June - July 2008



The troup on a lake bush walk



Atop the Orroral valley ridge at Geodetic Observatory site (after a long ranger guided walk from the Orroral Valley Tracking station site below)






Orroral Valley Tracking station site til 1989.



Lunch break before trip back down.





Orroral Valley view


Testing out macro focusing on new camera.


Play Time: Bailey gets down to Max's level to play, which leaves him (Bailey) open to attack.


He may get bored and simply go away!


Kathryn well back from cliff edge during hike to Boroomba Rocks, with Canberra in distance.



Ranger David explaining local history at cliff edge.



Descending thru gum forest




Black Mountain and Canberra in distance



Metal Man version 2




Favourite picnic spot with valley & mountains (Snowy) views


The Marmet


Silver Princess finally flowers!



Lettuces are doing fine for winter (under eaves)



Exploring north of the ranges in Wee jasper and Yass



Possible rain for the garden over Mt Ainslie





Bailey glad to be indoors



Setting off to climb Gibralter Rock, Tidbinbilla.



Wedge-tailed eagle checking the climbers out



Other locals were not so concerned



Just when you thought you'd got to the top, it drops away then up steeply yet again.



Dutchy coffees makes the effort fade away



View north to city with Tidbinbilla deep space station on the left (think Mars exploration communication & imaging)





Only going back on the decent did we notice the snow



A more relaxed Kathryn on the decent



View from the Deep Space Moon Rock cafe

 






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