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IR20150611. 11/06/15. Free to Use images: ScotRail driver instructors Ian Ritchie and Yvonne Reid met Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown today at Tweedbank station, Galashiels to mark the start of driver training on the new Borders Railway.
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I have literally thousands of photos from this trip. If any one wants more of a particular vehicle, let me know.
This is day 1, trip along the Border Track - Dog Fence.
This must be one of the best sand tracks to be found in Victoria/South Australia. It follows the border from near Pinnaroo right down to near the Melbourne - Adelaide hwy.
This track has very large sand hills to get over. Most of these hills have tracks to get around them if you are not able to get over them. Some of these hills are so extreme there's no way anyone will get over them, so this track can very easily be classed as a 'Difficult' track.
Very Important. Check with the SA National Parks and Reserves for information on when the track is closed, and what direction you need to go in.
The track is about 107km. Allow a full day to make this trip. For a more enjoyable weekend, take your time and camp anywhere along the track. Stop in or camp at Red Bluff - scenic red sandstone hill.
(This is where we stopped). Dress warm though as it gets hot in the day, freezing at night.
Make sure you pack all your recovery gear, and travel in a group with other 4wd's. (We had to recover 2 vehicles).
Check the depths of the mud holes. Some for us were over 1 meter deep. Watch out for the holes towards the end, they are really deep!
Momentum is your friend on the sand dunes. We used 15psi tyre pressures. (Try the sand dunes 3x, if you fail, take the chicken path)
We ended up getting lost around the supposed turnoff to red bluff, that according to the maps was "well signposted".
We ended up with broken eggs and bottles.
This is mostly a sandy track with dunes and provides you with a remote location for testing self and equipment without travelling deeper into the outback.
The environment is typical Victorian desert – Mallee country. Expect some scratching from Mallee scrub particularly in the Wyperfeld section and some parts of the Northern Border Track may be overgrown. Soft sand is to be found on the tracks as well as corrugations and hard gravel.
The border track is steeped in history largely due to the dispute which arose from the original survey completed between 1847 and 1850. The result is that the border is actually sighted some 3kms too far West. A fascinating account of this can be obtained from John Deckert at Westprint Heritage Maps if you manage to visit whilst in Nhill.
There is an abundance of wildlife to enjoy whilst undertaking this trip, so watch out for Emu and Kangaroo. Aboriginal rock holes can be found close to the junction with South Bore Track.
We were lucky to reach the top speed of 40 kms/hr.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 5D, 70-200 IS L USM 2.8 lens
2011
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Strong Passport-Controls on both borders: EU-Border Slovenia/Croatia and border Crotia/Bosnia. Average stay about an hour for leaving the bus and getting checked.
Going to Croatia means leaving EU and entering another part of Europe.
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Read more in my blog: http://www.sugarmelon.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/12/sarajevo-mostar-bosnia-herzegowina/
Border Patrol stationed in El Paso.
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Turkana women in Nadapal along Kenya-Sudan border armed with guns in fear of attacks by Toposa Militia group from Southern Sudan, Toposa Militia recently launched attacks on Turkana community and raided villages taking away their livestock the group also attacked Kenyan forces in a move to claim ownership of water spot at Nadapal border inside Kenyan territory.
U.S. Mexico Border, El Paso sector.
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JianJunTen (General's Tomb), or the "Pyramid of the East," in Ji'an, near the border with North Korea.
An entry for the Challenge Group 115 pictures in 2015 No.21 Spade. and also for our camera club monthly project - The Garden
I have found photographing something to represent 'The garden, or Gardening' and a a spade in particular, a challenge in all respects. This shot, taken with a fairly wide angle, is of a wonderful little stainless steel border spade (we also have the matching fork) given to my wife by her godmother Evelyn, many years ago when age and disability forced Evelyn to give up gardening.
The spade is in one of our flower borders in front of a red Scabious plant, with the flower heads moving slightly in the breeze, giving a slight blur effect. I have desaturated the greens and yellows and enhanced the reds for my offering. The original SOOC shot is in the first comment box below.
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
U.S. Mexico Border, El Paso sector.
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2. Ensure that both images are the same size in pixels. If not, change the image size of the border.
3. Holding the shift key, drag your image onto the border. This creates a new layer.
4. In the layers palette, choose "screen" blending mode instead of "normal". Viola!
Border fence and abandoned smuggling vehicle a few miles west of Organ Pipe National park @ Los Vidrios Trail 2002.
Refresh were approached to come up with a new design for the existing Borders College website. Our main objective was to reorganise existing content and site navigation to come up with a modern and fresh website that is easy to navigate and update. Borders College have made a design decision and their new website will be online in the near future.
To view more of our portfolio visit: www.refreshmedia.co.uk
Southern Arizona
The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 32 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the southern border of the United States. There are a number of Border Patrol checkpoints in the northern states. within 100 miles from the Canadian border. After 9/11 they took on the additional role of terrorism deterrence. The border patrol uses dogs to help search every car.
Borders shop at Inverness Retail Park about a month after its closure in December 2009. A pity as it had a good selection of books of perhaps limited general appeal which would not be found in Waterstones let alone Tesco. eg a selection of the Loeb editions of classical authors. Not much use to me but illustrative of the wide range of stock they carried. A cynic might say that's why they went bust. This last week Waterstone's chief executive has been given the boot after a poor performance and the new man says they they need to move away from celebrity autogiographies and trashy potboilers (not his exact words).
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
U.S. Mexico Border, El Paso sector.
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The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
Normal Pearl Bordered are colourful ..orange and black ..this one is known as an ''aberration'' --- ( a deviation from the norm ) and some of these were highly prized by collectors in the past.... information I received said '' the aberant form in your photograph is known as pallida ( this should be in italics ) and is
only known to occur in males. There is a picture of this form in 'The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland' by Jeremy Thomas,published by Dorling Kindersley 1991. ISBN 0-
86318-591-6. The aberant form presumably occurs when numbers are particularly high!! ''
UK Border Agency Immigration Enforcement van..... An unusual addition to my collection, but still technically Law Enforcement/Police. Seen quite a few of these about, makes a change from the boring plain dark blue! Has a small amber light bar for use at ports and airports, along with a single spotlight.