Old and Rusty

Ford Consul Mk 1 early 50's

 I might be old and rusty but it's not about me!  

My husband loves to take photos of things old and rusty so here are some photos he has taken as I just don't have much else to write about.  

When we are travelling around, he will put the brakes on and do a u-turn and I know now that he has spotted something in a paddock that to me just looks like some junk but to him it is Gold! 

I hope some of you will enjoy the photos, but I won't post too many as it is probably not everyone's passion.  I enjoy old and rusty too, but more like old gates, houses, bridges.

Assorted Rust at Old TailemTown

Rusted Art!

Water Tower, Farina SA

Stationary Steam Engine, Marree, SA

Art at Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens, SA


Lloyd Hartnett vintage car

The Old Forge, Milang, SA

Renmark, SA

Renmark, SA

Shearing shed at Blackall, Qld

We hope to get away and do some travelling in our caravan soon, so I will post some more interesting sights from our travels.  We're not sure yet where we will go as it will depend on the weather.  We are getting fussy in our old age.  

Hope I get some comments, and that you are well.

TRAVEL TUESDAY

 TRAVEL TUESDAY




WINTER 2022


I hope you enjoy some photos of Lake Albert in South Austraia.  It is a beautiful lake and a lovely place to spend a week or two in winter or summer.  

Lake Albert, Meningie, South Australia




























Lake Albert, Meningie, South Aaustralia

 Lake Albert


A few weeks ago we booked a week's holiday in Meningie on Lake Albert, hoping to get some sunny days by the lake.  However, the week we were there it rained on and off every day and in fact we had some days and nights of really high winds and extremely cold nights.  We wanted to have some time for reading and painting (for me) so we certainly had plenty of time for that, but we did manage to go on a couple of nice drives in between the rain storms and also got to have a campfire so that was a highlight for us as it's not a camping trip unless we can have a campfire and toast some marshmallows.










Lake Albert is a freshwater lake which is filled by water flowing into it from Lake Alexandrina near the mouth of the Murray River.  Lake Albert is also known by its Ngarrindjeri name, Yarli.

We didn't see as many birds on the lake as we have seen on other trips here, probably because it was too cold and wet for them too.

Here are some photos of the birds we were able to photograph.









Tolmer Rocks


Tolmer Rocks are about a half hour drive from Meningie.  They are quite spectacular and we enjoyed the drive out there and had a good look around.  The largest rock is about 130 metres high and there are quite a few other granite outcrops in the very picturesque picnic area.









One afternoon when the wind was not blowing and we even had some nice sunshine we managed to have a campfire which was great as we do love a campfire.


Our  safe campfire is one Ron made from an old gas bottle

And of course I managed to get some lovely sunsets too and storm clouds.












Although the weather was very cold and windy, we still had a great week away and the benefit of bad weather is not many people in the caravan park or in the cafe's and restaurants which we enjoyed on a few days.  It was so good to get away and enjoy nature and our wonderful countryside.



Bye for now!

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