The town of Lithgow near the Blue Mountains was well known in the early nineteen hundreds for the production of iron. Adjacent to the township is the Blast Furnace, once a big employer now ruins. This scrap of iron may have sat here for a century symbolic of the towns former glory.
3 cows
3 cows going somewhere - Cox's River Road. The site of a previous blog post with a single tree. I enjoy photographing in this area because of the variety in the landscape.
Cooling down
This afternoon I would have said if you take into account the wind chill factor, it must have been zero looking out into the valley. The wind was blowing a gale and it was a little difficult keeping the camera steady. It doesn't really show in this shot but the wind was coming in gusts and moving the waterfall around a bit. I like this image in b&w but have left it in colour here. Plenty of detail to be seen.
On a musical note
Last Friday as it turns out I ended up covering a 'concert' at Lizotte's in Dee Why. Some remarkable talent there including my good friend Sam McNally (keyboards). While taking shots from the floor, one of the audience leaned over towards me and said "I can believe they have given us so many good acts in one night". That pretty much reflected the views of everyone in what was a full house. Here are some shots from the night. There are plenty more on my FB page.
A standing ovation and rightly so for Diana Rouvas. See the vid. on my FB page.
Doug Williams - you legend!
Craig Calhoun - funkmeister
Dave Weir
Rick Robertson
Elephant in Mt Hay
Amazing what can turn up in front of you... at a certain angle this rock face manifested an elephant's head with what appears to be broken tusks and ear. Incredibly the ear has such a similar texture as you might find on a real elephant - veins etc. I saw the complete picture after noticing an eye structure in the rock. Serendipity or some such thing.
Rock formations
The combination of wind, water and rocks can make for interesting 'artworks' in nature. These are a couple of images from Mt Hay Rd. The first image strikes me as having a hint of graffiti tags and more ancient rock drawings.