Saturday, May 11, 2013

Saturday Snapshot: Roadtrip to Mildura

Last weekend I headed up to the town of Mildura, which is a regional city on the banks of the Murray River for a wedding. I had a fabulous time at the wedding (may have drunk a lot more than normal, but that's okay occasionally!) but I also enjoyed walking along the river and taking some photos.

On the road again


A welcome drink after a 7 hour drive.

The Murray River

Playing with the panorama setting on my phone


I spent a bit of time wandering around near Lock 11

The river gums

Trying unsuccessfully to get a picture of the cockatoos in flight

The view from the wharf on our morning walk

The view from the deck where we were staying
Early morning

The river at dusk - the view from the wedding reception venue

The river at dusk using the panorama setting





Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce from At Home with Books

29 comments:

  1. What a beautiful place! I need to see if I have a panorama setting!

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    1. I do love playing with the panorama setting!

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  2. Like the panorama setting on your camera. Looks very good. You can always tell an Aussie photo. It looks so....well, erm, Australian. It's the light. There is no light anyplace else in the world that is the same as Aus. Enjoyed the diversion of a road trip.

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    1. Yes, there is a certain light particularly out in the country.

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  3. Sounds like a fun trip--and a very pretty setting! Thanks for sharing your pics.

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  4. I hadn't seen the Murray for far too long when I went to Mildura in Feb - it really is magnificent. (Also magnificent in Mildura was the bakery which won 2nd place in the national vanilla slice competition!).

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    1. Oh, we had vanilla slices at Hudaks too! Soooo good!

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  5. What a lovely setting. I confess I don't know where Meldura.

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    1. It's on the border between Victoria and New South Wales in Australia.

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  6. What beautiful views of the river. I especially like the ones at dusk!

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    1. It was a beautiful setting for a wedding.

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  7. Oh, that does look so beautiful, and I love the cockatoos. My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/JyyYT

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    1. I have some more cockatoo photos somewhere.

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  8. What a beautiful river setting for a wedding! I'm glad you had a good time.

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  9. I love the wide open spaces out west that your first pic captured so well. The river is looking wonderful right now with so much water in it - the sunset photos are lovely :-)

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  10. Some terrific photos of dusky. It all looks so exotic. Here's Mine

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  11. It all looks so pretty and relaxing!

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  12. Great photos. although I do have to point out that the bird aren't cockatoos, they are galahs.

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    1. That probably explains why the buggers wouldn't cooperate!

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  13. I'm so thrilled to see your panoramas! The light is so beautiful there, I'd love to get to Mildura some day. And yes they're galahs.

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  14. Marvellous photos you've captured from morning till night. I'm interested in what kind of birds those are.

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  15. Love the Murray - beautiful pics :)

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