Two climbers rappel at Mt Pilot.
Two climbers rappel at Mt Pilot.
The wide vista from the Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site.
The rock shelter in the Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site just outside Beechworth.
a nodding blue lily, stypandra glauca, blue flowers with bright yellow stamens.
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.
A Case DEX model tractor, built sometime betweem 1939 and the mid 1950s.
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.
A male superb parrot in the aviary at the Healesville Sanctuary.
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.
One of the Healesville Sanctuary’s Tasmanian Devils enjoys a nap in a rare spot of sunshine.