One of the Mt Pilot climbers enjoys the descent, rappelling back to their starting point.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Mt Pilot Rock Climbing
Two climbers rappel at Mt Pilot.
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.