Tag: Photography
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Mt Buffalo Calls
Walking at Mt Buffolo in Victoria’s alpine region today fired up my passion for mountain landscapes again. The white snow gums, massive boulders, flat marshy dells, multitude of leaf shapes and colours, so evocative, yet so difficult to grasp their quality. Last year I took photos of the white skeletons of trees with the intention…
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Snowgum
The four kilometre Mount Timbertop hike from the saddle to summit, though steep, rewards the walker with wonderful views on either side of a magnificent stand of Snowgums (Eucalyptus pauciflora). Notes on walking tracks in the area are available from the Mansefield Tourist Information Centre.
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TransmUTE
I am loving seeing the creative spirit flourish in so many of country towns on my road trip to the Victorian Alpine region. In southern New South Wales, Deniliquin, the self proclaimed ‘Ute Capital of the World’, gives artistic expression to the workhorse of the country. The mosaic work depicts rural culture and landscape, constellations…
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The Owl and the Lizard
A photo – one of my favourites – from my second WordPress post, to celebrate 100 posts. This frillneck lizard still lives in our garden, though my mosiac owl now sits tucked away under a tree, grounded by termites that made a feast of its perching place. There was purpose in the lizard’s highly focused,…