Namadgi NP - Orroral Valley 1
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Namadgi National Park - View of Orroral Valley from a small hill located a short distance south of Orroral Homestead (which is visible among other things in the distance). The valley is beautifully green at the moment (late Nov 2011), I've picked the right time to visit.
Namadgi National Park - Orroral Homestead, rear. This reconstructed homestead is a key stop along the...
Namadgi National Park - Orroral Homestead, front. This reconstructed homestead is a key stop along th...
Nursery Swamp walking track (around 8.5km return, but can be made longer if you keep heading generall...
Namadgi National Park - Orroral Tracking Station car park.Spring is here, at last! Young leaves are s...
Namadgi National Park, ACT. Geodetic Observatory building. A reasonably nice view of Orroral Valley d...
Namadgi National Park - Nursery Swamp at its... brown best. Wish I'd visited much earlier in the year...
Namadgi National Park – Orroral Valley as seen from Trojan Wall.I visited Trojan Wall last year – it ...
Trojan Wall, Namadgi National Park. This place offers what must be one of the best views of Orroral V...
Namadgi National Park. Aboriginal rock art inside a rock shelter near Rendezvous Creek. Once upon a t...
Orroral River and Orroral Valley, Namadgi National Park.
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