Googong Foreshores (south) - Gelignite Crossing |
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Googong Foreshores – Gelignite Crossing.
What crossing? This is such a transformation from some years back when I could walk to the other side without getting my shoes wet. Now, Queanbeyan River is full of gushing water. Lucky then that today’s walk plan was not to cross the river at all, but to keep going to Flynn’s Crossing and then just turning back.
Googong Foreshores – London Bridge Arch.Approaching sunset at London Bridge Arch. Probably would have...
Googong Foreshores - forest of white gum trees and orange flowers.The track that goes to Flynn’s Cros...
Scenery behind Namadgi Visitors Centre at dusk. Further in the distance is Mt Tennent from whence I'd...
A scenic view of Molonglo River, as seen on the way to Blue Tiles picnic area by following a track th...
Water trickles down the smooth rock surface of Mt Tennent. This spot can be reached soon after passin...
Mt Tennent, in Namadgi National Park - walking course starting from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and l...
Water trickles down the smooth rock surface of Mt Tennent. This spot is close to Cypress Pine Lookout...
Mt Tennent, in Namadgi National Park - walking course starting from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and l...
Mt Tennent, in Namadgi National Park - walking course starting from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and l...
Mt Tennent, in Namadgi National Park - walking course starting from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and l...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.