Love RED? Love OZ? Love Poetry
Doggerel?
Yes? Then this is for YOU!
If you're alone, sing along to the tune
of My Favourite Things* - but Sound of Music devotees
be warned! MY version has NO girls in white dresses or whiskers on
kittens … and it's ALL about OZ!
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| Kununurra Landmark the Sleeping Buddha; Western Australia |
RED Buddha sleeping;
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| RED Morning Sky, Sultana Point, South Australia |
RED sky in the
morning;
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| Red Mud Crab, Roebuck Bay, Western Australia |
Little RED Mud Crab; and
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| Channel Warning Marker, South Australia |
RED channel
warning
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| The Big Prawn, Ballina, New South Wales |
A Giant RED Prawn; and
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| Detail of Red Cliffs, Port Clinton, South Australia |
RED Cliffs that
make Art;
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| Historic Key Beam Engine, Mannum, South Australia |
A Big RED machine with well-oiled
moving parts!
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| Corrugated Iron |
Rusting RED Iron; and
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| Jindivik, Woomera, South Australia |
RED Jindivik;
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| Samphire Flats, St Kilda Boardwalk, Adelaide, South Australia |
RED Samphire wetlands;
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| Church, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
Church made
from RED Brick
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| Male Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton) |
RED Crimson Finch;
RED
OZ Wildflowers
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| Red Lamp Post, Pt Victoria, South Australia |
Antique RED Lamp Post and
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| Red Rocks, Junction Lookout, Karijini National Park, Western Australia |
RED Rocky
Towers
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| 90 Mile Straight: Longest straight stretch of road in Australia |
When the road's LONG;
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| Do the Kalbarri Cliffs REALLY need a DANGER Warning sign?? Western Australia |
when there's
DANGER;
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| The Silver Bullet turns RED, Karijini National Park, WA |
When the dust is BAAAAAAD
I think of my RED-ventures all over OZ-land;
And all the great times I've had!
* As always, massive apologies to
Rodgers & Hammerstein – the duo responsible for the original
song – My Favourite Things – from musical and movie The
Sound of Music!
You have a Jindivik in SA? We have one in Victoria, unfortunately associated with its local cheese company that may have been producing product that makes people quite ill. Off now to investigate the Big Red Machine.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed at all the gorgeous red you found. I especially like the little crab—it's so cute. I agree with you about the danger sign on the cliff, but you know how really stupid some people can get. I can live without the red dust though—that's just crazy bad.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo sing - a - long and sang throughout the enitre show. Ha, Red this was just delightful and now that my head is busy singing, I must go back and take another look at "all the great times you've had". Just a very delightful, informative post with music :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, the photos are amazing and the only dud subject amongst them is the prawn. Not okay - the sound of music - with the exception of Carousel the most irritating musical ever made/played. It's okay - you are forgiven because it is clever, and because you are you. Excellent photos. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteWould like to stop and ask if you do singalongs as you travel, but must go find some headbanging music to flush the treacle from my ears.
Your silver Bullet sure takes a beating!! All the pictures are beautiful as usual, but the Red Sky in the morning sure caught my eye!!
ReplyDeleteI love RUST. Also love Neil Young. I get it..... with the Silver Bullet. A good way to avoid a ticket. What no loos? But how can you top the coffin???
ReplyDeleteThat giant Red Prawn is just begging for a truck load of butter.
ReplyDeleteI like the reds in this post.
ReplyDeleteGreat presentation.
Utterly brilliant, dear Red! You've got me grinning from ear to ear.
ReplyDeleteMost captivating blog ever, I am glad that I also participated in spectating your wonderful shared experience.
ReplyDeleteGreat job done indeed.
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You really like red, what a lovery crab in the sand and I love the church.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
I have never seen a picture of a finch so gorgeously RED!!!! The only red birds we have here are cardinals, and they aren't nearly as RED...
ReplyDeleteI am pleased to say I have seen some of these things, and I intend to see a few more this year. Don't you just love red gorges and corrugated iron! and of course our brilliant red wildflowers - surely the Sturt Pea is one of the most magnificent. As for the red dust on the 4WD - we have seen plenty of that - we are still trying to get our 4WD clean from a trip to NT 2 years ago!
ReplyDeleteFantastic images as always Red. You are inspirational!
The continent you inhabit is so different from the pictures we usually see. Big and wild and fascinating. I fully understand your love for it and your need to bring it home to all us folk on the other side of the world who live in small, cramped, colourless places.
ReplyDeleteKeep on going!
Wonderful shots. The first two are just stunning!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, a real treasure trove of RED finds! I love them all, especially that amazing red crab against the grey and that first shot. GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteI just love these collections (and I don't even mind the earworm -- I did a Christmasy post several years ago playing on the song. Yours are mucho better of course!
ReplyDeleteI loved all the shots but those red wetlands are amazing (I'm a wetlands kind of girl myself of course). I couldn't quite figure out what Jindivik means..is it the name of the airplane?
What a great collection! Loving some of the gorgeous red things around Australia (from one redhead to another!)
ReplyDeleteRed is most certainly your colour... :)
ReplyDeleteHow have I lived in Adelaide for 27 years and not known about the St Kilda boardwalk??
ReplyDeleteI've lived in Port Clinton too, but I was three and don't remember it at all. Maybe I should go back for another look.
@Andrew - The SA Jindivik at Woomera is SO far out of the way, hardly anyone ever sees it!!! Big Red Machine fascinating - email me if you want more info!
ReplyDelete@Hilda - The Red dust is a way of life out in the Pilbara - it took us weeks to get it out of the car!!!! And the more you look for RED, the more you'll find! If you're me, anyway!
@Saucy Kod - SO glad you enjoyed it ... but hoping you were alone while singing, hahaha! I get a kick out of these posts because they make me reflect on the good times too!!
@FruitCake - HAhaha, didn't realise how close to the edge I'd gone with this post ... I'm honoured to be forgiven! Even Christopher Plummer referred to TSOM as 'The Sound of Mucous'!!!! So DO share - I'm sure EVERYONE will want to know exactly what music will delete the sounds/memory of TSOM????
@MJWC - The Silver Bullet will never be the same again. Every time (not often) we clean it, we find another little pocket of red dust we missed the last time!!! Red sky in the morning gives me the thrill that comes with the possible terror of bad weather in my future!!!
@Manzanita - Weirdly, RED loos aren't that common downunder. Or probably anywhere! Glad you appreciated my sad attempts at referencing ...
ReplyDelete@SFlaGuy - Hahaha, it's actually begging for MORE than that!!! That photo was taken in the mid 90's - since then, the BP has been slowly fading into oblivion, until last I heard, it had been demolished. Although I'm yet to confirm that ...
@Indrani - Red is what I live for!
@Kath - Well, that's also what I live for!!! I guess the REDS are a bit of a contrast to the WHITES of the Geneva snows ...
@alex hales - Who knew that someone who lives for cars would find a simple little ditty about Aussie Reds 'captivating'?!?!?!
@Filip - A world without RED is a world with no passion ....
ReplyDelete@TMWH - The finches aren't found near our home base, so it's a treat to see them so close!! Not sure what the reddest bird is downunder - but the finch must be right up there!
@Jill - I don't think you can travel too many places in OZ and NOT see RED!! I hope to inspire you as much as you've inspired me!
@Friko - Awwwww.... you're just saying that because it's winter, and the northern winter is SOOOO miserable, right?!?!?! Seriously, I'm glad to provide this small public service, and I hope you continue to patronise it!
@ladyfi - That is high praise from you! Thanx for your support and encouragement!!
@LONDONLULU - Well ... you'll be ecstatic to learn how many more RED things I uncovered while trawling the archives that I HAVEN'T yet used! Look out for #5 coming soon to a screen near you!
@Sallie - It's such an easy song to put words too ... maybe I should have put the words to an OZ song, but the RED just fitted! The Jindivik was used in military operations as a target or decoy plane, I believe!
ReplyDelete@Amanda - Red ROCKS!!! Which is a pretty good description of much of inland Australia, haha!! But the difference between you & I is (possibly) the genuine-ness of our respective reds ...
@Glen - Thank god!! I was starting to get worried I'd made the wrong life choices back in my youth!!!
@River - That's what I'm here for!! And it's definitely worth re-visiting the places of one's youth - as much for how they've changed as for old times sake!