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Gary has been a photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature,landscapes and event photography.Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt,the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean, and having studied Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life, photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different cultures!He is experienced in both still and video and operated his own darkroom for several years before the advent of digital photography.Everything he now does is edited and formatted via computer and Photoshop using the latest technology available.For more information on his travel and event photos, travel blog, common sense blog, T-shirts, bumper stickers, cards or other paraphernalia, and clocks depicting photos from his travels, just clink on the corresponding link.
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Australia
Gary has been a photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature,landscapes and event photography.Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt,the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean, and having studied Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life, photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different cultures!He is experienced in both still and video and operated his own darkroom for several years before the advent of digital photography.Everything he now does is edited and formatted via computer and Photoshop using the latest technology available.For more information on his travel and event photos, travel blog, common sense blog, T-shirts, bumper stickers, cards or other paraphernalia, and clocks depicting photos from his travels, just clink on the corresponding link.
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World's Most Remote Traffic Light!
Daly Waters is seven kilometers off the Stuart Highway, 275km south of Katherine. If waiting for red lights is not for you, it would be best to avoid Daly Waters (it never changes).
We've all been there — trapped at a red light for seemingly decades for no apparent reason, tapping on the steering wheel in an increasing frenzy of impatience.
Outside this famous pub is the world's most remote set of traffic lights, there probably isn't another traffic light for 300 miles! Of course in this little town of 21 people there isn't a whole lot of traffic either.
The airstrip here was Australia's original international terminal, used as a stop-off in the London to Sydney air race in 1926. After Darwin was attacked by the Japanese, all major air operations were moved to Daly Waters. The original Qantas hanger still exists ,as well as the oil store and barracks for the troops, suffice to say , this wasn't a sought after assignment.
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Now Adays, the town is most famous for it's pub, which is unique
even by Australian standards. The wall decor can only be described as
unusual ranging from business cards, postcards,foreign currency,
passports, underwear, etc.
As is the usual custom in these parts, if a lady looses a game of pool, she has to remove her underwear and hang it on the wall.
Hours could be spent just browsing and viewing all the graffiti on the wall and deciphering where it all came from.
But aside from the odd aviation geek, people don't stop in
Daly Waters for a mosey around a deserted airfield. No, they stop
because the traffic light told them to do so or because they've been
driving all day and they're hankering after a lovely cold beer.
Evenings are when the Daly Waters pub really comes into its own. That's when the big barbie comes out and the new-fangled fad of vegetarianism is mercilessly shunned. Salad is what food eats in this neck of the woods, although there will be a sprinkling of it available. Frankly, you don't need lettuce when the steaks are top quality and the barramundi fresh out of the river. Once you've tasted it, you won't really care too much about the traffic.
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I was privileged to see Marcell play, he was the first non- Aborigine allowed to perform at Wild Horse Gallery, a sacred Aborigine site containing many displays of rock art.
A didgeridoo is a wind instrument of the indigenous Australians of northern Australia. Is usually cylinical or conical in shape and is normally 3 to 9 feet in length. Generally the longer the instrument , the lower the pitch.
Although there are no records stating the didgeridoo's exact age, the didgeridoo is commonly thought to be the world's oldest wind instrument, thought to have been in use by the Aborigine people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory for at least 1500 years.
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Ranging from golden sunny beaches to pristine rain forest, and adding to the mix the Great Barrier Reef, this area of Australia literally has it all. Cairnes Esplanade , once a huge grassy park, now has been turned into a world class recreation area. It's main attractions include an amphitheatre, grassy picnic areas, free public barbecues, a sandy swimming lagoon, shops, restaurants, and a children's playground.
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The continent of Australia, with the The first inhabitants Uluru , Ayres Rock, Northern Territory Australia Laura River Corroboree,Queensland Australia Devils Marbles Northern Territory Koala Bear,the bear that's not a bear
island state of
Tasmania, is
approximately equal
in area to the United States (excluding
Alaska and Hawaii).The east coast features a mountain range running from north to south.The highest point is Mount Kosciusko which tops out at 7,308 feet.On the western side of the country a desert plateau which rises into barren, rolling hills near the coast. The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 1,245 mi,lies along the northeast coast. Off the southeast coast lies the island of Tasmania
(26,178 sq miles,).
of Australia were the Aborigines, who migrated there at least 40,000 years ago from Southeast Asia. Current estimates state there may have
been between a half million to a full
million Aborigines at
the time of European settlement; today only about about 350,000 remain.
The first white inhabitants were free settlers and former prisoners who
established six
colonies: New South
Wales (1786), Tasmania (then Van Diemen's
Land) (1825), Western Australia (1829),
South Australia (1834), Victoria (1851), and Queensland (1859).
Various gold rushes attracted settlers, as
did the mining of Opal and other minerals.
Sheep farming and grain soon grew into important economic enterprises.
The six colonies became states and in 1901 federated into the Commonwealth of
Australia with a constitution that incorporated British parliamentary and U.S. federal traditions.
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