Aramac, Queensland and their Sculpture Trail
This tiny town north of Barcaldine and 800km inland from Brisbane, the state's capital, has a local artist who has created many quite interesting sculptures from junk retrieved from local rubbish dumps
She has now placed about 50 items along local roads, and the tourism people are now including these into brochures etc. We did the tour during July and took 2-1/2 days to cover the 200km (going slowly and stopping overnight way out in the bush to enjoy the quiet and the stars)
Here's a glimpse of a number of the sculptures
1)- Drover and dog
exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/2000s x F4,0; ISO-100; Lens at 4x zoom / 105mm FFequiv
2)- Eagle with snake
exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/400s x F4,0; ISO-100; Lens at 6x zoom / 150mm FFequiv
3)- Emu with chicks (where the chick bodies are motorbike fuel tanks)
exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/1300s x F4,0; ISO-100; Lens at 2x zoom / 50mm FFequiv
plus Emu closeup
4)- Kangaroos fighting
exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/1000s x F4,0; ISO-100; Lens at 1x zoom / 25mm FFequiv
plus Roos closeup
5)- Plains Turkeys
exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/1600s x F4,0; ISO-100; Lens at 3x zoom / 85mm FFequiv
As always, feedback welcome
Phil
You've asked for more about the Drover ...
Here's the Drover + the Bronco Rider + the Cowgirl
All have been shot using flash to try to lighten the shadows
Considering that each is made from junk-yard scraps plus "miles" of disused & rusty fencing wire, the artist has created some magnificent sculptures
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Hope that you enjoy them
As always, feedback welcome
Phil
db3348 wrote: G' day Phil.
All I can say is WoW ; great shots and amazing sculptures . Love the emus .
Hi Dave
Yep - they were very interesting to discover along the way, and the creativity of the author / sculptress is on show and accolades are well deserved
Should you manage to get up this way, here's where it is ...
Phil
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