Weather Observations, New Work, Turlee and Mungo National Park

Well we have been travelling now for 7 months. I've got a persistent sore left hip and I am missing my washing machine. Travelling like this is very physical and some of the positions I get myself into are frustrating , living in such a small space is mentally and physically challenging. However I'm always up for a challenge. Luckily I can open my caravan door to the great outdoors.

After our lovely break in the Yarra Valley we have been touring around Victoria and made a quick visit back to New South Wales,Turlee, (which I forgot?) where we stayed on a station for 3 nights, and visited Mungo National Park. I am posting this from the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. So you might appreciate my blury head space. Turlee is where I started on some new work about weather for a group exhibition I am participating in next year. Turlee, treated us to amazing sunrises and sunsets which has inspired this new work. I am very excited about the show and I am also making a video work to present. Below are some images I took whilst on my stay.

New work progressing and observing a little cloud on the way to Turlee

The Shearing Shed Hat, symbols that reminded me I was on a Station way out West

Turlee Sunset

 

Country people have to have a sense of humour, Turlee

Turlee's Shearing Shed. Imagine the stories that come out of here.This is were felt comes from.

Willandra Lake, Mungo National Park. This took me back to the Serengeti in Africa I was imagining giraffes, elephant and wild animals herding and grazing.

On the other side of the lake, Walls of China

Mary (Me) shearing my little lamb, Mungo Station wool shed.

I remember fondly as a child playing in my Nanna and Poppy's shearing shed. It

was such a place of fantasy for a Young girl. I used to fly over to WA in the school holidays. My Nanna and Poppy who have both now passed owned a very large sheep and wheat property near the Stirling ranges in Western Australia. Talk about hard work as a women back then. They were the pioneers.

Nest Building

Here is a little series of pictures I took of a nest I made at little Styxs River, New England National Park a few weeks ago. The national park is 1600m above sea level. When we were their we spent 4 days in cloud and drizzle, it was cool damp and eeire. I kept on thinking it would have made a great movie site for Lord of the Rings. Lichen and moss draped every trees and branch. Their was so many twigs of lichen on the ground, which beckoned me to contemplate, create and play. Little Styx River is also famous for trout fishing. We were fortunate enough to befriend a expert fly fisherman who gave us 3 of his fresh mornings catch. Yum! I was suprised to find that their is alot of Trout fishing up this way and further south. When I think of Trout I automatically think Tasmania Australia. The township of Ebor and it's locals (town closest to Little Styx River) will proudly tell you it's the best trout fishing spot in Australia. Handy to know if your a keen angler.

updated 24/9/10 : now that blogger's video now expands, the images do not have time to become clear, I appologise for this. The image's timelines will need editing to fit in with Blogger's new software.