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Jan 02
in Travels - Santa Rosa - Sep - 2010

September 2010 – Wet Everywhere

Welcome to my blog site and my trip in September 2010. I offer here my experiences, with the intention that my sharing of my wonderfully rich life can in some way enrich your life as well.

September 2010

I wanted to feel the spaces of the desert…. but didn’t get very far off the bitumen!

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img_6893I didn’t want to wreck the roads any more, and I had another 30km to go across a flood plain! NO WAY!

5q2r5512Amazing view with changing light.

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img_7052Such an amazing spot to be stuck!

img_7124 The road 3 days after rain.

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_q2r5772 A hidden waterfall was such a treat to find on the Blackdown Tableland.

Excitement under the waterfall!! I just had a bit of a play with my camera.

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Blackdown Tableland National Park Campground. I’m not a fan of camping in designated spaces. I prefer the gravel pits beside the road or out in places just where I can find a spot. Making sure I leave nothing but tyre tracks and footprints is a priority for me when I travel, and even ensuring that my own solid toilet waste is carried off site because there is a chemical free toilet in the camper!. I get really annoyed when I see toilet paper beside the road after girls have had a wee beside the road. There is no excuse not to put the toilet paper in a zip lock bag to be disposed of properly later.

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Swimming in the waterholes was so much fun!!!
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On the road alone by myself this time !
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img_7434 Driving in to Home!

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”

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