Friday, 5 June 2020

The town of Windmills, NSW

Another day in Gilgandra, NSW which is known as the town of Windmills.  You just see windmills here and there though.





A couple of pubs in the town.




A Church.


A species of the Boab Tree which holds it's water in the truck.



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  1. Gorgeous the Boab tree, and two pubs, yep, that's nice.

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  2. I have never seen a tree trunk like that.
    I would like to visit that church.
    : )

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    1. There are other Boab trees further up north, interesting tree.
      Well I expect there are not many who do visit that church so I'm sure you would be most welcome. It was locked so couldn't take photos inside.

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  3. Interesting Boab tree, it resembles a vase.

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    1. It is does have a shape like a vase, they are interesting to read about those trees.

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  4. Los molinos de viento, que yo he fotografiado en España, son muy diferentes a este. Son los molinos que describe Miguel de Cervantes en su obra D. Quijote de la Mancha.

    El tronco de este árbol que parece en tu imagen, me recuerda el de un árbol que vi en la ciudad de Cádiz, aunque lo más probable que no fuera el mismo, pero la forma que tiene es muy parecida.

    Besos

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    1. All our windmills are the same as in my photo, some are larger, some smaller.
      Interesting those you have photographed, will look it up to see the difference.
      I'm sure your trees similar would be in the same family :)

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  5. Beautiful.
    I always associate the boab tree with inland Australia, with hotter and dryer places. How nice to learn I am wrong (again).

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    1. Many boabs further up north EC, rather large ones. Occasionally we have found Boabs along our travels but haven't seen them in the east, they could be there though.

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  6. The church and tree is my favourite photos

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    1. It looks a nice church Gosia a little different to others.

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  7. A very impressive Boab and a very large windmill.

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    1. It is big windmill, have seen larger further inland.

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  8. That is a very big windmill--- It's getting harder to find them here. I love the tree! And as always, I'm charmed by the local architecture.

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    1. It is a beauty that windmill, have seen larger much further inland though.
      Always nice to the building in each town as they do vary somewhat expect the pubs are mostly the same.

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  9. You visit a lot of beautiful places, it is always such a joy to see that on your photos! Have a lovely weekend!

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  10. Boab tree is new to me. I like those big windmills. Another lovely place that you have visited. Have a happy weekend.

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  11. We don't have Boab trees here but I have seen really large ones in South Africa, and in Sri Lanka too.

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    1. You certainly know what I'm talking about then Rosemary, they are very large up in Northern Australia too.

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  12. Windmills come in many forms, but nothing is as visually appealing as a traditional Dutch windmill which always seems to be part of the landscape and not imposed on it.

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    1. Have seen photos of those in the Netherlands, and they do look so different than ours.

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  13. I particularly like your photographs of the Boab tree.

    All the best Jan

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  14. El árbol es mi favorito. Besos Margaret.

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  15. Love the architecture in country towns.

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  16. Clásico paisaje del viejo oeste. ¡Me gusta!
    Un abrazo, Margaret.

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  17. The boab tree with its bottle shaped trunk - looks very impressive!

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  18. There are lots of boab/bottle trees up around the Glenden area.

    Those little country towns have a charm unique to them. :)

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    1. They sure do those towns.
      Didn't know that about Glenden but expect we haven't been there, could be wrong.

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  19. dear Margaret this is splendid town
    i liked the name windmills too
    thank you for sharing image of this wonderful tree
    wow look at this vase like beautiful trunk :)))
    never saw such think before
    blessings to you and family my friend!

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  20. I’ve never seen an old metal windmill that large! Seems that it would pump a lot of water. The boab tree looks like it will hold a lot of water.

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