Retired

We have been out all day today at Tocal with friends of ours and although I took lots of photos, I thought I had better post this one taken on our way home.

John, one of our friends, who was driving, told me about this truck as he had seen it earlier and as he risked life and limb in traffic for me to get this photo I thought I would use this as today's picture.

I will post other photos from Tocal later in the week, but John usually checks out my 365 project so here we are with this one.

Thanks John and thanks for a lovely day.

At least this lovely truck has found a marvellous retirement spot and has escaped to the country.

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh, Yes, a great resting place.....Good on you John, my husband does this for me....365 is GREAT!

[julia]

That is a big garden ornament...

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot, I often see good shots when in the car but not always easy to pull over, so glad you could for this.

[Babs]

@happysnaps Thanks Valerie, I agree it is a lovely place for this truck to retire to, it has a hard life by the look of it.

David pulls over for me too so I can take photos, but John is the friend we went out with not my husband, he was doing the driving today.

[Babs]

@julzmaioro It is indeed. Luckily it is a big garden too.

[Babs]

@bizziebeeme I know the problem. John had to pull over in a driveway and the do a u turn to the driveway of this house. I got out took the photo and then he did another u turn to carry on our merry way.

[Debbie]

What a fabulous garden gnome.

[Denise Wood]

Amazing capture :)

[Chris K]

Good on you John. Not many drivers would go to such lengths. great old truck with lots of photogenic rust

[sally agnew]

Love the landscaping surrounding the old codger :)

[Joyce]

Great retirement for a faithful old truck1

[Peter]

Wonderful composition, tones and textures Babs, It may not stay for long as these trucks get older they became more valued as a restoration project, just in need of some TLC:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful retirement spot for this faithful and hardworking old truck , Great rusty relic , I love the rust tones and textures against the lush green of its surroundings -- well done John for being able to stop for you I usually find things of interest where there is no hope of stopping !

[maree_sanderson]

ahhh....rust in peace...great capture...love that they've matched the mulch to the rust... good on you John... :o)

[gayelene]

Fantastic fav

[Rachel]

So nicely rusty and full of textures.

[8yearson]

Fabulous rust Babs!

[Merrelyn]

That's a big garden ornament, good on John, for getting you to it :)

[Pat Knowles]

There must be more to the story than this Babs, I think this old truck must have a remarkable tale behind it to be put here for all to see in pride of place!

[gloria jones]

Great shot, composition, rusty textures

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Love this old truck and makes a good feature, needs lots of plants on it.

[Margaret Brown]

Super rust capture here!

[carol white]

Super capture

[Margaret Obey]

Definitely!

[Rosan]

Great capture! Nice to have an accommodating driver. So many photo ops are passed by on roads with no place to stop!

[bkb in the city]

Great find

[ChristineL]

Glad I'm not alone with request stops, it's better when you have a driver who doesn't mind u-turns! This was well worth the stop, I like the colours. It looks like it deserves to be in retirement though.

[Linda]

Great shot of this old rusty truck. You can tell someone really used this one and hopeful got great service!

[ShirleyB]

Lucky you had a driver that would stop for you, my husband is hopeless. There is usually an excuses such as 'there's no where to turn round' or 'there's a car right behind me' and by the time he finds somewhere to turn we are about 2 miles down the road!!! Great shot by the way and well worth the U turn.

[Susiangelgirl]

Great shot and processing.

[☠northy]

Wonderful find... Beautifully captured and processed :)

[Margo]

great shot

[Diane]

Definitely seen better days, love the textures and colours, nice find Babs!

[Marnie]

Better get the NRMA quick. Great find Babs.

[Lee-Ann]

Awesome image.

[KWind]

Fabulous rusty tones and textures.

[tony gig]

Lovely old truck, great shot.

[Hazel]

It's been given a beautiful setting!!

[Babs]

@deborah63 @gilbertwood @cruiser @hermann @thistle @pcoulson @beryl @maree_sanderson @onlyme111 @888rachel @jackie8 @merrelyn @happypat @seattlite @ladymagpie @craftymeg @carolmw @ceilidh @fntngrma @bkbinthecity @inthecloud5 @pippie @shirleybankfarm @susiangelgirl @northy @777margo @dianeburns @golftragic @leestevo @kwind @tonygig @quietpurplehaze Thanks everyone. sorry for the group reply again, but I am pretty busy at the moment. Luckily John is also a photographer and he spotted this truck previously and told me about it. As we drove past he had to do a u turn to let me get out of the car and picked me up again on the turn around.
There must be some history to this truck as it really has pride of place at the front of this property. A beautiful setting for the end of its life.

[Gena Pegg]

Fabulous capture...super detail and love love love the rust. Great composition...great resting place for it.

[Pam]

That is a great shot.

[phototart]

A shame it can't be preserved. Once its gone, its gone.

[Jane Morley]

Super shot. Ed stops too.....sometimes. The moving shots can be interesting!