Perth to Canberra Trip
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Photos from our car trip across the country from Perth to Canberra
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Ageing Gracefully?
Old wrecked cars lined up on the side of the highway not far from Coolgardie.
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Water pipe
An old water pipe at our campsite that was once used to provide water to the teams building the Perth to Kalgoorlie Water Pipeline.
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large road train
The longest size road train allowed on the road. Shot taken at a roadhouse somewhere across the Nullabor Plain.
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the bight
The Great Australian Bight. Photo taken at one of the many stop off points. Hey we were only doing the drive once so we stopped at pretty much all of them.
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spectacular sunset
Taken out west of South Australia on our trip across the country
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the humpy
Closeup of the material used to construct a bush humpy (rudimentary house).
Yes they are flattened oil cans.
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detail of door handle
A closeup of the front door of an outback humpy. Incredibly the bloke who built this lived in it with his family for many years. It was no bigger than my bathroom inside !!
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desert flower
A splash of colour in the "arid lands" botanical garden in Port Augusta
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Old Post Boxes
DoF on some old post boxes in a dusty town along the road to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia
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cobbled floor
An old eroded floor in the ruins of an old homestead on the road out to Flinders Ranges South Australia
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rest in peace
Neglected graves in a ghost town cemetery on the road to the Flinders Ranges.
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twilight hopper
A kangaroo silhouettes against the skyline as he hops away from the approaching photographer
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Wilpena Pound Sunset
The last rays of the sun sets across Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges.
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Tranquil Burra
A calm evening looking across the river running through Burra in South Australia
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All the rivers run
Incredibly still river at Echuca one evening. The Murray River.
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Steam Engine
The steam engine of a paddle steamer in Echuca. This engine was over 100 years old and still going great.
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Rosemary in Renmark
A shot of Rosemary overlooking the Murray River at Renmark, our last town in South Australia before entering Victoria (land of the dull beer :) )
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Steam Engine Detail
Another close shot of the paddle steamer engine. A peice of art regardless of it's function.
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Murray River Sunset
A ski boat with skier in tow heads for home in the last light of the day
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birds behaving badly
These little corellas filled th trees along the banks of the Murray River in the evening and proceeded to make as much noise as they could and generally brawl with each other.
Classic.
Such classic behaviour for the cockatoo family.
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printing press letters
sheets of old printing press letters sitting on the racks waiting for the next edition
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firemen's helmets
A row of firemen's helmets hooked up on the wall of an old shed.
I really liked the combination of straight line corrugation and roundness of the helmets
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paddle steamer flag
The Australian flag flying from a makeshift mast on the front of a paddle steamer
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Town Hall Echuca
Fascinating town Echuca with plenty of it's old heritage still remaining.
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Steam Engine Detail
More detail from the engine of a paddle steamer in Echuca
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GTR XU1
Boy I used to get excited seeing these when I was a kid. Now days it is all rice burners everywhere.
A classic GTR XU1 Holden Torana on display at the Holden Museum in Echuca Victoria. The reflection is that of a A9X Torana. Even rarer!!
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ducks to water
Some ducks glide by at the end of a still day on the Murray River in Echuca Victoria
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