The Telstra transmission tower on Mt Wombat, a part of the improvements to the mobile network.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Tag: Strathbogie
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
Australian Wood Duck and Ducklings
A mother Australian Wood Duck protects her brood from an inquisitive photographer. She guided them all on to the dam behind her.
Strathbogie Damselfly
A blue damselfly clings to a stalk of grass beside a dam on the farm on the Strathbogie plateau.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Strathbogie Plateau Sunset
The sun has already set in Strathbogie, but it is still highlighting the clouds and filling the sky with an orange glow.
In daylight we would be looking down Galls Gap Road towards Gooram, taken from a spot close to Fire and Sunset in Strathbogie back in 2009. The high ground on the right has featured as Twilight on the Plateau taken back in 2007.
Tadpoles
Tadpoles swimming in one of the baths, used as water troughs, in the yards on the farm. With no shortage of dams near-by, the shallow water and lack of cover it would be a wonder if any survived.
- Aperture: ƒ/22
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Exposure bias: +1EV
- Focal length: 80mm
- ISO: 100
Reflection of Mt Wombat
The reflection of Mount Wombat in the dam in one of the front paddock on the farm. Susan and Mrs Walker head across the paddock to check on the horses.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Drosera gunniana
It’s amazing what you learn going through your photo archive. Drosera gunniana is an insect eating plant, we found this one close to the Early Nancy. As Fierce Flora notes drosera gunniana is often found in open grassy woodland near seepages. A lot of the farm qualified as that!
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400