01-SEP-2008
Street puddle
Woodgate, a semi-tropical seaside area of Queensland, Australia, has quite a lot of water,
there are wetlands behind the rows of beach houses and when it rains it buckets down.
Where I come from seeing water like this is a rarity.
25-AUG-2008
Reflections on the water
This was also taken on the Thomson River; but when the sky was fiery red at sunset.
25-AUG-2008
Patterns on the water
We were on a boat on the River Thomson a few ks out of Longreach and I noticed the patterns formed from shadows and reflections.
25-AUG-2008
Repairs to the camel cart
Showing how inventive those old camel drivers must have been when they had a breakdown in the outback.
25-AUG-2008
Wheel hub
Close up of a wheel on a camel cart. The cart was gigantic and impossible to fit whole into a photo frame, but I could move in and take shots of the detail.
25-AUG-2008
Running repairs
Shows the innovative way of repairing the shaft of the camel cart. This cart was on display in the Stockmans Hall of Fame where Dick and I spent most of a day, there was so much to see and read.
25-AUG-2008
Wear and tear
The wear and tear on wooden shafts, part of a camel cart, and quite high off the ground/floor of the display, Stockmans Hall of Fame.
