Kennedy Range (Mundatharrda)

View from the top of Temple Gorge Escarpment in the Kennedy Range (Mundatharrda in the local language group), looking out across the wide gently rolling plains of the Lyons River. Several scrambles up the gorges, rock pools with water according to the season. The colours of the rock vary from yellow ochre to deep iron oxide red, iron blue and white quartz. Ancient rock “bubbles” scattered around – stratified in different shades when the molten rock cooled about 300 million years ago. The cool gorges attract various wildlife, sit still beside a rock pool for a while and the local birds become brave enough to come close to drink.

Hike along the Blackwood River, Mauritius

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Hired a car for a few days to explore the island of Mauritius, it’s about 60 kms long North to South and 40 kms wide East to West…..Short distances to travel (compared to Australia). The Blackwood River runs down from the central mountain with lake filled volcanic crater. The lake is a holy site for the Hindu population – there’s a massive 35m high statue on the edge of the lake, very impressive, lots of shrines with incense wafting through the air. Winding little roads down weave around fields of sugar cane down to the coast.

Mauritius….first impressions….first sketches

Arrived on Mauritius yesterday…. Everything I expected….warm and slightly humid, blue sky, steamy white clouds. Turquoise sea, coconut palms, warm sea, tropical fish. A little like northern Queensland.

UK Holiday Sketches – Wales

 

Day trip to North Wales, walked  scrambled 3/4 the way up Tryfan for a beautiful view down the mountains (complete with RAF jets screaming down the valley on their training runs). Then onto Conwy castle to explore the ruins after which much needed fish and chips on the quayside.

Sketch tools as per previous post