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This photo was taken at a creek crossing near the road to the Aroona Ruins in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The creek at this spot held water from a nearby spring and it is visited by a variety of wildlife.
The emu is a native of Australia and ranges over most of the mainland. It is a flightless bird and the second largest living bird after the ostrich. It can reach a height of 6.2 feet (1.9 metres) and have been known to attack humans.
The emu forages on a variety of plants and insects and is able to go weeks without eating. They drink infrequently but take in copious amounts of water when the opportunity arises. They can travel great distances and are able to sprint at speeds of 30 mph (50 km/h)
It is common for the females to fight over a mate. The male incubates the eggs and the young are nurtured by their father and this emu has six young - the group of three, a fourth just to the left of the group and almost hidden by the grass, a fifth in front of the post and the sixth just out of frame on the left.
The sun just caught a small band of rain nicely in this view taken from Port Germein looking south towards Port Pirie (lost in the rain) in South Australia with the lower Flinders Ranges on the left.
The old Stationmasters residence at Wilson on the old Ghan Line between Hawker and Leigh Creek in the north of South Australia.
looking over the willochra plain towards mount remarkable from stokes hill
horseshoe range, moockra, flinders ranges, south australia
While shooting dawn above the hills of Angorichina, I noticed a distant tree light up along the ridge of a distant hill. The Flinders Ranges is full of these scenes at the ends of the day!
The distinctive ruins of the Appealinna community's dry stone buildings. A combined settlement of farmers and copper miners spread along a river bed among impressive River Redgums.
Making use of the last afternoon rays of sunlight to capture a portion of the ruins of what must have been a pastural empire.
NT76 rounds an S bend during a photostop on the approach to Woolshed Flat while on a charter special from Quorn to Port Augusta on Saturday 14th October 2017
Dainty, common, widespread native plover of inland wetlands. This little guy was near a shallow pool in the impressive Brachina Gorge, where we searched for wild Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies without success.
The Historic Arkaba Woolshed was built in 1856 and was used as a depot shed for the surrounding properties. The original corrugated iron roof is still on the building to this day. Back in the blade shearing days it was a 40 stand shed but now, with electric wide combs, it is a 5 stand shed.
Arkaba is the Aboriginal name of the tribe that inhabited the area. Arkaba means land of abundance.
Arkaba Station was first settled in 1851 by two Doctors from England called the Browne Brothers. They abandoned their medical careers and started buying property in 1843 at Booborowie Station, near Burra in the Mid North of South Australia.
In 1850 W. J. Browne, J. F. Hayward, G. Marchant and an aboriginal guide, explored for more pastoral country to the North. Heavy rain stopped the party just north of Hawker so they had to return to Booborowie Station.
William Chace, a stockman for the Brownes, was sent later in 1850 to further explore the country. It was then that Chace discovered Arkaba, Wilpena and Aroona country. As a result of this, the range north of Hawker was named The Chace Range. The Browne brothers claimed Arkaba, Wilpena and Aroona and engaged Frederick Sinnett, a surveyor from Adelaide, to survey their claims.
Early in 1851 they placed managing partners (Marchant Brothers) in charge, giving each a half share in the properties.
The Great Drought of the 1860s broke many pastoralists. The Brownes however, had the means of surviving but not the managers so the Marchant brothers left Arkaba.
In December 1862 a camel team returned from Cooper's Creek with the remains of Explorers Burke and Wills and camped at Arkaba. John McDouall Stuart also camped at Arkaba on his exploring expeditions.
During the 1890s dingoes posed a great threat for survival as Arkaba was still unfenced. Otto Batholomaeus, the then owner, spent all his money, and borrowed, to erect a vermin proof fence 6 feet high . Paddock after paddock was fenced. Batholomaeus applied for, and was granted, a perpetual lease. The cost of 14 miles of fencing in 1912-1913 was 954 pounds, labour 324 pounds, material plus freight 630 pounds. A man's wage was 30 shillings. After the Batholomaeus family finished fencing, they fought the dingoes, succeeded and Arkaba became a successful venture.
In 1984 the Rasheeds purchased Arkaba Station from the Bartholomaeus family who had been there since the turn of the century.
When the Rasheeds moved to Arkaba in 1984 there was only one road on the property and so destructive were the rabbits that the country looked like a moonscape.
The first major project was to eradicate the vermin by using bulldozers, explosives and chemicals. This project took 14 years and many hundreds of thousand dollars but the result was magnificent and won them 3 Ibis Awards for Pastoral Management. Bushes and trees that had not been seen for many years returned and the carrying capacity of sheep increased from 3000 to 8000. Approximately 10,000 feral goats have been removed from Arkaba during the past 21 years.
These are the cutest of Lizards and such good models. I'm sure they think if they don't move you can't see them.
Working close to the ground, amongst some very unphotogenic branches and thorns, but with the rather complementary ochre-toned desert sands behind her.
late evening light catches the native pines (Callitris glaucophylla) on a ridgetop section of the heysen trail, backed by the hills of the ABC range, and a the walls of the wilpena pound
ikara - flinders ranges national park, south australia
view to a far distant mount remarkable from the yacca track
the range native forest reserve / wirrabara range conservation park, southern flinders ranges, south australia
A dry river bed lined with smooth white barked River Red Gums at Kanyaka in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
Kanyaka Station was a cattle and sheep station established by Hugh Proby in 1852 in the Flinders Ranges. The name of the station is taken from the Aboriginal word thought to mean Place of Stone.
view above alligator creek, mount remarkable national park, south australia
( my 92nd photo to make ‘explore’ )
GM32-GM17-GM15 heading south with ex-Whyalla service 3260 approaching Port Pirie on Feb 26, 1985. All 3 GMs are still in their CR colours minus their emblems, but branded Australian National Railways.
Undulating the scenic route, quickly captured on my phone before the next vehicle dusted up the scene.