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Looking down (#11 in series – trees “4” – Spring Gully)

Published January 31, 2026 by Pelidoug

Looking down (#11 in series – trees “4” – Spring Gully)

 

This sequel to #10 in this series looks down into the actual gully in Spring Gully Conservation Park.

Its  own website  explains the Park’s raison d’être:

Spring Gul­ly Con­ser­va­tion Park was set aside to con­serve the west­ern­most pop­u­la­tion of the red stringy­bark Euca­lyp­tus macrorhyn­cha. This park is the only reserve in South Aus­tralia to con­tain this par­tic­u­lar species. 

Alas, Spring Gully’s “hero” species is now in serious trouble in its sole South Australian “refuge”.

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Looking down (#10 in series – trees “3”: Spring Gully, South Australia)

Published January 25, 2026 by Pelidoug

Looking down (#10 in series – trees “3”: Spring Gully, South Australia)

 

Spring Gully Conservation Park is 8 kilometres south of Clare, in South Australia’s mid-north.

From Adelaide, it is a little less than a two hour drive; day-tripping from the city is feasible.

However, the so-called “Clare Valley” (in truth, this distinctive region has more than one valley) is such a rewarding destination that it is a much better idea to base yourself there for at least several days.

As the next post will further explain, Spring Gully is of great “conservation value”, and it is more than a little “vulnerable”.

Meanwhile, enjoy what a ridgetop vantage point can do, late on an autumn day…

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Three of the same (#1 in a single-image series: kangaroos)

Published April 22, 2023 by Pelidoug

Three of the same (#1 in a single-image series: kangaroos)

 

 

Recently, in a “to cull, to tweak, or to let it be?” mission, I waded through nearly 10,000 images.

I suddenly realised that most of my “single species” wildlife photos involve either a single animal, a pair, or a group/flock/herd of more than four individuals.

Three, I think, is the rarest single-species group size…or number of individuals a photographer can “isolate”, successfully.

This little celebration of “companies of three” will range over three continents and at least one island….

It begins in one of my favourite parts of the island continent.

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