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 An unusual circumstance by iandsmith
Its proliferance of deciduous trees leads to a blaze of colour every fall though it is rare to get as many species as I captured in this all turning at the same time.
Silly me thought it would be like this every year but, since I took this snap in the early '80s, it has never come remotely close to putting on a display of comparable magnitude.
Sure, all the leaves still turn, but it is spread out over a couple of months, which is good in one way because the spectacle lasts a bit longer, usually from late April to July. Leave a Comment
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 Pretty as a picture by iandsmith
This is Armidale Railway Station, rather obviously recently refurbished when this shot was taken.
Part of the station is no longer needed due to modern work practices and so the left hand side of it is now a doll museum.
That reminded me that places like Forbes have turned theirs into an art gallery, Werris Creek and Tenterfield into railway museums, others into team rooms. You just never know what you might come across at the railway these days..................sometimes there are even trains! Leave a Comment
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 A nice place to live by iandsmith
Currently owned by a doctor, this lovely balanced piece of work is in Brown Street. Leave a Comment
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 Not quite real by iandsmith
This particular one is located between the Tourist Information Centre and the RSL Club and this particular sculpture is of one of Australia's larger birds, the black cockatoo. In real life they come with red tails or yellow tails and tend to nest inland and fly to coastal areas to feed, especially when the banksias are in bloom. Leave a Comment
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 Are butterflies free? by iandsmith
Fortunately for me, work takes me up in the area rather frequently and, especially when daylight saving is in operation, allows me time to do other things.
One of the things I'd always wanted to do was to go to the end of the trail to Salisbury Waters, a name that sounded enticing to me.
The following is what happened on that day.
The opening shot I took just 500 metres from the carpark. Leave a Comment
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 Three falls in one by iandsmithLeave a Comment
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 Ecchy the echidna by iandsmith
I've never walked deep into here yet without seeing one and, the time before, I saw four of them. For one reason or another, these creatures fascinate me. They are a monotreme, one of only two in the world (the other is the platypus), egg-laying mammals from a branch of nature that time almost forgot.
To get a picture of one you have to be patient as, when you get near them and they become aware of your presence (not that easy because they have poor eyesight), they tend to roll up into a ball or cower and bury their head somewhere.
Thus it is that you then have to set yourself up in a comfortable position and wait until they start moving again, usually under five minutes time.
Sarum Lookout, by the way, is another rarely visited spot and you can sit there on the chiselled rock and let your mind wander though it must be said that all the other lookouts offer better views.
Tree species you can expect to encounter en route:
New England stringybark
silvertop stringybark
yellow box
Hillgrove box
apple box
New England blackbutt
Hillgrove spotted gum.
Native broom and wild cherry are also common. The understorey is often sparse except for occasional wattles, blackthorn and grass trees which makes for easy viewing of the native fauna. Leave a Comment
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 Gorgeous granite canyon by iandsmith
After the first five kilometres though, it starts to go downhill and, after another half a kilometre, starts to go downhill seriously. Unfortunately there are only about 15 steps for the next hour and, trust me, unless you are used to going down steep inclines, your legs will ache when you finally reach the bottom. Steps make this sort of trail much easier but, apart from one lot of 13, there were just one or two and it makes for hard walking with the rock-strewn trail demanding your attention at all times.
When you finally reach the bottom there are rewards. The crystal clear waters gurgling through the rounded granite, past green weed soon to be flushed downstream when the next good rains come and all around the echo of birdlife dancing on the eucalypt boughs.
The sandy beach provides soft comfort after the harshness of the trail and the leaves a welcome respite from the sun. The swimming holes beckon you to feel the cool mountain waters and let them flush your cares away.
This then, is the Salisbury Waters experience Leave a Comment
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 You can do the climbing,
I'll just take pics! by iandsmith
Though magnificent by any standards the downside to this park is that it's not on the Pacific Highway. Were it so there would be ten times the number of tourists I suspect.
Never mind, I like it the way it is!
This is a fair flow over the cascade; it normally is considerably less but, if you're in the area frequently, you can time your visit accordingly.
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park is huge. Larger than a number of European countries. It covers 92,926 hectares. More than 500kms of rivers flow down its gorges. You could literally walk for days through this area and never see or hear a human being.
Dangars however, is quite popular. Easy drive (9 kms of dirt at the end) and picnic tables and barbecues plus easy access to the best views make it so.
The vast majority leave it at that. However, trails go on to Mihi Falls, Sarum Lookout and Salisbury Waters. Imagine rolling plains then, suddenly, there's a canyon carved into the granite over aeons of time right before you. That's what its like at Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
How far down? It's officially listed as 394 feet. Leave a Comment
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