Photos with the smoke haze at sunset.
They are wonderful.
The largest fire is spread across 7,000 hectares in a remote area of what is known as the Great Western Tiers in the north of this island.
To continue the Holiday 2015
Off to visit our niece in Kalgoolie, Western Australia.
Remembering that this area is known for mining. Previous post on Kalgoorlie is [ here ]
From Merridin to Kalgoorlie we went through a town called Southern Cross, then Coolgardie, Western Australia.
The Hotel at Southern Cross, no doubt is was really something in it's day.
Southern Cross the town.
The RSL Coolgardie. (Return Serviceman's League)
Kalgoorlie, a view.
The town of Kalgoorlie.
A brothel that is still used but it's a museum these days.
Hooking onto the caravan on our way east.
ahhhhhh
ReplyDeletethose first 2 shots...awesome.
They are indeed.
DeleteBeautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks and thanks to Peter for the first two.
DeleteFantastic photos of the smoke haze at sunset. It must have been lots of fun holiday and camping with a caravan.
ReplyDeleteYes it was fun Nancy, we intend to do it again this year.
DeleteHello Margaret,
ReplyDeleteWonderful post. Great to see all these different kind of buildings.
And what a nice view over that area. Everytime I enjoy your pictures.
Many greetings,
Marco
Thank you Marco.
DeleteThose first two photo's are just magnificent ...
ReplyDeleteGood to read and see your holiday ones too!
Enjoyed this post, thank you.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan.
DeleteWonderful photos, especially those of the sun. Love your travel trailer.
ReplyDeleteFirst two photos are really great. Peter certainly knows what he's doing.
DeleteThanks re trailer as you call it :)
Wow he is sure a very talented photographer not unlike yourself. Oh back to your travels I love it. xo HUG G
ReplyDeleteThanks G.
DeleteHe certainly is good, but maybe also at the right place at the right time. Hugs M xoxox
Wow--- Peter's smokey images are beyond amazing. Too bad about the fires, though. Your shots of the town are interesting. In our little towns there are a few buildings which were originally brothels---built specifically for that purpose--- from our wild and wooly logging days.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about the logging days up your way..
DeleteMarvellous captures of Peter's.
Dear Margaret - Peter Sayers images are fantastic - they remind me of designs seen on Art Deco pottery and posters.
ReplyDeleteRosemary, when I come to think of it those first two photos do look like Art Deco pottery and poster, have seen a few.
DeleteThe first two images are spectacular , too I really like the image of the building 5 and 8 .
ReplyDeleteKisses
They are good buildings, different.
DeleteI love the brothel turned museum!
ReplyDeleteVery different buildings are those Linda. I think the 'pink' building still is a working brothel but also a museum.
DeleteKalgoorlie - oh boy what a place. An "ACTIVE" museum - the imagination boggles with the hmmmmmmmmmm! - no I best be good.
ReplyDeleteThat for a country town is a huge hotel at Southern Cross.
Maybe when built it had a lot of boarders staying there with the
building of the water pipe lines and the railway???
Cheers
Colin
My God Margaret - those fires in the NW of Tasmania are frightening to read about on the Web and to see on the news.
Delete51 still out of control is bloody scary.
I was certainly NOT AMUSED to read how the fire in the Black River region was started. I hope the "arm of the law" is enforced to the maximum degree.
Colin
The Southern Cross Hotel would I'm sure had miners, water pipe line and railway men staying there years ago. There is not much else in that town these days.
DeleteFires are still going strong, hopefully it might rain!
Launceston and surrounding areas as with smoke, not good.
The majority of the fires were started by lightening several days ago, but those two young ones that started them need to be dealt with severely.
Today in Hobart, in the early hours of the morning a 15 year old was driving a stolen vehicle, caused an accident and killed a pregnant mum who was 32 weeks, the boy ran from the accident and he had two passengers aged 12 and 15. Where were the parents!!!!
Anyway, the baby was saved.
Yes that Hobart news was on the morning TV news - that kid won't be getting off lightly that is for sure.
DeleteParents - yes I wonder????????????
Colin
Parents probably didn't care where the 4 young ones were...they will care now surly.
Deletewow great sunset and so interesting architecture of the town
ReplyDeleteThe building are different to what we have in Launceston.
Deletebeautiful sunset
ReplyDeleteYes Adam, not often do you see one like that, nor do we want to with the fires.
DeleteTolle Bilder vom Sonnenuntergang.
ReplyDeleteGruß
Noke
Certainly are lovely photos of the sunset.
DeleteOh my, what spectacular photos!
ReplyDeleteJust great the first two :)
DeleteSadly it appears that the reasonable rain we have just received missed Tasmania almost completely. While the sunset photos are brilliant, better we don't have the fires.
ReplyDeleteSo from Kalgoorlie you loaded your car and van onto the Indian Pacific and had a leisurely trip home?
No rain as yet Andrew, would be very helpful.
DeleteWe continued on the road towards home :) no getting on the train, too much lovely scenery to see and take our time over.
wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteSad thing those forest fires
Thanks. Fires in the bush still about today.
DeleteAh, I wish I could go and see Australia, but I can't. I can see the beauty of places through your camera, excellent series.
ReplyDeleteThanks...i have a lot more to show of Australia
DeleteWow fabulous pictures thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteHugs Diane
You're welcome.
DeleteWonderful photos once again...stunning.
ReplyDeleteThose first two photos by Peter Sayers are, as you say, wonderful, too.
I love that old hotel...beautiful.
Great hotel and seems a big one.
DeleteWe are hearing about the Tassie fires over in the mainland. Not good, and I'm presuming this rain didn't get to you over there? Amazing photos from Peter. Smoke does make for very eerie photos.
ReplyDeleteNo rain yet..lovely day today, breeze from the south cleared the sky a bit.
DeleteThe Tassie bushfires are on the news here in Brisbane.
ReplyDeleteJust saw a map of the situation - the whole of the north
and west of the state seem to be in flames and other
states have dispatched fire crews to assist.
I sure hope that rain comes and comes quickly.
Colin
No rain as yet Colin...
DeleteToo bad there are fires, but what amazing sunsets! The hotel at Southern Cross must have been something special in days past. Those lovely verandas would be worth the stay alone!
ReplyDeleteFabulous sunsets if you are in a place where you can see the sun..even though the day was clearer today the sun can't be seen this evening from home here..
DeleteThose moon shots are amazing. The fires look bad on TV. You bring back so many memories of our trip through this region. The car and van unit looks super.
ReplyDeleteIt's the sun Diane :)
DeleteThanks..
The photos are all great but that first one is absolutely phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteHope they get the fires squared away soon.
The vaca looked like fun:)
Beautiful photo the first one...
DeleteFires still burning...
Super red sun.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
Yes due to fires in our bush.
DeleteSo awful about the fires. It is such a devastating aspect to life in summer. I hope they are brought under control soon.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are amazing through the smoke haze. A great post on Kalgoorlie too - such a great town that still retains it's goldmining heritage. It has so much character.
Bushfires still going strong, not much rain fell in the area at this point.
DeleteI like Kalgoorlie.
How did I miss this post? the sunset photos are great, but I hope the fires are out or close to it by now.
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted by the pink museum.
When I was little I didn't know about Coolgardie and when people spoke of it, I thought they meant Kalgoorlie but didn't know how to pronounce it.
Even though we had been to Kalgoorlie before I don't remember Coolgardie.l
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