Two climbers rappel at Mt Pilot.
Category: Victoria
Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site View
The wide vista from the Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
That Should Hold It
The rock shelter in the Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site just outside Beechworth.
Nodding Blue Lily
a nodding blue lily, stypandra glauca, blue flowers with bright yellow stamens.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Beechworth Pioneer Memorial
The late afternoon winter sun brings out the golden tones of the rear-side of the Beechworth Pioneer Memorial. The plaques on the front reads:
Erected in 1954 in memory and in honor of the pioneers who founded this town, and to commemorate the fact that Beechworth was once a famous gold town.
Some historical dates.
Feb. 1852 Gold discovered.
July 1853 Beechworth named and declared a township.
Sept. 1855 Famous Golden Horseshoes incident.
1852 – 1866 gold returns totalled 3,121,918 ozs.
1856 – 1859 Robert O’Hara Bourke, Capt. Police in Beechworth.
Aug, 6th 1880 Ned Kelly’s trial begins in local Court-house.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Case DEX Tractor
A Case DEX model tractor, built sometime betweem 1939 and the mid 1950s.
- Aperture: ƒ/19
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 39mm
- ISO: 400
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
An Allis-Chalmers Model B Tractor from 1937 in the company’s distinctive orange livery. The model B was designed for small farms after a survey of farms across the USA. Allis-Chalmers closed its doors in 1999 and became a lost brand.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 200
Superb Parrot
A male superb parrot in the aviary at the Healesville Sanctuary.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Boyd’s Forest Dragon – Healesville
Boyd’s Forest Dragons are tree-dwelling reptiles from the tropical rainforests of Queensland. This one seems quite happy in it’s box away from the cold, wet Victorian weather.
Let Sleeping Devils Lie
One of the Healesville Sanctuary’s Tasmanian Devils enjoys a nap in a rare spot of sunshine.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 3200