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Read more about the article inspiration for brush strokes to a painter!

inspiration for brush strokes to a painter!

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

the vertical slants of MacDonnell ranges were a favorite view of aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira

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Read more about the article Ormiston Gorge

Ormiston Gorge

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

the gorge is part of the West MacDonnell range wilderness - and this waterhole is at the southern end of a passage carved through quartzite by floodwaters

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Ormiston Gorge

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

Every stop on this tour was breathtaking but I think Ormiston might have been a favorite...deep red mountains and golden pools...dream scape!

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Ormiston Gorge

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

I saw a lot of dead fish on the banks of this pool and found out that this is a common occurrence in the winter. Low levels of oxygen in…

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Ormiston Gorge

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

quite taken by this place!

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Read more about the article Ellery Creek Bighole

Ellery Creek Bighole

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  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

this gal had been taking ice baths for weeks to prepare for a plunge into the big hole. A fellow tour participant mumbled to me that the only thing ice…

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Read more about the article Ellery Creek Big Hole

Ellery Creek Big Hole

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

This is another permanent waterhole that has been carved out of the rock of the Mac Donnell Ranges after thousands of years of rain and flood. It is a sacred…

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Read more about the article Timmy and Evelyn

Timmy and Evelyn

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  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Australia

The joeys are coupled when they are put to bed because they enjoy cuddling and stay warm this way. As a result, they tend to remain "best friends" and hang…

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Read more about the article if you have to be an animal in India…..

if you have to be an animal in India…..

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:June 29, 2023
  • Post category:India

be a cow! Hinduism favors a vegetarian diet and considers this beast sacred. The milk, however, often transformed into ghee and yogurt, is an essential part of the Indian diet

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Read more about the article Mitai Maori Village dinner and show

Mitai Maori Village dinner and show

  • Post author:tjiskavw
  • Post published:June 29, 2023
  • Post category:New Zealand

In traditional hangi cooking food like fish, chicken, lamb, pork or sweet potato is wrapped in flax leaves and cooked in a pit dug in the ground. Baskets of food…

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