What a marvellous piece of engineering is the humble windmill. Distributed throughout the Gillman wetlands is a system of underground interception drains with good old fashion windmills. These windmills pump hyper-saline ground water to the surface allowing a freshwater lens to develop below. And all this time I had thought they were there just to […]
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All Paths Lead Home Another image captured in the wetlands near Barker Inlet, South Australia. I miss my daily commute to and from work and the chance to pull over and capture more of this amazing wetland area near Barker Inlet. As my working days are now few and with very, very long days when […]
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Just like most my excursions from home have been severely curtailed. My daily travel to and from work is over for now but in the mean time I can share some recent images from what has been my daily commute. Here’s a birds eye view of the some of the wetlands around the Norther Connector […]
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During yesterday’s commute home the view into the distance became muted in a wind driven dusty sky. Strange brown clouds billowed up from the horizon and the smell of dirty rain filled the air. I was not able to capture that initial apocalyptic feel as the rapidly changing clouds and sky shifted the mood but […]
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It’s only a few minutes before the sun will vanish below an ocean horizon but still the sky looks burned. Above the clouds and to the west a traveller peers out from their window seat, stares into the deepening untainted azure sky and and marvels a different beauty.
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