images of the western downs

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Well from one cow-patter to another, er bulls-hitter, to paraphrase Dubya

One of the great things about Polichay's blogs is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

Well said Mr President!

Last month I got on GAM's Air Force One.

One of the great things about the Dornier is that you get a choice of aisle or window seat - actually you get both every time.

Broad-acre farms are a feature of the darling downs.

As far as the eye can see.

A few dams may be seen on the flight to the gasfields.

Sometimes green fields of young crop.

HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS.

The Leichhardt Highway crosses the great dividing range in Gurulmundi.

A street in Taroom.

A disused railway bridge in Guluguba.

A creek crossing in Giligulgul. Obviously a dry weather road only. Or else I'll be sailing

A lonesome road off Mt Lawton.

Postbox in Bundi.

A dusty dirt road in Woleebee.

CATTLE COUNTRY

Cattle are the kings of the road in Golden Grove.

Where there's water there should be fish. If I had a boat, I'd go out on the water...

Don't spook them now.

I stared down a bullock in Grosmont once. It turned tail and trotted off. It was only about 4 tonnes.

SIGNS FOR A SENSE OF DIRECTION

When you're lost in the Gondwana land of Australinea, you need signposts.

Like Johnny Cash, I'm going to Jackson town. I hope they don't do dirty linen in public there.

But I keep losing my way.

Where's James Hansen when you need him? Talk to the coal and CSG guys will you Dr Hansen? Remind them that coal-fired power stations are factories of death. Tell Xstrata to keep out of the western downs, and the Philippines. They won't say they ain't been warned.

And I thought Australia got rid of the empire. How come they still use miles, and the country is still not a republic?
Imperialism Ibagsak!  Oh that's tagalog for "long live the queen."

I THINK THAT I SHALL NEVER SEE...

Bottle trees. They don't grow on walls.

two green bottles...

If the one green bottle...
A beautiful baobab.

Who scarred my tree? It might accidentally fall.

THE WILD WEST

Love's like a beautiful butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.

Galahs on the lookout on a gum gtree.

While a butcherbird contemplates a stranger with a camera.

I think they're egrets.

These are definitely magpies.

"Soft and gentle as a sigh" I don't even know its name.

A field mouse forages in wood chips in Kenya camp.

Green frogs.

You're not supposed to handle them, but I was trying to save the little creature.

ROADKILL

A snake slithering through the grass.

A brown snake. Leave them alone.

Though this one's very dead.

Rabbits breed like rabbits. They're a pest.

On a bridge over a creek, we found this roadkill - another pest.

A wild pig.

This one's a kangaroo, on the side of a road.

We see about 10 or 20 road-killed roos a day.

A wild cat met its fate.

Poor galah. This is in Miles just off the main street.

THE WESTERN TOWNS

The steel mill of Wandoan.

A canon keeps guard.

When in Roma, do as the romans do. Eat Chinchilla melons.

Once there were greenfields - in Woleebee.

Am back on my wheels...

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