Hi Gladys. Enjoyable pictures. Having finished viewing your Tasmania albums I now get to start on this series! It's been a joy visiting your "STUFF"!! Don

said muggs1953 2006.06.22 at 12:22:54 PDT

Hello Gladys, Thanks for stopping by to say hello. I have been offline for a couple of months, and am trying to catch up. Will view the rest of your albums as time permits, especially the Goldfields series. I am a retired train driver and have seen similar damage to rail lines in California. I am now in Arizona. Doug

said dyetter 2006.02.10 at 06:25:19 PST

Hello Gladys, enjoyed looking at all 3 of these albums. Lots of my own special interests here, mines (used to work at one) old buildings & machines (love that truck, I have a similar photo from Utah in 04) & of course the flowers. Must have been a great trip. News is, I could not get my wife to agree the W Aus trip I hoped for this year to see your big trees & snorkel with the whale sharks at Ningaloo. Too much flying & driving for her, so had to trade for another exotic hol in Sept, slightly less flying & no driving or unpacking every other day! Always wanted to go where we are going, so alls well that ends well as they say. best wishes. Eric

said ericy202 2006.01.14 at 14:36:04 PST

Hello Gladys, I see yu've been busy while I've been away on holidays. You always seem to go to such interesting places, and take exciting photos of everything you see. A thoroughly enjoyable cyber-tour, thank you. By the way, your Bobtail lizard is known in the East as a Shingleback. All the best from Keith.

said magikeith 2006.01.12 at 00:46:36 PST

Hi Gladys, Thanks for another computer-chair trip to WA. Dumb aren't I....never did realise that the Coolgardie safe that we used to keep food cool when I was very young would have actually come from a place of that name. You obviously enjoyed it from the interesting shots you took. Seems like stepping back in time there. Saltbush and sand and lizards.... my dh would love it there. Fascinating country. Thanks for sharing it with us. Joyce in Adelaide.

said blentrol 2006.01.11 at 03:28:43 PST

Hello Gladys! Very interesting report with beautiful historic buildings and wonderful desert landscapes and rocks! The wimming Hole with nice reflections invites us for a swim...:-)! We appreciate also the beautiful flowers; Flannel Bush looks like flowers that we found in Arizona. Again: Happy New Year! Henri and Käthi

said oertlif_2 2006.01.03 at 09:53:55 PST

Hi this is my 4 time trying to write so im going to keep it short this time. i enjoyed your album very much the sites are great. GOOD JOB. Pls come and take a look at my album 7 Days Of Creation and the others and tell me what you think Of them Shlomo(Rehovot,Israel)

said thewise000 2006.01.01 at 23:21:51 PST

Hi this is my thrid time trying to write so im going to keep it short this time. i enjoyed your album very much the sites are great. GOOD JOB. Pls come and take a look at my album 7 Days Of Creation and the others and tell me what you think Of them Shlomo(Rehovot,Israel)

said thewise000 2006.01.01 at 23:08:21 PST

Hi if this is on twice im sorry.. I enjoyed the album the sites are wonderful i will come back and look at them again bec i sometimes like to go back and look at stuff twice bec just in case if i missed something that i liked so again great Job Pls come and take a look at my new album 7 days of creation and my others and tell me what you think of them Shlomo(Rehovot,Israel)

said thewise000 2006.01.01 at 23:05:28 PST

HI Great album i enjoyed it very much the sites are wonderful im going to look at them again soon bec when i look at them twice i allways find something i didnt find the first timee and that i might want so again great job Pls come and take a look at my album 7 days of creation and the rest and tell me what you think of them Shlomo(Rehovot,Israel)

said thewise000 2006.01.01 at 22:57:47 PST

Happy New Year Gladys - a great start with some fab photos, makes me feel like I've been there already. I'm using your pic of the blue-tongue lizard for my desktop at the moment since it brings back some good memories of my early days. Keep the good pics coming. Cheers Alan

said alan_middleton1 2006.01.01 at 01:01:39 PST

Hi Gladys, a wonderful album and you must have spent quite some time travelling round the area to compile it,I like the broad mix of subjects from historical documentary,flora and the landscape of each region.I am always interested in historic locations and your well captioned tour left me much wiser for my visit,also good to see the different species of flora and trees from different parts of the world,so many of yours are unique to Australia alone.Just like to wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year with lots of photo opportunities to share with us in 2006,Regards,Rod.

said chrisrod100 2005.12.31 at 11:11:40 PST

Hi Gladys, I enjoyed very much visiting this album. Thanks for sharing it with us. Thanks for visiting my featured album today and for your very kind words in the guestbook. Indeed WS have a problem with the Gardens section and I raised that problem in the blog. Gardens like in my album should be part of Scenery & Nature and not in Hobbies & Interests. Some other gardens should indeed remain in the Hobbies & Interests section. Another problematic section is the Deserts - if you take a look at this section you can find pictures of food due to the double meaning of Desert... I did not raise that funny problem to WS since I don't know if and how this can be solved. I'd like to wish you a wonderful weekend and a Happy New Year. Take care, Yair.

said ykarelic4 2005.12.31 at 09:03:05 PST

Hi Gladys, Wow what a journey, those buildings all seem to have a distinct australian look about them, It must be good to go to see how the pioneers settled into such a harsh inviroment and managed to make a living, All the wild flowers and roads with very little traffic would be so unusual for us on our congested roads. thankyou for your ~GB and New year wishes, by now it is the new year for you, but we still have another 8 hours to go, but whatever I wish you a very Happy and prosperous one to you and all your family take care Ken and Carolynn

said hircock100 2005.12.31 at 07:51:27 PST

Hi Gladys, Thankyou so much for your G/B entry. I will be glad when summer comes, cannot stand the winter Gladys. But I love the summer. going to spain 6thFeb, with my workmate. he is paying, so Eileen said I could go. Going on a Tabacco Run. he pays for the holiday, and I get a Free Hol. Eileen and I wish you a very Wonderful New Year 2006. God Bless You. I will let you know when the Twins are Born. Love, Ray and Eileen. (UK) PS, Wonderful Photos. Great>

said viking15410 2005.12.31 at 06:34:35 PST

Hi Gladys! Another beaut album mate! I was surprised to learn about the earthquake that you mentioned pretty early in the abum. I didn't know we had them that big down here. I think you have enough stuff in here to appeal to everyone's different tastes. I personally like the way you don't leave me wondering what anything is. In other words your captions and comments are great. My favourite shot is number 18- Salmon Gums at Coolgardie. You were obviousley at Coolgardie for at least a night and made the best of the late and early light. Good stuff my friend. Have a great New Year and I'll catch up next year. Hugs mate Al... P.S. My albums didn't find their way back to Australia on their own. LOL.

said shortshooter 2005.12.30 at 21:15:06 PST

Hi Gladys, I'm glad you decided to post your album. Charlotte took the words right out of my mouth. It's incredible how some of these pictures resemble ones I have seen of small quaint western towns during the early part of the last century. I must say that I have always known of the world-renown Australian opal mines, but I had not known of the gold strikes in Australia. Again! Another album from down-under that is informative as well as beautiful. Great job Gladys! When are you going on your next jaunt? Greetings from Florida, Paul.

said paul_fernandez 2005.12.30 at 11:17:42 PST

Hi Gladys, Once again I'm struck with the similarities in the areas in which we live. This album reminds me very much of my album of Lake Valley, New Mexico! You have your Ora Banda Hotel, and Lost Valley has its school building that was used by locals for dances and community events until just a few years ago. Now it is run as a museum and 'headquarters' for the Lake Valley ghost town by the Bureau of Land Management. For every native plant you exhibited, it seems we have a counterpart that is closely related. We have our cottonwoods and you have your gum trees, and I could make other comparisons if I were to go to each one by one. I'm amazed at these similarities, yet each has its own unique divergence. One thing you have that is very unique, and that is your bob-tailed lizards. I take it these lizards are not poisonous as the gila monsters over in Arizona? I know Peter Dudley has several 'pet' bobtails that he and Betty have fed regularly for many years, and who apparently actually 'knock' on their door to be fed. Such comparisons as these seem to draw us closer together though we are half a world away and in the opposite hemisphere. It makes one wonder what forces of nature were at work to create these similarities in such opposite portions of our globe. Thank you for documenting such places for us who may never have the opportunity to actually visit there in person. Charlotte in Texas and New Mexico, USA

said barnchaser 2005.12.30 at 07:49:31 PST

G'Day Gladys, WoW this album is like stepping back into the past :o) I down loaded the Garden feature Wagon for my desk top, I found it interesting when looking at the Map that this area was centered around Leonora & our Gold Rush country was centered around a town named Sonora. Thanks So Much for the invitation I truly enjoyed the tour. Wishing you a Very Happy New Year filled with wonderful pictures. Nev AKA alocolobo@msn.com

said alocolobo 2005.12.30 at 02:48:18 PST