Ballarat Wildlife Park and M.A.D.E.

  

The original Southern Cross Flag

Listening to the Redfern Address by Paul Keating.

Sovereign Hill

Sovereign Hill is an outdoor museum of goldrush history. In the Ballarat area gold was discovered in 1851. Since opening in November 1970, Sovereign Hill has become an Australian tourism icon.

 About town

 The $140,000 gold pour

 Done

 Red Coats

Raspberry Drop Rebellion 

 Firing the guns

 Law catches up with Eladio, there is a missing sausage roll.

 Why the long face?

Is that your Mum Eladio?

 Gold digger.

Melbourne Show 2013

 Eladio in the Masterchef Kitchen

 First Time Patting a Cow

Waffles! 

 Not a Computer Game

Show Bags 

Cakes 

 Slices

Jellies 

Art 

 Cake Decorating

 Slice

This is actually SOAP! 

Hmmm Pizza

Bee's

Swarming bees

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 200mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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Walking with Hermione through one of the state Parks around Bebdigo, I noticed a lot of bees. They were all heading in the on direction. Soon we found their hidy hole.

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 105mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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 Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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  Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 86mm f5.6, 1/60 sec

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