Glimpses of Australia-Day trip to Morgan in an MGB sportscar

Glimpses of Australia-Silo Art Trail

Driving down Black Gap Road Flinders Ranges

These are some still shots taken on m,y trip with Jim in August 2020.

Trip to Flinders Ranges-Getting there. Day 1.

Last week I went on a trip for 3 nights and 4 days with my good friend Jim from Freeling. We had one night in Orroroo and two nights in Hawker,
We were heading for South Australia's iconic Flinders Ranges.
I picked up Jim from his Freeling farm and we headed for Orroroo a small South Australian country town.
We stopped at Morgan and Peterborough on the way.
A highlight in Peterborough was buying a milk shake in the old Capitol Picture theatre cafe.
We stayed in Kangaroo Cottage at Orroroo that night which I would recommend as a very nice place to stay.
Here are some pics from day one.
I intend to create some youtube videos from this trip.

Approaching Freeling

Much photographed ruin near Burra

Hampsead village Burra

Capitol Theatre Peterborough

 

Near Ororroo. An illusion to some.

Our accomodation in Orroroo.

https://blackjackgetaway.com.au/kangaroo-cottage 

Balranald- A good place for a relaxing holiday.

Pentax Kx Film Camera

We have just this last week had a 3 day holiday in Balranald NSW.

Our holiday was a meeting of 3 families.

From Adelaide, Renmark and Canberra.

The idea was that we could all drive there within a day from our home location.

Balranald is in NSW and located on the Murrumbidgee River.

Murrumbidgee River

It is a quiet peaceful town with excellent places to stay and many local attractions.

Fishing, Boating, Birdwatching,Historic Places are some of the attractions.

Here are some pics from our stay.

Inside the historic Yanga Park Station woolshed.

Yours truly inside the historic Yanga Park Station woolshed.

Inside the historic Yanga Park Station woolshed.

Inside the historic Yanga Park Station shearers dining room.

Inside the historic Yanga Park Station shearers dining room.

Balranald is home to an endangered frog species.

Wedgetailed Eagle metal sculpture at the Balranald Information Centre

Vic our guide at the Southern Cross aeroplane museum.

Myself and a friend

A few years earlier. 2007

Inside Yanga National Park Bird Hide.

Kookaburra in Caravan Park

Feeding Kookaburras in Caravan Park

Kookaburra in Caravan Park

Yanga Park Woolshed

Emus near the Yanga Park Sation homestead

Kookaburras in the Caravan park

Kookaburras in the Caravan park

God guided us there with His rainbow for several kilometres.

"Shutterbug in the Bush" a book review.(sort of)

One of my favourite photographers that I came across when I was starting my photographic journey was Jocelyn Burt.
The late Jocelyn Burt was a Australian Landscape and travel photographer.
She authored and produced numerous pictorial books about Australia.

In her latter years she was based near Bright in the picturesque Ovens Valley.

My friend Ray Smith was her local pastor and he had offered for me to meet her on one of my trips
to Victoria but sadly I never got to take up the offer before Jocelyn died.

He autobiographical book,"Shutterbug in the Bush" I found enthralling when I read it.

Amazingly a book about photography, by a photographer, and not one photograph in it.

You would think how can that hold my attention but it did and still does.

I have put together quite a collection of Jocelyn's Pictorial books as they are often found in used book stores.

I have taken the liberty to include a little text from the book and one of the illustrations for you to encourage you to go searching for the book. 

The book is illustrated by Eva Wickenberg.