tiabunna's photos

Across the road from the "Machinery Mile" roadside museum in my previous images.

Ilfracombe is a 'blink and you will miss it' village with the main road passing through. To add interest and give travellers a reason to stop, they have this roadside museum of old equipment. ADDITION: I've just done some homework I should have done earlier, it's called the Machinery Mile. Yes, there are some fences. So, although the world doesn't seem that way, I wish everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a peaceful weekend.

This would have been the Longreach weatther office. Like most such field offices I'm fairly sure it now is deserted and automated, though the Dines Anemometer still is there at right. In the foreground (that dish mounted on a turret) an old WF2 wind-finding radar, as I used to operate long ago. It's now very much a museum piece. Behind, to the left, is the current Longreach weather radar, you can see its current output here. Footnote: If you'd like to see the current Longreach weather, click the little box at lower right in the "map features" section of the radar page. The red number is temperature, blue is wind speed. Reposted to wish everyone a HFF and a great weekend.

The Australian airline QANTAS (short for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) operated its first flight in 1920 from its original base at Longreach Airport. Today that airport houses the QANTAS Founders Museum and a range of aircraft it once operated. See also the PiP. Again, time and travel prevented a stop, but there is a rather large wall. Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

Taken looking into the sun through a rather dirty car window. :-) Unfortuntely we were short of time, so stopping wasn't an option.

For Macro Mondays group 16/10//2023, topic #331. "Biscuit." Sorry to say, my subject here lasted only until the next cup of coffee. :-)

This roadside picnic area was just outside Longreach. Short stops ok, but don't camp there! By way of explanation, many retirees here become "Grey Nomads". This involves buying large caravans, then travelling around the country and staying wherever there are facilities. For now, all we need are benches for a quick Monday visit, so Happy Bench Monday everyone and have a good week.

Out in western Queensland, the Thomson River feeds into Coopers Creek which, very occasionally, reaches Lake Eyre.

Despite appearances, it seems from the Queensland Railways website that this line still operates on at least an occasional basis for freight. - see also PiP. Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a good weekend.