The Ramshead Range is part of the Snowy Mountains, located in the Monaro region of New South Wales and the Alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The peaks of the range are around 2,100 metres, with Mount Twynam at 2,178 metres. Because the Australian Alps are only of modest height, glaciers were formed only on the very … More Days of Earth and Sky – Ramshead Range
George Harrison was right …. “Sunrise doesn’t last all morning”. There is a defining moment, where the sun illuminates clouds with red and pink. That moment lasts a few minutes at most. Afterwards – at dawn, the sky turns orange and “normality” returns. This image was captured a few days ago on the Macquarie River at Dunkeld … More Days of Earth and Sky … River Story 2
Dawn over Dunkeld – Overlooking the Macquarie River and Stewart’s Mount at dawn Easter Monday.
Ailsa’s Travel Theme this week is Simplify …. I’ve used this one before, but no image I have or could take says it more clearly. Danube River, Austria “What matters in the lives of most people are the small appointments of days, the details of which one wishes he could remember … More Travel Theme – Simplify
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is to share images that say Summer Having grown up in Sydney, and spending many summers surfing and walking on beaches, it would be the obvious thing to go with any of hundreds of images of the coast that I have filed away. But …. here, in this land … More A Summer Place
Ailsa's Theme this week is Misty …. Walhalla Temple – Regensburg, Germany The white stone temple sits on a massive foundation with 358 steps that lead down to a boat landing on the Danube. A Teutonic Hall of Fame to honor German-speaking artists, writers, philosophers, scientists, and other historic figures commissioned by King Ludwig I … More Travel Theme – Misty
A few technical issues needed fixing ….. Currambene Creek enters Jervis Bay immediately north of Huskisson on the western shore of the bay, and is part of the Jervis Bay Marine Park – it includes a Sanctuary and Habitat Protection Zone along its shore. The animals and plants here have adapted to survive in an … More The Golden Moment (Re-Posted)
Currambene Creek enters Jervis Bay immediately north of Huskisson on the western shore of the bay, and is part of the Jervis Bay Marine Park – it includes a Sanctuary and Habitat Protection Zone along its shore. The animals and plants here have adapted to survive in an environment of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and … More The Golden Moment
Ailsa's Theme this week is FRAGRANT Dawn on the Danube River near Regensburg, Bavaria. The fragrance of the grass and trees along this section of the journey was powerful. By sunrise it was gone. Only a few early risers witnessed this …. The rest could only dream about it. Then there was music and wonderful … More Travel Theme – Fragrant
This week's Challenge is UNEXPECTED Sipping a Negroni cruising the Danube River, Austria late one afternoon in May, I was suddenly awakened from my state of reverie by an unexpected vision on the River bank ….. Firstly, the sight of numerous fishing huts all brightly coloured and each crafted to suit the owners design – … More Weekly Photo Challenge – Unexpected
This week's Challenge is Eerie …. The Old Jewish Cemetery lies in the Jewish Quarter of Prague, in the Czech Republic. It was in use from the early 15th century (the oldest preserved tombstone, the one of Avigdor Kara, dates back to 1439) until 1787. The numbers of grave stones and numbers of people buried … More WPC – Eerie
Sonel's B&W Challenge this week is Upward Rhine River – Germany
Moruya Heads lies at the mouth of the Moruya River, South Coast NSW
Villers-Bretonneux Poziers Le Hamel Theapval Will they never fade or pass! The mud, and the misty figures endlessly coming in through the foul morass, And the grey flood-water ripping the reeds and grass, And the steel wings drumming. The hills are bright in the sun: There’s nothing changed or marred in the well-known places; … More The Somme Battlefield
The sky hung low, the color of graphite, and it seemed just as heavy. The air was cool and dense. But I wasn't disappointed. After a shot of bitter espresso, I was ready to go. I had bad weather as my companion, and a good one it was, too. I walked along the quays and … More Paris in the Rain
From the Place de la Concorde along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées towards the Arc de Triomphe From the Pont de la Concorde over the River Seine
The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km section of the River Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen in Germany. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 for a unique combination of geological, historical, cultural and industrial reasons. The river has … More Prague to Paris_Rhine Gorge
Rüdesheim is a winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany at the foot of the Niederwald on the southern approach to the Lorelei. The Niederwald is a broad hill on the right bank of … More Prague to Paris_Rudesheim
The layout and architecture of medieval and Renaissance Bamberg exerted a strong influence on urban form and evolution in the lands of central Europe from the 11th century onwards. Bamberg is an outstanding and representative example of an early medieval town in central Europe, both in its plan and in its many surviving ecclesiastical and … More Prague to Paris_Bamberg
Sailing the Danube between Budapest and Vienna
Tomorrow, I pack the telescope away for a month and embark on a European River Cruise. We fly from Sydney, Australia to Prague for 3 days – then travel down to Budapest boarding the River Cruise boat for 15 days through to Amsterdam. Along the river we stop at Vienna, Durnstein-Melk, Linz-Passau, Regensberg, Nuremberg, Bamberg, … More Prague to Paris
The remains of the Denison Bridge on the Macquarie River, Bathurst NSW. The original bridge was swept away by the great flood of 1867.
Macquarie River – Bathurst, NSW
