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Glow Worm Tunnel walk – Bathurst and Lithgow 2024
The Glow Worm Tunnel walk is in the Wollemi National Park. It follows the line of the old railway built in the 1900’s that linked the Newnes Shale Oil complex with Sydney. The old railway line parted from the main line at the top of the Blue Mountains at the clearly named Newnes Junction (just…
Lithgow Sightseeing – Bathurst and Lithgow 2024
In this post, a couple of other things I visited while in Lithgow sightseeing. There was a festival on in the main street the first evening we were there, so I didn’t wander around the town proper. Maybe next time. If you are looking for something to do, however, the visit to one of the…
Abercrombie House – Bathurst and Lithgow 2024
Abercrombie House, on the outskirts of Bathurst, is a 19th century estate house. It was built in the style, so their information says, of a Scottish Manor House. I can’t say I understand enough about building styles to know whether that makes sense, architecturally. However, it is certainly a grand house. The House Not a…
Hill End Village – Bathurst and Lithgow 2024
Hill End Village is the living remains of an 1870’s era mining township. During the peak of the gold rush it had several thousand residents, and was the base for dozens of mining operations. As with many of these places, however, it’s population boomed, and then busted when then rush was over just a few…
Exploring Winning Photography Entries: Landscape & Nature
This year I entered three sets of images into the Australian Photography Photographer of the Year competition. I had one entry in the Landscape category and two in the Animals and Nature category. Please forgive the clickbait title, they’re not really “winning” entries. I am nevertheless pleased that all three of my entries scored “Commended”…
A short trip to Bathurst and Lithgow – 2024
In October I took a few days off for a short trip to Bathurst and Lithgow. No particular reason, other than that I hadn’t been there for a long time and there were things I wanted to see. Still many more things I haven’t got to (and would like to), so another trip is kicking…
Bonus Blog – Golden Hour in Stewart Bay – Tasmania 2024
A final bonus blog for the series – Golden Hour in Stewarts Bay, Tasmania. On our first evening in Port Arthur, I went for a walk around Stewart Bay as the sun was starting to set. This is the time photographers call “Golden hour” – and for good reason, as I hope will be obvious!…
Coal Mines Historic Site and other stories – Tasmania 2024
The final instalment this week, is my visit to Coal Mines Historic Site, Remarkable Cave, and a few other bits and pieces. However, stay tuned because next week there will be a small bonus blog with some extra photos that you have not seen in this series before. Coal Mines Historic Site Coal Mines Historic…
Port Arthur (part two) – Tasmania 2024
This is the second post on Port Arthur. If you missed the first one, use the links above to go back to the previous post. This week I’ll round out the rest of the thing that caught my eye at Port Arthur. The Penitentiary Originally a flour mill Starting life as a flour mill, intended…
Port Arthur (part one) – Tasmania 2024
Port Arthur is one of the best known places in Tasmania, and would have to be well up there in the list of places in Australia that people know. The Port Arthur Historical Site preserves the majority of what remains of the old convict penal settlement that existed on this site from 1830 to 1877.…
