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We headed north through more incredibly green farming country with soft rolling hills.  Just outside Burra the hills are topped with wind turbines … Australia’s largest wind farm.  I counted 30 of them.


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  1. WinamNovember 12, 2010 at 10:33 AM

    The top photo reminds me of the American Great Plains. Lovely shot.

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  2. UnknownNovember 13, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    Great greens on the top shot!

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  3. ELKNovember 13, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    this is such a soothing couple of shots ..rich green

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  4. JulieNovember 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM

    Not sure how I feel about wind farms. I appreciate the energy they create and realise that my great-grandchildren will regard them as normal. However, they do blight the landscape.

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  5. Joan ElizabethNovember 19, 2010 at 6:11 AM

    I like them. They make the landscape interesting.

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  6. diane bNovember 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    The hills were yellow with ready to harves wheat when we were there. There are 170 turbines.

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