Roadside ruins

Seen by the side of the Wilpena Pound-Hawker road.

[KWind]

Interesting find. I like the golden light!

[Pam Knowler]

The colour of the landscape is amazing! I wonder who lived in such a place completely alone with no neighbours?

[Diana]

Lovely shot and light, it could be anywhere here too.

[Yao RL]

you are very busy in your bus, haha.

[Casablanca]

Wonder what it once was........you're getting some great out of the window shots!

[Babs]

It looks rather sad wonder if it was once a home

[Denise Wood]

Terrific :)

[Merrelyn]

Lovely light. We saw so many ruins when we were in that area!

[haskar]

And this is how the work of human hands looks towards the forces of nature. Great shot.

[Marnie]

@kwind Thanks, early morning has some good points.

[Marnie]

@pamknowler Thanks Pam. For a partial answer to your question check out the link I'm posting today with my shots. The rest of the answer relates to a widespread and serious miscalculation by people in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century that 'rain follows the plough' which, when coupled with some very unusually benign seasons drew farmer-settlers to this and other areas with highly variable low rainfall.

[Marnie]

@haskar Thanks for pointing out the framing, I hadn't actually thought of that specifically.

[Marnie]

@ludwigsdiana From what I've heard and read there are numerous similarities between your part of the world and mine.

[Marnie]

@yaorenliu Sure was Yao if there was anything interesting happening outside. Only 23 of us, and had three very long days sitting on a very comfortable 50-seater bus so lots of room and time to fiddle round.

[Marnie]

@casablanca Thanks Casa. Check out my reply to @pamknowler for some further information.

[Marnie]

@onewing Very likely, this whole area was settled by farming hopefuls. See my reply above to @pamknowler and the link in today's post.

[Marnie]

@gilbertwood Oh for more time in interesting places.

[Marnie]

@merrelyn Yes, so did we. Didn't have time on this trip to take many of these photos, but took quite a few last time. Fascinating part of the world.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's curious to me that the corners withstood the ravages of time but the walls didn't. But then there are abandoned resort homes around here with the same results- so it must be the way things decay. Good shot.