October 2020 - Various

Setting Out on Our Adventure North and West.

Picking up essential supplies from Lou's Deli, Ingham.

Woodleigh Station, via Ravenshoe.1.

Homestead Gate, Woodleigh Station, North Queensland.

A cool, shaded walk-way leads you to the front door of the homestead. Those posts have obviously been polished by years of use. Not sure what the gear is that has been refashioned as latches. Any guesses?

Woodleigh Station, via Ravenshoe.2

Woodleigh Station, via Ravenshoe.3.

Woodleigh Station, via Ravenshoe.4.

Mare and Foal, Woodleigh Station, North Queensland.

“Ghost Gums at Night, Woodleigh Station, North Queensland.”

Eerily shrouded in mists of smoke from a distant burning off, these ghost gums rise like botanical skeletons seeking to haunt the night. They stand by a magnificent water course running through Woodleigh Station, 22 kilometres outside Ravenshoe in north Queensland. This was our powered caravan camping spot on this fabulous property that hosts visitors who seek a taste of the outback and cattle station life and its wonderful hospitality, but which is just a 5 hour drive from Townsville or 2 from Cairns. A range of cabins, bunkhouses and unpowered waterside camping spots are available. For you astronomy buffs like me - not its normal colour I noticed, Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is yellowed by the atmospheric smoke. (Tech info - Camera: Tripod-mounted Nikon D850. Settings: f/4, Manual mode, 30 seconds, ISO 3200. Lens: Nikon 16-35mm f/4.0. Time: 8.10.20, 9:12 p.m., by torch light. Editing: Photoshop, 21.2.3.)

“Ghost Gums and Moon, Woodleigh Station, North Queensland.”

Gold Fields Caravan Park, Georgetown.

Haldane Street, Georgetown.

Haldane & Cumberland Streets, Georgetown.

Old CREB Power Station, Normanton Street, Georgetown.

Old CREB Power Station. 2.

Georgetown Airport.

Etheridge River, Georgetown.

Doe's Grandmother was born in late 1800's, during local gold rush years, at nearby Georgeown hotel. This is North Street, Highway 1. Original bridge was just downstream. ?Off Normanton Street.

" . . . and a heavenly light shone forth to guide the worn and weary travellers to the perpetual waters of life and spirit of sustenance."

The Einasleigh pub was a stone's throw away from our destination of the amazing Copperfield Gorge, southeast of Georgetown in northern Queensland. (iPhone 11 Pro Max, Luminar 4, Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 filters, Photoshop 2021/22.)

"Einsasleigh Pub, near Copperfield Gorge."

Copperfield Gorge.via Einasleigh (Pano 1).