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Those mountains are Mount Kaputar National Park.  We are on our way out there, passing by canola fields, to see what the Sawn Rocks are all about.




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  1. freefallingSeptember 13, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    I was just looking on Poof this week at a couple of photos of Mt Kaputar.
    It's such a lovely sight when travelling along that road.
    http://poofanditsgone.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/winter-tuesday-12.html

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    1. Joan ElizabethSeptember 15, 2015 at 8:15 PM

      Yes it is. It's been a long time since I have travelled the Newell so it was quite forgotten to me.

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  2. Red Nomad OZSeptember 13, 2015 at 8:20 PM

    Sawn Rocks is such a cool rock spot, and Mt Kaputar NP stunning! I wish I was there with you :D

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  3. JulieSeptember 13, 2015 at 8:25 PM

    Canola fields are (IMO) essentially boring. Nothing can compare with a field of ready to strip wheat.

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    1. Joan ElizabethSeptember 15, 2015 at 8:19 PM

      I like ce it. and I loves fields of wheat. But one of the crops I really enjoy is peanuts which are planted in red soil which contrasts beautifully with the green and is usually planted in contours rather than dead flat country. It's been a long time since I was last in Qld during peanut season so have no photos of it.

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  4. WinamSeptember 14, 2015 at 4:26 PM

    It looks like a really beautiful place, especially with the yellow canola.

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    1. Joan ElizabethSeptember 15, 2015 at 8:20 PM

      I really like the yellow blue combo. It works in the same way with gold n dry summer grass against blue mountains.

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  5. diane bSeptember 17, 2015 at 5:57 PM

    I love it too.

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