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Not a lot of water however, Victoria Falls
still made magnificent viewing.
The arrow is highlighting a local spear fishing.
Victoria Falls
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Visual treats
Visiting Notre de Dame de Paris was a real treat…
…made all the more special after the Cathedral…
…was ravaged by fire with 12 months.
I guess I have seen the Eiffel Tower…
…lit up in movies, however seeing it
in person was fantastic.
The Moulin Rouge was also a
must see in Paris.
I doubt that even in my younger days
would I have gone fishing
in the vicinity of white water…
…let alone the white water of Victoria Falls.
An optional helicopter flight over Victoria Falls…
…to view the effect the rushing waters of
the Zambezi River has had on the landscape
leaving previous falls sites high and dry.
A goodbye London special treat was
a ride on the London Eye.
Well worth the time for some nice views of London…
…after dark.
Finally…
…after hearing my Father speak of Menin Gate
from time to time, I was pleased to find
a tour group that included a visit
to Menin Gate in its
Western Front itinerary.
So it was that in early June of 2017,
before a relatively small crowd, I was
part of the ceremony that commemorates
the Great War each and every night.
Three local buglers performed the last post
in a simple but moving ceremony at Ypres’
Menin Gate, in Belgium
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FriendlyFriday:...Special-Treats
Amanda Sandi
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Doctor Livingstone,
I presume?
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe
Africa.
Sculpture Saturday
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Doctor Livingstone, I presume?
LIvingstone’s statue,
Victoria Falls,
Zimbabwe,
Africa.
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Sculpture Saturday: 39
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My first water scene is…
…nearby Lal Lal Falls.
In 2014 we visited Victoria Falls
in Zimbabwe .
Four years later, it was Alberta’s,
Athabasca Falls In Canada.
For 55 years lived less than an hour
from Warrnambool’s, Hopkins Falls.
The only time I remember visiting these falls was
when number one Son wanted some photos
for a geography assignment I set his class, in 2003.
As it was a February/March assignment,
there was little or no water flow.
I had to wait another fifteen years and drive two hours
from Geelong to capture this photo.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Water
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awe
a feeling of reverential respect
mixed with fear or wonder.
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Even if I had known that this was the third
Natural Wonder of the World
I was visiting/sighting, it would still
have been an awesome feeling flying over
Zimbabwe’s, Victoria Falls.
From the air it is much easier to view
previous sites of the Falls…
..as they eroded their way upstream to their present site.
Many of us were also in awe of this fisherman
who was successfully catching fish
using a very primitive method
However, even in my youth I doubt that I would…
…have been fishing alongside this bloke.
Just for the record previous natural wonders
have been a not so colourful display of
the Northern Lights in 1976, and
a few hours out on the
Great Barrier Reef in 2011.
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Fishing on Victoria Falls,
Zimbabwe.
Huka Falls,
near Taupo,
New Zealand
Hopkins Falls near Warrnambool,
South West Victoria.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Moving-Water
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Considering we are at the opposite end
of the seasonal roundabout,
most of my photos, this week,
are of waterfalls
Because Victoria Falls was mentioned in the challenge,
my first image is of Victoria Falls.
I believe the stream of water in the foreground
is known as Devil’s Kitchen (not certain) and this
is erosion taking place to prepare a new site
for Victoria Falls.
As is visible in this photo there at least
five other sites of the Victoria Falls.
Hopkins Falls.
At 90 metres wide it is one of Victoria’s widest falls.
Athabasca Falls
near Jasper, Alberta,
Canada.
Maligne Gorge Falls
also found in
Jasper National Park,
Canada.
Rhine Falls in Switzerland.
Huka Falls,
near Taupo,
New Zealand
So, while the northern hemisphere is taking Autumn/Fall images,
these were taken in our garden just before
sunset on Tuesday September 3, 2019.
Leucadendron…a member
of Protea family.
Not only are these Snow Drops,
but today Google says they are
Giant Snow Drops.
A memory from the farm.
Not sure if these a ex-farm flowers or
purchases made since moving.
However, I first saw the Winter Rose
after I said ‘I do!’
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epic
heroic or grand in scale or character.
I have head it said that ‘epic’ is…
…often overused and misused.
However These scars in the land,
indicating previous sites of the Victoria Falls…
…as they retreat up the Zambezi River
on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
attest to the fact that this grand site
could definitely be described as ‘epic’.
Bottom left corner is the beginning
of the next site of Victoria Falls.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Epic
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In 2014 while visiting Botswana we
came upon (during a side trip)
this fisherman standing too far
from the rock’s edge for my liking.
…but it does appear that he
does have a fish on his spear.
Widening the crop and he does appear
to be along way from the edge of the river.
Another crop and it’s not just running water
he needs to be aware of.
