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Undulating



We are travelling through sheep and wheat country, lovely undulating land before we reach the big flat plains.

The fields are a patchwork of winter crops breaking through with a sheen of green, brown soil tilled for planting and straw coloured pasture.

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  1. JulieJuly 21, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    I love this variety of Australian countryside. Heavily farmed and changed from what nature provided for the early settlers.

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  2. diane bJuly 21, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    There is something about patchwork scenery which is compelling.

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  3. Joan ElizabethJuly 21, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    I see it as the transition lands between the city and the big farm lands, between the hills and the plains, And yes I love the patchwork too.

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  4. UnknownJuly 25, 2012 at 2:20 AM

    Another shot that could have been taken at the Alentejo. :-)

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