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Wildflowers grow from mere dust to reach their full potential.
Wildflowers grow well, even in adverse soil conditions.
Wildflowers don't require late nights at the office to grow.
Wildflowers grow thick and stick together.
Wildflowers grow strong and tall.
Wildflowers display their brilliant personalities for all to see.
Wildflowers withstand drought and grow all the more beautiful when watered.
Wildflowers withstand frost and hale.
Wildflowers last late in the season, when other flowers have given up.
Are you a wildflower?
by David Leonhardt
SteamRanger Heritage Railway operates a number of different heritage steam and diesel hauled tourist trains in South Australia. Operating on an isolated broad gauge line between Mt Barker and Victor Harbour they run excursion trains between Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, up over the crest of the southern Mt Lofty Ranges, down to Strathalbyn and on through the coastal holiday towns of Goolwa and Port Elliot to the tourist resort town of Victor Harbour.
I took The Southern Encounter excursion train from Mount Barker to Victor Harbour and return; it was a wonderful day out with a three hour layover in Victor Harbour for lunch.
Please view on the black, looks even better :)
I have another one to upload later, just with the full church steeple itself....
Just that i thought this one was lovely too :))
Pity about the grass in the left hand corner, but it sort of frames it too ..
Strathalbyn, South Australia
It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain
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Hi friends, i am around, but since i've come home from my course earlier today, i've had once again another attack of the good ole 'hayfever' for the third time!
So unfortunatly i have not made many comments tonight on your photos :(
I'm off to bed.
Tommorrow i will visit you all :))
Goodnight xxxx
Arrrrrrchoooooo!
I think i best find non flower related subjects from now on hehe
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Strathalbyn South Australia
This is similar to my 'Holy Refections' pic, but with out the ducks and turned upside down..with the 'whole' church steeple this time :)
Taken in Strathalbyn, South Australia
More from yesterday's Strathalbyn Ballooning Regatta and Night Glow, held at Strathalbyn, South Australia.
Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
The recent return to service of former SAR locomotive 844 on the Steamranger Heritage Railway has been quite a popular topic over the last two weeks, the unit has been engaged with crew training and dynamic load testing with 958 between Mt Barker and Strathalbyn, with a recent run to Goolwa and return before entering revenue service in the last weekend of March.
After a quick run down from Mt Barker earlier in the afternoon, SHR’s 200 from Strathalbyn to Mt Barker awaits the passengers to return from their evening out as stabled 844 and 958 top and tail their chartered consist on Saturday the 25th of March 2023. The 930 lead the train earlier in the afternoon with the 830 on the rear due to the passing siding in Strathalbyn being unavailable for locomotives to run around the train.
© Dom Quartuccio 2023
They are like a small version of a Kangaroo.;-)
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we love you. And our pretty
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Our fine four fendered friend
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Our fine four fendered friend
Your Sleek as a thourough bred
Your seats are a feather bed
You turn everybody's head today
We'll Glide on our motortrip
With pride in our ownership
The envy in all we surbay
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And Chitty our Chitty, pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Loves us to
High Chitty, low Chitty, anywhere we go On
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''I love my sunburnt country'' On Black
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'''I'm ready for all your xmas cards and pressies now !''' On Black
So i thought i would find myself some extra mail boxes, as i know you guys will be sending me xmas packages very soon.. ..right ???? hehe
You would not believe how i had to take this photo ! LOL...so this is the best i could do compositionally with it (is there such a word?)
Taken Strathalbyn, South Australia
A few k's south of Strathalbyn in South Australia.
A field full of Canola with a sprinkling of Eucalypt trees.
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Strathalbyn, South Australia
This image has only been rotated, no 'photoshop' effects has been added.
Check out the 'moon' in the upper right hand corner :)
Many of my contacts know I have been battling health problems for quite some time now.. hence why i keep taking time out from Flickr.
Over the last 9 months it has gotten quite out of control, leaving me feeling very depressed, frustrated, in pain and totally uninspired ..
I have had chronic back pain for a long time now, but have been experiencing other weird 'unexplained' symptoms, especially my ongoing tinnitus/jaw/headaches pain issues ..
I finally had an appointment with a Rhumatologist earlier this week ( after waiting 3 months)
He concluded that I have Fibromyalgial Syndrome.
I remember at one stage I used to find touching my hair/head very painful, and that is one of the most common symtoms of this condition apparently..
It is a complex thing, but in my case it has probably been brought on by many years of having chronic pain, and now i have become super sensitive to any level of pain.
My body has gone so haywire with it that i have no option but to go onto strong medication ( nerve blockers)
My problems started when I was quite young with experiencing pain, and i guess my body is now saying 'No More' ! therefore my brain signals are being overloaded..
This is what I understand at this stage about it. It can be genetic as well apparently..
Different people suffer to varying degrees with it. I also have TMJ as part of it , which is one of the reasons It is may be causing the severity of my tinnitus ...
It is very similar, so I am told ( symptom wise) to MS, but not as serious ...
So I guess now the next thing for me to do is start trailing meds for it, to see which one will help me the most. Once they do start helping me, i will then have to start trying to get myself a lot healthier in order to cope long term and have better quality of life :)
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An old abandoned farmhouse, near Strathalbyn in South Australia, and a golden crop of Canola behind it.
The field behind rises up onto a hill. I cropped just below the horizon to remove the distracting bland sky.
For a small town, Strathalbyn has some magnificent old churches which are still function. In my humble point of view, Saint Andrew's Uniting Church in Strathalbyn is the most impressive. The construction of the main part of the church was completed in 1849. Please see the Strathalbyn Uniting Church link below for more detailed information.
As with a lot of my photos, I came across this church and this angle by accident while heading somewhere else.
The church is currently undergoing restoration which is again detailed in the link below.
One of the South Coast Goolwa Cockle Trains. The old carriage was modified with a diesel plant to haul carriages. This is a picture of it on private charter between Goolwa and Strathalbyn crossing the Black Swamp where the old steam trains used to draw water.
It's not often you can ask a train to pose for a picture.
958 approaches Strathalbyn with the Southern Encounter, with the last of the glorious light of the afternoon
Hi everyone.
I took this one ages ago, but because i can't sleep tonight ( again), i thought i would upload and share it with you all.
I have made it for friends only atm, as i am finding too many of my images stolen and on photo thieves photostreams ( claiming them as their own !!)
Different people have sent me links when they come across my stuff. Quite sad really that people have to resort to doing this :(
Enjoy
Jules xox
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Sulphur crested cockatoo..
taken at Strathalbyn, South Australia
Slightly grainy due to the distance taken from ..
'Tammy Faye'
Until tonight i had never heard of this woman.....
What a remarkable and courageous woman she was !
RIP Tammy Faye
May your inspiring spirit carry on through the universe ....and keep on touching people's hearts (as it did to mine tonight)
Hundreds of of Little Corellas, feeding in a paddock, near Strathalbyn in South Australia.
This single shot was a fraction of the flock.
a few Galahs in there too.
Probably too wide to be useful on this platform, but the scenery sums up the area beautifully. You can see how dry it is at the moment, and because of this clearly see the paths, fence lines and little structures.
Was a difficult choice to go b+w or colour on this one. Both offered a lot.
Taken somewhere between Strathalbyn and Ashbourne.
Early morning shadows over bales of hay near Strathalbyn South Australia
When I was thinking of a title for the photo I thought of a connection, of the bales and shadows, with a classic instrumental by the Shadows called 'A place in the sun'
The Victoria Hotel reflecting in the Angas River, Strathalbyn, South Australia.
'A Pub in the land down under' On Black
Click here to listen to 'Men at Work' song 'Land down under'
Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,
"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,
"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,
"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
The recent return to service of former SAR locomotive 844 on the Steamranger Heritage Railway has been quite a popular topic over the last two weeks, recently the unit has been engaged with crew training and dynamic load testing with 958 between Mt Barker and Strathalbyn, with a recent run to Goolwa and return before entering revenue service in the last weekend of March.
After a quick stop at Strathalbyn for safeworking purposes, SHR Member’s Train 061 from Mt Barker to Goolwa is briefly paused within the yard to manually activate the Milnes Rd level crossing with 844 hauling a single centenary car on Thursday the 23rd of March 2023. This train will shunt at Goolwa Depot and attach 958 and two more carriages for the return trip to Mt Barker, where they’ll later be used for a private charter on Saturday evening.
© Dom Quartuccio 2023
The Angus river at Strathalbyn, South Australia.
A picturesque section of the Angus River, on North Parade, only 500 metres from the Strathalbyn Soldiers Memorial Park.
Shot almost into the midday sun.
Not much about The 'Children's bridge' itself tho in the above link.
Maybe 'bluemist' can let us know more, since her family has important history here :)
Ok 'bluemist'has come up with some actual info on this bridge.
Taken from the 'History of Strathalbyn'
Mr.William Richardaon of "Dalveen", Woodchester, offered the Corporation of Strathalbyn the money to build a bridge from Commercial Road to connect with the Soldiers Memorial Gardens. This was to dispense with the old stepping stones, which Mr.Willaim Richardson thought a hazard to children, he and his wife had no family, and on her death, Mr Richardson thought to build this bridge as a memorial to his wife, and for it to be known as the Children's Bridge. This was in May, 1919, and the offer was accepted, with the Highways Department agreeing to construct the bridge.
Mr. Guy Parkes, who had been an engineer in charge of the re-building of the Gol-Col-Hoop Bridge in 1912, was put in charge of the work...A start was made in July, and the towns people gathered on December 6, 1919 for the official opening by Mrs John Richardson, with her son, William Jnr.. leading a procession of children over the bridge, followed by many old pioneers of the town. The cost or the bridge was ...561.1.1 Pounds...