Australia's Red Centre *The Outback*

[Guest]

The road to Lark Quarry stretches 110Kms to the South of Winton, QLD (see key map)
where the tracks of a Dinosaur Stampede that occurred 95 million years ago is written in fossilised stone.
The first tour of the site begins at 10:00AM and I wanted to be there earlier to catch the light on the spectacular red landscape.
But my shoot of the tour itself must wait out of courtesy to Lyn who mentioned that she and Neil were planning to visit it themselves, and I have no wish to steal her thunder!
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Images 1-4 shot with the E-3 + SWD 12-60mm. 'Selfie breakfast' is an XZ-2 delayed shutter tripod shot.

[Floribunda]

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Go for it Mark - no-one takes the same photo of the same scene and I will enjoy seeing your shots.
I am glad you took up my suggestion of visiting Lark Quarry even if you did charge up there at breakneck speed to get there before us!
We planned our outback holiday around visiting Lark Quarry and we were not at all disappointed. It was a fabulous experience.

[Guest]

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I remain hesitant in spite of your graciousness, Lyn - my fear is that you might wish to reshoot it !

[Chevvyf1]

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Mark and Lyn, now, now ! no "spats" here please

Mark fab images is 2. and 4. the "road" you were travelling on ? It looks like the roads I have seen on TV with the multi towed units of "sheep" in ?

[Zuiko]

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True MAMBA Country - Miles And Miles of B*gg*r All.

I love the composition and the colours of No 2.

[Chevvyf1]

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True MAMBA Country - Miles And Miles of B*gg*r All.

I love the composition and the colours of No 2.

Lurve that MAMBA

I too luve No. 2 most - it is the brightness of the grass tufts and the green trees on the hill and the red, red earth/road rather a marvelous composition ... (for a Wedding Tog )

[DerekW]

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No scenes with old lorry tyres hanging in the trees - is this feature no longer part of the Ozzy red centre?

[Guest]

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Mark and Lyn, now, now ! no "spats" here please Mark fab images is 2. and 4. the "road" you were travelling on ? It looks like the roads I have seen on TV with the multi towed units of "sheep" in ?

Lurve that MAMBA
I too luve No. 2 most - it is the brightness of the grass tufts and the green trees on the hill and the red, red earth/road rather a marvelous composition ... (for a Wedding Tog )

The red centre is a spiritual place - at night there is a silence found nowhere else on Earth, and the sky is strewn with the twinkling of a trillion, trillion, stars. It makes one wonder about such things as Life, the Universe and Everything and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

True MAMBA Country - Miles And Miles of B*gg*r All. I love the composition and the colours of No 2.

The Outback is a vastness wherein everything of value is encompassed by nothingness, John.

[Guest]

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No scenes with old lorry tyres hanging in the trees - is this feature no longer part of the Ozzy red centre?

[DerekW]

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The tyres in the trees were a fascinating subject - contrasting nature's charm and man's uncouthness.

[Guest]

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We don't get much more uncouth than this Derek !

[DerekW]

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I remember riding up and down the airstrip in a Ute, near Kakadoo Park flattening the ant hills so that the single engine 5 seater plane could pick us up and take us on to Darwin.

The day light had turned to dusk and the pilot had to ask the airport to put the runway lights on so we could see where to go. Great fun.

[Guest]

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I bet there were a few colonies of homeless ants that weren't too happy!

[Ross the fiddler]

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Some great photos & interesting thread Mark.

[Guest]

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Thanks Ross, no sooner have I recovered from the marathon drive than I have come down with the mother of all Flues!

Edit: You should ask SWMBO for a month's leave and get yourself out there and make that M1 of yours earn its keep!