Australia Day

(Written 26 January 2022)

Early this morning, I watched the First Nations People ceremonies in Sydney on ABC TV. Then I chatted with a friend. After lunch, my husband David, who had been working hard reviewing a paper for our small environmental consultancy, needed to escape our house for a while.

The Atherton Tablelands has a wonderful mix of forests and farmland surrounded by hills and mountains. We drove out in the direction of the hectares of blueberry production. Yes, we do grow blueberries in Far North Queensland. We are blessed with a range of micro-climates and soil types on the Tablelands. Some soils are volcanic in origin and rainfall varies from very little to almost too much. Atherton itself is about 850 metres above sea level.

Here are a few photos from our little trip.

Don’t you love my horns? Part of Atherton can be seen in the background.
I am just magnificent!
So am I.
This little shed is almost a century old and is made of chamfer boards.
Note the tangle of discarded power lines.
This old shed is also made of chamfer board. Old maize silos stand proud to the right.
Details of the roof trusses in the old shed. A close up of the chamfer boards is shown below.

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