Tuesday, 20 September 2016

August/September 2016

No 'out of town' adventures.  It has been a wet winter and beginning of spring, and a quite a few roads across NSW are closed by flooding or boggy conditions.

I have been out with the camera on those days that I can - mostly walking my normal route along Ginninderra Creek, with the occasional foray to other spots.  As always, I am looking to try new techniques with the camera and post processing.

We did a morning drive out through the Cotter - primarily to look for flowering wattles overhanging water.  I think we were a little early for the Cotter Valley, but found some along Paddy's River.

Cotter Dam Pumping Station

Wattle blooms and water

Kookaburra along G Creek

G Creek and willows greening

Superb Blue Wren


Lone wattle on the banks of G Creek

Crimson Rosellas bathing

G Creek reflections - the flood has removed a lot if the reeds

Yellow-rumped Thornbill foraging

Green and Gold

G Creek through the bare trees

G Creek

Golden Whistler and Golden Wattle

One gate open on Scrivenor Dam

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.  We see a lot more flocks of these magnificent birds looking for food

Flood debris

A frame within the frame - a bicycle underpass

Olive-backed Oriole

a macro of the $2 Olympic coin

Monday, 22 August 2016

July/August

Time flies.

Winter. Rain. Gardening. Walking Molly. Surgery.  This offering is close to home..

In winter undress - no sign of buds yet

With all the rain, G Creek has maintained a good flow

G Creek cascades

Ambulance on the Parkway

G Creek cascades

Crested Pigeon - keeps attacking its reflection in our window

G Creek

G Creek

Tidbinbilla Deep Space Radio Telescope

The magpie came for morning coffee

Reflections

Camera Drone in flight

Dunlop Pond 

Dunlop Pond

Tawny Frogmouth still make irregular appearances

Olive-backed Oriole

Quietly Through the reeds - Willows showing signs of spring

Locals keeping an eye on Molly

Friday, 15 July 2016

Yanco/Leeton area and Cotter Overflow

Back again.  At the beginning of July we spent 4 days around Yanco/Leeton in the Riverina.  I had hoped to spend some time in the Fivebough Swamp area, but  the walking trails & boardwalks were closed for further renovations.   Instead we  had a look around the area along the Murrumbidgee and a bit further afield.

On the way to Yanco, we stopped for a coffee at Bookham, and I took the opportunity to take some photos of the 'dead' equipment there.  It would be great to spend more time in better weather there.



Pre-loved cultivators, seeders etc

Car Bodies

Steam traction

Steam traction

Along the road

Canal control gates

Cattle egrets

Irrigation canal

Birds of a feather (Spoonbills and Egrets)

Murrumbidgee - water ski area

Galahs lifting off

Cockatiel flock

Grain silo

Subaru off-road

Ryn's Birthday Extravaganza

Ryn & Pop at ANBG on her 2nd birthday.

Dinosaurs at the ANBG

Ryb mounted on a dinosaur

This one has handles

Lower deck snoozing spot

Ryn with the Steggy

Tawny Frogmouth keeps coming back

G Creek with a good flow

Cotter Dam overflowing

Cotter Dam overflowing

Uriarra East

Landscaping at Uriarra East


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