There are some great wildflowers around at the moment and a good place to see them is the hike up to Mt Claude from the Round Mountain Lookout in Olivers Road. Whilst there are some very steep sections in the first section up the towers access road, overall its around 5 - 6km out and back to really take in the great display. This mornings foggy conditions and dampness really added a nice atmosphere to the scenery.
Did you know the collective noun for cormorants is "gulp"?So here's a gulp of cormorants from this morning flying over the neighbours dam with Mt Roland looking rather nice in the background. Seemed suited to black and white.......
A fantastic burst of sun rays this morning over the back fence. It's pretty good when you can just wander over to the fence to catch a scene like this!
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Here's a couple of panoramas from the paddock next door. The first is from a few days ago, a slightly different view of Mt Roland from down a bit lower and the second is from this morning when the mountain had a lovely lenticular cloud crowning its peaks.
This is an early morning view from Staverton looking across the trees to Mt Roland on the left, Mt VanDyke just poking its summit through the clouds just to the right of centre, and Mt Claude on the right.
We have a great farm next door to us here in Tassie and the farmer is very happy for me to wander in to take a few pics. Last week I visited the paddock quite a few times for some great early morning conditions. It continues to amaze how this one area can offer so much! The first one here from Friday is my favourite though I reckon some of the others aren't too bad...and the cows were very helpful with their posing!
It's been a while since my last post. We had a fantastic snow event last Saturday here around Mt Roland and Sheffield and of course I wa...
