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A 197-image star trail stack taken from a time lapse shoot at Rawnsley Park (Flinders Ranges), capturing a midnight moonrise over Chace Range.
Head to the Outback of the Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia! MORE HERE: www.redzaustralia.com/2017/08/flinders-ranges-south-austr...
And this is what we hiked through the rain to see.... www.walkingsa.org.au/walk/find-a-place-to-walk/arkaroo-ro...
We arrived at the Flinders Ranges and spent the afternoon just exploring this astonishing landscape. As the day rolled on the clouds rolled in and my hopes for a sunset faded away. Hour by hour and then eventually minute by minute.
What I was hoping for, what I had wanted was an opportunity to photograph that quintessential Australian windmill. It was a shot that had starred a leading role in my bucket list of photos for a long time.
As my hopes for a good sunset were rapidly disappearing I was becoming increasingly impressed with the opportunities I was seeing - WINDMILLS!
The day was over and the sky was cloudy, dull and boring and my expectations were at an all time low. I drove back to a windmill i'd found just down the road from our accommodation and waited patiently.
Then - with sunset approaching fast my fortunes quickly changed and the inconceivable became the extraordinary.
In front of me me was everything i'd hoped for.
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Painted silos are all the rage in recent years in parts of Australia. The silos in Quorn, South Australia aren’t painted, but are used in a light show each night, so they are painted at night. You sit on benches or your own seats (or your car) to watch the show projected onto the silos. The show is made up of a. Series of short stories on topics like the value of water (this image), the role of the CWA feeding troops who passed through Quorn in WW2, the Ghan railway. It’s a great night out in Quorn.
Die Tannenzapfenechse (Tiliqua rugosa, Syn.: Trachydosaurus rugosus) ist ein im Süden und Westen Australiens recht häufig vorkommendes Reptil aus der Familie der Skinke. Andere Namen sind Tannenzapfenskink oder Stutzechse. Englische Bezeichnungen sind shingle back, bobtail lizard oder, aufgrund ihres Aussehens und der geringen Fluchtneigung der Tiere, sleepy lizard.
Tiliqua rugosa is a short-tailed, slow moving species of blue-tongued skink found in Australia. Three of the four[2] recognised subspecies are found only in Western Australia, where they are known collectively by the common name bobtail.[3] The name shingleback is also used, especially for T. rugosa asper, the only subspecies native to eastern Australia.
Wonoka.
The first pastoral lease was taken out here in 1851 by John McKinlay and named Wonoka station. The Hundred of Wonoka was declared in 1877 and with the coming of the Farina railway a small town was surveyed and opened up for sale in 1880. In the same year the foundation stone of a Wesleyan Methodist church was laid (opened Nov 1881) and a postal service began. The railway reached the town in May 1882 and the station was called Hookina Station! The town emerged with the government school opening in 1887 with 26 pupils. Some optimistic farmers were growing wheat crops in 1880 as sales of farms began in May 1880. The 1881 census recorded 73 residents in the Wonoka district. By 1884 the government was getting no takers for land sales but the Wonoka Hotel was licensed in that year. By May 1885 some land acreages were being surrendered. With successive droughts and the low average rainfall wheat growers failed to make a living. But the town was useful as a stopping place and transport centre for travellers and it was near Hawker. A substantial railway station was built but it is in ruins today. The grasshopper plaque of 1888 convinced many farmers to walk off their lands. The Wesleyan church appears to have closed around 1890 but the Wonoka Hotel traded until 1949. The school closed in 1922 and the town disappeared except for some rubble, the cemetery and the remains of the railway barracks and hotel etc. Nearby by and further west along Wonoka Creek was the earlier settlement of Hookina founded in 1863 as a staging point on the route to Blinman copper mines. The Hookina-Wonoka area had a Catholic Church from 1885 to 1960 and school from 1885 to 1923.
Here's how to discover the Flinders Ranges National Park for yourself: www.redzaustralia.com/2017/08/flinders-ranges-south-austr...
The gully that provides access to the summit of Devil's Peak, Quorn, South Australia.
The bushwalk up to Devil's Peak is steep in places and is recommended for experienced and fit walkers. It may take 2 - 3 hours for the return journey, but you will see a large variety of native vegetation, wildflowers, birds and get a fantastic panoramic view at the summit (670 metres above sea level). Devil's Peak is just under 700m high, and formed of pound quartzite approximately 700 million years old.
Have a good look around you, as there are many examples of faults and fossil impressions on this walk. When looking at the Peak from Quorn, it was said to look like the face of the Devil lying back looking towards to heavens, hence the name. You can clearly see his chin, nose and eyebrow. During the 1800's the very top point of Devil's Peak fell off after storms, it can seen from the trail at some distance out from the peak. It has been called Eurydice Rock and The Devil's Toenail.
Devils Peak is open all year round except on total fire ban days.
shortly before sunset in Flinders Range, South Australia
macropus fuliginosus
westelijke reuzenkangoeroe
kangourou gris
Westliches Graues Riesenkänguru
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The Cazneaux Tree with some artificial lighting from an incandescent torch, which I like best for colour at night. In the background the Milky Way core is over Wilpena Pound. Although the composition is different, this is the orientation of the tree that Harold Cazneaux shot. Tamron lens, processed in Lightroom.
The worn, ancient mountain ranges of the Australian desert over 800 million years old, covered by sea for 300 million years. Makes you realise how tiny we are in the scheme of things. This range is west of the beautiful Flinders Ranges we visited in 2014 - I have an urge to go back. I think I get the "dreamtime " when I experience places like this.
The slightly intimidating but spectacular Sillers Lookout near Arkaroola... panorama composite of two photos taken from 4x4 tour vehicle....
Late afternoon reflections with swallows swooping over the dam at Rawnsley Park create a Monet like effect. Best viewed large