Sunday, May 10, 2015

Another Visit to Mudgee.



It was time again to visit Mudgee.         Reason: who needs a reason?


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Sunset over Lithgow.

Walkway to Mudgeedise.

We had a party, but nobody came.

Courtyard fishery.

Call the police, there's someone in the house.

We met Lance.

OUCH!!!!!!   .........who put that @x%&@^ thing there!!!!

Some liked getting their photos taken, but there's always a shy one.


The mansion at Dangaroo.

In all the years driving mile after kilometre, on all sorts of roads around Australia, this is the first time I've had a cracked windscreen.

The cat has been in a fight, someone is trying to catch mermaids
 and the dragon ate a bad oyster. Lawson Park weir.

She was but an Angel.

No he wasn't.

Great Egret.

Ahhhhhh, that feels better.

Reflections of a Lily.

Pretty in pink.

Serenity in Lawson Park.

Little Grebe.

Look right.....................

look left.............................

Scratch.

A very Welcome Swallow.

75mm German Field Gun captured by Australian Light Horse from the
 Turkish Army in WWI.


Mudgee Town scene.

A welcoming walkway.

'Who Ate The Cake?'
Don't ask me!

Shades of Autumn.

There are little gardens everywhere in Mudgee.

The Woolpack Hotel, Mudgee.

St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Mudgee.

The ornate roofline of Shepperds Pharmacy, later Eltons, completed circa 1896.

The sandstone fence around St John the Baptist church is starting to wear a little thin.

Memorial Clock Tower (50th Anniversary World War II) and St Mary's Catholic Church, Mudgee.

St Mary's Catholic Church, Mudgee.

St Mary's Catholic Church,  Mudgee.  Built in 1857 with additions in 1873 and 1911.

Lead light windows at St John the Baptist Chuch.

Lead light windows at St John the Baptist Chuch.

The once busy main train line back to Sydney.

Welcoming committee for Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee.




Black-winged Stilt, Pink-eared Duck, Red-kneed Dotterel and Yellow-billed Spoonbill at Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee.







Yellow-billed Spoonbill feeding.










Eastern Rosella, White-plumed Honeyeater, Pelican and Whistling Kite at Putta Bucca Wetlands, Mudgee.


"I think there is someone coming". Kangaroos on the lawn at Dangaroo.

My first moon shots with my new camera.
Through the pergola for a walk up to the Common.


Life at ground level.






Meat Ants 







You have to get past Lance first to get to the house.

I'm sure I bought some pants away with us.


The original 'Loo with a View'.

Lucky the tree fell 'that' way.

Grass Tree paddock.

Dusting off the binoculars in the Common.

Why do they just grow in this spot?

Resting before we head back to the cabin.

Oh yeah, we found your hat.

Oh no, now where do we go?

Bee careful.

On the road to Hill End.

On the road to Hill End.

Residents of this property were having a picnic.

The craybox at the front gate.

The leafy avenue into Hill End.

We met Mr. Al Packer.

You can still find gold in Hill End.

Hill End, where the streets are lined with gold.

You can still find gold in Hill End.

I tried my hand at painting.

Clarke Street  Hill End.  Old  “Fancy Goods” store in foreground, Robert Northy's store and the Royal Hotel at the top.

The old Sydney Hotel, Hill End.
One of the Hill End lawn-mowers.
Past  boundaries.


The rear of Robert Northy's, General Grocer & Produce Store, building, Hill End.

Afternoon tea spot in Hill End.

Berries in the shade tree.
(anyone know what the tree is?)

History in tin and timber.

History in tin and timber.

Hill End landscape.

History in tin and timber.

Clarke Street  Hill End.  Old  “Fancy Goods” store in foreground and Robert Northy's store.

The Royal Hotel, Hill End.

Hill End landscape.

'Teeth' at the museum.

From the road to Sofala.


An Echidna at Two Mile Creek.



Echidna




Cameras:  Canon PowerShot SX10 IS and Sony DSC-W690.