The Telstra transmission tower on Mt Wombat, a part of the improvements to the mobile network.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Category: Victoria
Mt Wombat View
The view from Mt Wombat west in 2012. The Strathbogie plateau is in the mid-ground and you can just make out the edge highlighted by trees. The relatively straight line beyond is the Euroa-Mansfield Road.
- Aperture: ƒ/22
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 28mm
- ISO: 400
The Farm from Mt Wombat
The view of the farm from Mt Wombat looking towards Yarck and Melbourne. Galls Gap Rd is the first horizontal band of trees and the Seven Creeks the wave across the middle.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Mt Wombat Lookout 2012
The fire lookout at the top of the 799m (2,621ft) Mt Wombat. This is almost 5 years after the similar view on Brizbunny, from New Year’s Day 2007. Not too much has changed, but at least the track had been resurfaced.
- Aperture: ƒ/22
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 39mm
- ISO: 400
Mt Wombat Directions
The Rotary Club plaque on Mt Wombat, showing directions and distances of local, and not so local, points of interest. On the no so local destinations, it is interesting that there are only three points outside of Australia – the South Pole, Wellington NZ (2,547Km), and New York USA (16,800Km).
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Echuca Stage Coach
The tourist stage coach pulls into the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre.
Behind the coach is the Upper Murray River flag. The flag is the British White Ensign with the addition of cross in red with five white stars (representing the then five colonies), and four blue bars. The bars are for the major rivers making up the Murray-Darling system, the Murray, the Murrumbidgee, the Lachlan and the Darling.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Echuca Post Box
A Victorian post box found outside the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre. The low door round mail receiving pillar was introduced in the 1860s. They are topped with a crown and surrounded by two broad decorative bands.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 31mm
- ISO: 400
Tilley Searchlight Projector
Details of the Tilley Kerosene Searchlight found in the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 70mm
- ISO: 1600
Tilley Searchlight
A Tilley Searchlight Projector powered by kerosense from the 1930s, seen here in the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 1600
Emmylou on the Murray
The PS Emmylou out on a tourist cruise along the Murray River.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Port of Echuca Wharf
The paddlesteamer Alexander Arbuthnot rests at the Port of Echuca Wharf in between passenger trips. This is the last paddle steamer that was built for freight along the Murray. In 1989 she was restored and converted to carry passengers.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
PS Emmylou
The PS Emmylou steams past the Port of Echuca Wharf on the Murray River. Despite her appearance this paddlesteamer was built in 1980, and was named after Country singer Emmylou Harris.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400