service 253 from Edinburgh, 26th March