Friday, August 7, 2020

Moon rise


I caught a full moon rising through cloud a couple of days ago.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Apart from that it's pretty good

This quote on the wall of the Stockman Hall of Fame is a wry summary of the outback - the flies, and the bulldust, and the empty bellies, .and the rain that can soak your bones to a chill.

Monday, August 3, 2020

Golden lies


This text is from the Waltzing Matilda museum.
A true text would read -
A consortium of wealthy Victorian pastoralists stole aboriginal lands around Winton and prospered ....

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Diamintina Driving

In the 1980s I sang Diamintina Drover with the rest of the audience at Mt Isa Irish Club on Sunday nights.


Today I sang Diamintina Drover in the channel country of the Diamintina River as I drove the dusty road near Old Cork station.
Its a great sing along song - thank you Redgum.

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Dinosaurs in Winton

Australian Age of Dinosaurs is an great experience of ongoing dinosaur discovery.

Friday, July 31, 2020

Seaforth Beach

Nearthe Northern end of Seaforth Beach is a creek where shells aggregate.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Gargett in the Pioneer Valley

Once in the school holidays I took the train from Mackay to Gargett to stay with my cousins.
It's a small town with a free camp site.
There is also a great second-hand shop. The shop has good collection of old radios and sells electronic valves.

Gas Lighting

Gas lighting was nominated as word of the year yesterday by Mirrium-Webster. When I look it up, the source of the term is nomin...