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Knowledge is the realization that a tomato is a piece of fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad.

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A Travelogue...Part 1, Going There

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First dawn on the road after a restful night in a

cabin on the banks of the Murrumbidgee river.

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Gum trees - Eucalyptus on the riverbank

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An old weatheboard house in Balranald NSW

I wonder who built it, who lived and loved there

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On to the scenic Hay Plains, some 200 miles of

nothing but miles and miles.

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Looking to left and right is the same...arid

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This farmer probably sold his water rights

to save the farm. His land is barren, his dams

are dry.

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Across the road may very well have bought the

water rights to flood irrigate rice fields for some

multi-national company. Flood irrigation is the most

wasteful water use imaginable in arid zones with

high evaporation rates.

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To alleviate the boredom, a fluffy white duck flew by.

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After 3 days of driving, arrived in one of the hubs
of Sydney, New South Wales at last, the
dandelion fountain of King's Cross
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and a beautiful bedroom in the house of our son's
mother in law's where we could lay our weary heads.
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To be continued....

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Dear friends, I'm back from my travels

and wish you all a happy SkyWatch Friday!

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This unpromising early dawn was shot just
on the northern outskirts of Sydney NSW

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but developed into this charming sunrise

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Dear friends, I am but subliminaly connected to the

net and will be out of range until the end of next week.

Please leave me a comment and forgive me for

not checking your post this week. Will

rectify the omission when back in range.

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A rising sheet of nimbus...

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looming over the sky...

welling up like a tsunami...

be afraid, be very afraid!

These photographs were taken within the space of 5 minutes.


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Spring Frost at Sunrise

The beauty of a frosty sunrise cleanses

and invigotates the senses.

View towards the berry patch and espalier

Icing on the strawberries


Pine stumps on what is to become my spring garden bed
a lonely Nicotiana sylvestris in foreground

Iced clover

Frosted raspberry leaves enjoying the first rays of sun

View across the fence, the holding paddock

to the second holding paddock .

This little and ephemeral transformation is

the nearest I get to an all concealing snowcover.

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Sunrise in a pond.

Promising cumulus building up over our road.

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