Today we have great news!
We have put all our favourite photos of Western Australia in a book which is available on the Blurb website.
The book has 118 pages and over 160 photos. You may want to check this out.
This is what the cover looks like:
Book cover of our Western Australia Photo Book
Please click on the image to be taken to the Blurb website and then press preview to have a closer look.
The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) is an intimidating looking Australian lizard.
Don’t worry … this dangerous look is only a disguise, this animal is very harmless (unless you are an ant).
The Thorny Devil inhabits the arid scrubs and deserts of Central Australia and early morning is the best time to come across them, when they are warming themselves in the sun on the road.
The fellow below we met on our trip over the Gunbarrel Highway in 2004.
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Tagged 2004, Animal, Animals, Australia, Bush, Dirt road, Gunbarrel Highway, Moloch Horridus, Natural, Nature, Outback, Remote, Reptile, Reptiles, Thorny Devil, WA, Western Australia, Wilderness
Today, I’d like to take you with me to the Gawler Ranges.
Not many Australians have been there, which is understandable, because the nearest city of substance (Adelaide) is a good 600 kilometres away..
The first time we came there was when we were on our way to Western Australia, to go to the Gunbarrel Highway. It was one of those (very rare) wet days there, and we were lucky not to get stuck for some days.. To give you an idea, just look at the first couple of photos of of our webpages that are dedicated to the Gawler Ranges..
Then, two years later, we decided, again, to go to WA, and again the Gawler Ranges were en route.. This time, the weather was more favourable for us.
The National Park has a lot to offer: aboriginal history, more recent history from the ‘early settlers’, scenery and wildlife.
There is the old Paney Homestead and there is the Pondanna Outstation, both well preserved.
Nature features inlclude the Kolay Mirica Falls and the Organ Pipes, and of course wildlife galore! Emus, kangaroos, birds, you name it.
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Today’s picture is one of abandoned machinery at Pondanna Outstation. The rusty apparatus (I don’t know what it is used for, so I’m not giving it a name) combines well with the red sand, the odd dusty tree and the ever present blue sky.
Typical Australian landscape indeed, and one of our favourites…
The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus Conspiccilatus) is a large water bird. It can be found in Australia, wherever there is water with fish in it. For instance, if there’s water in Lake Eyre, in Outback South Australia, they will somehow know it, and be there. Naturally, they’re quite common at the seaside as well.
The Australian Pelican is usually white, with some black in its wings. The eyes are yellow, and its bill is enormous. It always looks to me as if the bill is a little bit over-sized compared to the rest of the body. But it sure makes them look very special.
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This particular one was sitting on a branch over the Paroo river, at the Corni Paroo Waterhole, in Western Queensland, close to the border of New South Wales.
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Tagged 2005, Animal, Animals, Australia, Australian Pelican, Bird, Birds, Corni Paroo Waterhole, Currawinya National Park, Currawinya NP, Landscape, Natural, Nature, Nobody, Outback, Pelecanus Conspiccilatus, QLD, Queensland, Remote, Scenic, Uninhabited, Wild life, Wilderness, Wildlife
The photo below is of the Blencoe Falls in Tropical North Queensland. The Blencoe Falls lies within Girringun National Park and is part of the traditional lands of the Warungnu Aboriginal people.
This section of Girringun National Park is very remote and not easy to access, especially since the road to the falls from Kennedy has been closed by the council and the falls can only be accessed from Mount Garnett. But the drive is worth it! The waterfall plunges 90m to the pool below, before cascading a further 230m into the Blencoe Gorge which joins the Herbert River a few kilometres further on.
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The photo was taken from the Blencoe Falls lookout that can be reached following a track of a few kilometres from the camping area and then walking about 200 metres (See map).
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Tagged Australia, Blencoe Falls, Girringun National Park, Queensland, Travel, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila Audax), in short called Wedgie, is Australia’s largest bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an wedge-shaped tail. It measures 0.85-1.05 metres in length and has a wingspan of up to 2.3 metres.
The Wedge-tailed Eagle is found throughout Australia. Wedge-tailed Eagles eat both live prey (like rabbits, lizards and the occasional lamb) and carrion. You often see them in groups feeding on roadkill.
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The Wedge-tailed Eagle on the photo was shot at a waterhole in Glen Annie Gorge in Ruby Gap Nature Park in the East MacDonnell Ranges NorthernTerritory, Australia
The ruins of the Old Peake Telegraph Station are off the Oodnadatta Track in Outback South Australia. It is a rough drive, even for 4wd vehicles, but it is definitely worth it!
The Telegraph Station use to be a major centre on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line in the early 1900s, but is now as remote and deserted as can be. A small pocket of date palms and some white-washed ruined buildings are all that is left.
The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was a 3200 km telegraph line that connected Darwin with Adelaide (or rather Port Augusta) in South Australia. Completed in 1872 the Overland Telegraph Line allowed fast communication between Australia and England.
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The surroundings of the Old Peake Telegraph Station are very harsh and makes you wonder how people could survive …
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Tagged Abandoned, Arid, Australia, Blue Sky, Harsh Environment, Historic Reserve, Historical Reserve, Old Peake Telegraph Station, Oodnadatta Track, Outback, Overland Telegraph Line, Remains, Remote, Ruined building, Ruined buildings, Ruins, South Australia, Travel, Uninhabited, White-washed buildings
