many miles of New South Wales' erstwhile gold country,
now gleaming with a different gold that rewards one's
labour with a little more certainty.
With the blue hills surrounding this wealth of gold,
I could have, like Dorothy, happily sunk down into
a hundred year sleep...woops, seems my bedtime
stories are getting tangled.
The road side weed, Echium plantagenium, covered
the road verges just in time for a welcome colour change.
All photos enlarge so you too may be blinded with gold.
Thanks to Klaus and the My World team for hosting
this informative meme.
Wow. How gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAnd the funniest thing of all when you wrote I love their sense of humour, I laughed.
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As far as I am concerned when you say something there is no proof necessary.
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Absolutely stunning; I can only imagine being there, looking across the field for ever and seeing nothing but the beautiful gold, gold, gold.......
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Anne
What incredible color! And fields of it! Breathtaking as always, Arija! Never seen so much gold, but I would love to!
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Sylvia
A delightful sight for sure... just think of the value as gold prices are sky high at the moment... ;o)
ReplyDeleteThe countryside is awash with gold. Priceless!
ReplyDeleteDear Arija, yellow fields....
ReplyDeleteWe have only in the summer...and now...we have only rain, fog and cold...
your shots are very nice.
Have anice week, dear
graceolsson.se/mittliv
How very lovely. We also have golden fields of this fragrant flower--they just aren't as large. I love your photos--they fill my eyes.
ReplyDeleteI can understand your Dorothy desire to lay down in these lovely fields of gold.
ReplyDeleteThat echium is lovely Arija - I don't know it at all. The blue and the gold are such a beautiful contrast. Your photos are lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenes.Gold as far as the eye can see.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,Ruth
Exactly why I love spring. The yellow mustard blankets the ground and it's one of my joyous days.
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Dreamy and real golden Nature.
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Luiz Ramos
beautiful "butter fields"!!!may I ask at what height you were in relation to the top of the flowers? / and how far away? and was it a wide lens?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours in your world.
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Fabulous! I think I see Toto!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful golden fields. While I have autumn gold you have spring/summer gold. I also love the purple flower at the end of your post.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful gold country filled with spring flowers. I, too, have a gold country of a different type.
ReplyDeleteArija: Thanks so much for the golden moment. It is a beautiful field.
ReplyDeleteThose fields are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular! True gold if you ask me!
ReplyDeleteThose are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Those fields of gold are amazing. The Echium is beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the variation youo got in the different images.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely weed!
ReplyDeleteGosh, that's beautiful. I love the word "erstwhile", by the way.
ReplyDeleteAs has already been said, such a wonderful sight for the weary traveler.
ReplyDeleteSuch golden moments!
ReplyDeleteStunning photos! Do you know the song "fields of gold"?
ReplyDeleteThis one is really like a paradise. Great capture of views. But the flowers for this color is really fantastic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. That's not a picture of Australia that we think of. Very verdant.
ReplyDeleteThank you lovely lady.
ReplyDeleteLove Renee xoxo
I am sure this sea of gold is like a world of sunshine and I see the bees heading for it to be bathed in all that pollen!! Blue flowers are simply perfect to post with this!
ReplyDeleteArija, such beautiful pics. The yellow and blue is such a beautiful and promising combination.
ReplyDeleteI love driving through the canola and mustard seed fields in the spring on the Canadian prairies. I too could lay down in them and get lost in sleep.
Have a great week.
Smiles and blessings
Gorgeous! I love seeing flowers, always, but now that there are NONE around me, ahhhhh.
ReplyDeleteArija, some of these photos look like northen Maine in summer when the rape seed is in bloom. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are two of my favorite colors together. What is the gold?
ReplyDeleteThat's just an amazing expanse of gold. Beautiful! The purple flowers are a nice accent.
ReplyDeleteWow, gold you bet. Some kind of crop?
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos Arija. I love 'rape' as we call it in the UK. In Spring it is all over the countryside. We used to play a car game and shout 'rape' every time we spotted a field! Such are memories made.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images...Golden delights...how wonderful to reach a crest and view a field of gold...we see that in Ohio when the soybean fields turn yellow
ReplyDeleteOMG, this is AMAZING. What type of plants are these? I at first I thought they were golden rod, but then I saw that you said it was in Sydney...
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