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I thought it would be nice to post up some photos or videos of beautiful landscapes you have seen. I would like to start with this video of Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park. This is one of my favourite places to photograph. The video is not mine, but it captures the place well on a rainy day.
Both of those videos are showing places that are so diverse from each other. New Zealand certainly doesn’t lack in natural beauty. I love the waterfalls among the lush green trees and those layered stone hills are unlike anything I’ve ever seen! Do you know the type of rock that makes up those hills?
Thanks for sharing, PC.
Gorgeous. I think of the US and my part of the world as being similar.
New frontiers with heaps of places to explore. Albeit, my part of the world’s civilization is newer meaning less people and development.
I should have explained where the second video came from. It is not New Zealand but Australia. This area was discovered in 1983 which blows my mind because the area is a huge 174 sq mi.
A TV crew discovered it when they had to divert their flight because of a storm. Some local Aboriginals and a few stockmen knew of its existence. The TV crew brought it to the world’s attention and it became a national park some 4 years later.
The park is called: Purnululu National Park which contains those mountains and other landscapes. Those particular mountains are called the Bungle Bungle Range. The names are as unusual as the landscape. They are Aboriginal names. You can learn all about the place here:
https://www.australia.com/en-nz/places/broome-and-surrounds/guide-to-purnululu-national-park.html
I visited the Kimberley in 1988, about 5 years after these mountains were discovered. I really loved the landscape in the Kimberley as it was very rugged. I stayed in a town called Kununurra and you could book a tour to the park. But it was very expensive getting there, so I passed up the opportunity. I was a young backpacker so it was out of my budget.
I remember I was told this story though. Upon discovery, the next milestone was finding a way to get there by ground. A guy flew a plane low through the area over what looked like the easiest route by ground. He dumped bags of flour periodically. Then he got in a 4 wheel drive and followed the bags of flour. This became the track that provided access. By now they probably have a decent road there I imagine. I took these 2 photos of Kununurra back in 1988.
Fun fact. The Kimberley could have been Israel. There was a plan to settle Jews from Europe who were suffering great persecution in Europe. A plan was drawn up called the Kimberley Plan. The idea was to purchase lots of land in the Kimberley and settle it. The terrain was very rugged and the climate similar to that of Israel. It had a number of prominent proponents in Australia including churches, leading newspapers, and many prominent political and public figures. But a 1944 opinion poll found that 47% of Australians opposed the scheme. On 15 July 1944 the scheme was vetoed by the Australian government. Just as well I suppose as the Jews got their original homeland back in 1947/48. I guess God thought I better give them their land back now or they will live somewhere else. Lol.
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