Granite Island - Quaint

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The horse drawn tram to Granite Island, Victor Harbor, South Australia.

 

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The Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram is located in the city of Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia. The tramway runs for half of its route over a 630 metre wooden viaduct or pier, locally described as a causeway. It links the visitor information centre in downtown Victor Harbor with the nearby Granite Island recreation and nature park.  It was built in 1867, and has offered passenger service since 1894 , to the present day. It is one of the very few horse-drawn tram routes remaining in public transit service anywhere in the world, and provides service every day throughout the year. There are four tramcars, each hauled by one of 8 Clydesdale horses.

 

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It's The Easter Bilby! (Blue Monday)

Chocolate Easter Bilby from Australia.

Thanks hon, they arrived unbroken!

Bilbies are native Australian marsupials that are endangered. To raise money and increase awareness of conservation efforts, bilby-shaped chocolates and related merchandise are sold within many stores throughout Australia as an alternative to Easter bunnies.

The real thing!

The Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia began to use the Easter Bilby concept in 1991 to show the damage that feral rabbits do to the Australian environment and the concept has been popularised by the confectioner Darrell Lea, which gives a portion of its profits to the foundation.


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Joey - ABC Wednesday

ABC Wednesday is brought to you today by the letter J

Photographed near Victor Harbor, South Australia (Click the pic to enlarge)

Look closely...peek a boo baby roo
AKA a Joey

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Victor Harbor - SkyWatch Friday/Scenic Sunday

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Victor Harbor, South Australia

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Venus Bay - Watery/Outdoor Wednesday/Scenic Sunday

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Venus Bay, South Australia

One of my favorite places in Australia

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Burra Homestead

The old BURRA homestead is one the most photographed in Australia, and was made famous by one of the best photographers in the world, Ken Duncan. The photo has become an outback icon after being used on an Australian rock band's album cover (Midnight Oil,1987), that went platinum world wide.

The original Duncan print is sold out, so I had to go take a few shots of my own.

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Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek.

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