One of the pleasant things about living at high altitude in winter is the beautifully clear weather we often receive. Last Sunday I and my visiting colleague headed east to the gorge country and the 'snowy' range at c. 1700m - it rarely has any despite the altitude. Here are some pictures of the view from Point Lookout and looking towards the range to show what I mean in an atmosphere with no humidity, no pollution, and no clouds.
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In the next view pointing east you can just make out the Pacific Ocean on the top right horizon.
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The valley in the next picture contains one arm of the Bellinger river on which Bellingen reported in earlier posting is located. The vegetation at the bottom is sub-tropical rain-forest, but at c. 1600-1700m asl it's altogether different. It's hardly surprising that there's rain-forest down there as the rainfall is over 2000mm annually! Look at how all the slopes are heavily timbered.
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The plateau in the background here is the Dorrigo plateau - the back-ground ridge. It's a cattle raising area and remarkably English-looking when you get close.
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And here's the range from Wollomombi approaching dusk. It looks idyllic.
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In the next view pointing east you can just make out the Pacific Ocean on the top right horizon.
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The valley in the next picture contains one arm of the Bellinger river on which Bellingen reported in earlier posting is located. The vegetation at the bottom is sub-tropical rain-forest, but at c. 1600-1700m asl it's altogether different. It's hardly surprising that there's rain-forest down there as the rainfall is over 2000mm annually! Look at how all the slopes are heavily timbered.
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The plateau in the background here is the Dorrigo plateau - the back-ground ridge. It's a cattle raising area and remarkably English-looking when you get close.
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And here's the range from Wollomombi approaching dusk. It looks idyllic.
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