Author Archives: woolliestravels

Circular Quay and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Thursday photo of the day – monochrome

Circular Quay with Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. The threatening clouds creating mood and atmosphere. A combined landscape of 7 images in HDR Process

Begonia Border, Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, Canada. Wednesday photo of the day – flowers

A stunning combination of strong colours, red, yellow, green and white. A begonia Border garden edged with free stone rock wall. Butchart Gardens. Vancouver Island, Canada

Kissing Kangaroos, Tuesday photo of the day – wildlife

In the Spring the mothers bring their joeys with them and spend a lovely afternoon in the warming sunlight and I spotted this mother giving her joey a kiss. What a memorable moment.

Prince Alfred Bridge spanning the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai. Monday photo of the day – Landscape

Construction on the Prince Alfred Bridge at Gundagai was completed in 1867. Spanning the Murrumbidgee River and connecting the Hume Highway, it was replaced by the Sheehan Bridge in 1977. The timber trusses have deteriorated to such an extent that the northern approach is disused and is closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Pioneer Park Museum, Griffith, NSW

Opened in 1971, Griffith Pioneer Park Musem was established by volunteers of the Griffith district and is still run with the help of volunteers. With over forty exhibits, featuring replicas of buildings as they stood in times gone by.

Native flora of Western Australia

lorious proteas and leucospermum, bottlebrush, grevillea, the tiny little scaevolea, dramatic kangaroo paw, sweetly scented boronia, pretty delicate pemelia all unique and different, but when you view some of these growing wild with logs of driftwood, seemingly placed by a landscape gardener, all growing on the edge of a cliff