Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A day in the rain forest


We had planned my beloved and I to go to another place, we set out to head up the highway to a place called Seymour and to find out where the Golbourne River park was. We did arrive in Seymour but hubby decided to take another turn off and yes we headed off into the hills. Through the Toolangi State Forest along the Murrindindi Road. I managed to get some great photos with my new lens 150-500mm of the Yea Spur.With a beautiful country house in the distance.

Yea Spur
 
Things are incredibly dry and were a shade of gold as the poem goes, I love a sun burnt  country a land of sweeping plains and golden soils, well it goes something like that.

We drove through the Yarra Valley way up in the hills along a dirt road, I never thought we would see the end of it going up higher and higher as the road wound around in a zig zag pattern and then down again.

Beloved stopped the car and as I stepped out I could smell the beautiful fresh smell of the Eucalyptus from the trees which towered way above me, as I looked up towards the sky the only noise I could hear was the faint chirps of birds singing in the distance.

Our next stop was on the Murrindindi Road a beautiful spot where there was a lovely river which was crystal clear, it would have been really nice to just sit by it for a while, maybe next time.
Murrindindi Road
I managed to get a quick shot of a wallaby, oh no I didn't, what I thought was a good photo turned out to be blurry. With my new lens on my camera I was able to zoom in high up into the trees and I got this photo of one of the birds. Rosella's which were the most vibrant blue and red flew past us in groups, I wasn't able to get any photos as they were moving much too quickly trying to get away from us.
I was really happy with my new lens and look forward to getting out with it once again to see what I can do. It is quite large and boy is it heavy but so worth it with the photos I got. 150-500 mm
If you see a female with muscles in one of her arms that will be me from carrying the lens.