Corrugated Iron - We Love it!
Australians used corrugated iron as the ideal roofing material in the early days, but since then it's become part of our fabric. Looking through a few pics I took in and around
Gulgong NSW, it popped up everywhere.
(Now, I have this great idea for a coffee table book on the uses of corrugated iron. The cover could be made of......well maybe not)
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| Seen in Milthorpe NSW |
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| Seen in Milthorpe NSW |
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| Seen in Milthorpe NSW |
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Some of Australia's country towns are heritage protected, and as a result the paintwork and structures still hold the character of the 1800's.
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| Milthorpe NSW |
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| Milthorpe NSW |
Here are some some wonderful textures I found on the walls, windows and doors of this old building in Mudgee NSW. What amazed me was the lack of graffiti on these pristine, decades old surfaces, which, I think have grown old, very gracefully.
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| Mudgee NSW |
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| Mudgee NSW |
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| Mudgee NSW |
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| Mudgee NSW |
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| Mudgee NSW |
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| Mudgee NSW |
At this time of the year (Winter) in Australia, The wild flowers have not yet made their appearance. But there's colour of a different kind; the variety of bark textures are amazing and the closer you get, the more interesting and beautiful they are.
The red gums are particularly beautiful. There's salmon pink, grey, orange and more, on one tree.
By contrast to this, right alongside, there's this steely grey of the ironbarks.
Scribbly gums are particularly interesting. This eucalypt has become the subject of artists and writers of the Australian bush lore. The intriguing scribbly marks are the product of a very small moth who has given this tree iconic status.
Australian wildflowers are beautiful, and when they show themselves this Spring and Summer, they'll feature on this blog. Meanwhile there is always something of real interest in the Australian bushland.
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