Venus Battery

The Venus Battery was built in Charters Towers during the gold rush, and was still crushing rock to extract the gold 101 years later until its closure in 1973. If you are interested in reading more go here -
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/10/14/2389658.htm

[Mike Schwandner]

great shot

[Kerri]

Great composition

[marg]

Great photo Sheralee and thanks for the link. I love reading up on all this interesting history of ours. Great composition in this photo - love how you have captured the reeds and the water.

[Allie]

I love how the reads stretch into the water. Very nice!

[Diana]

Great shot! Were you standing in the water for this one? LOL

[Sheralee S]

@ladydi53 Lol, as close as I could get without being in there :)

[bkb in the city]

So nice to see things like this

[jerry plume]

This is great! Love the history!

[lorihiro]

It/'s been closed for almost 40 years, but looks like it's being well taken care of.

[alia_801]

Nice shot, and interesting history :)

[Denise]

Very interesting history. Nice shot.

[Jennifer C]

cool, is Charters Towers near Townsville? Hope your hubby is better

[Sheralee S]

@jenrobcarr Yes Jenn, it's an hour and half south-west of Townsville.

[Sheralee S]

@lorihiro It's open to the public Lori and they do tours through it.

[Jacki]

Beautiful scene!

[Karen Sylvia]

This looks lovely! :)

[Carole Imes]

Read the interesting article about the history and so happy to see it still standing. Fabulous shot!

[Ramona]

Great colors!

[Michelle]

Really interesting. Nice green's in this too.

[Cora]

Great shot! The colours are beautiful!

[Tammie]

I really like how you framed this shot.

[Camille Bisson]

such nice composition in your shot. like how the reeds shoot out into the water from the right and the log. very pretty. and thank you for the link. my husband was a surface miner for years, he will really enjoy it.

[Anne ❀]

very pretty capture, love the comp, great info too. thanks for sharing.

[Sharon]

Great shot! Love the history.