WozzTopia

We Left Ballarat at about 7:30 heading for South Australia. Traveling along the Glenelg highway. Just outside of Hamilton we noticed a sign for the waterfalls, Nigretta and Wannon.

We had a BBQ lunch and continued on our way to Mount Gambier, where we arrived at mid afternoon, set up the tent, after buying new tent pegs. (oops)

Below is panorama photo of the Mount Gambier Blue Lake  made up of 4 individual shots.

Tantanoola Cave

This cave system was discovered many years ago by a 14 year old boy trying to retrieve a lost ferret. Shortly after his family took a lease on the land and started making money through guided tours. The land was eventually turned over to the Conservation Forests and Land department

Woakwine Range Wind Farm

With dozens of giant turbines the magnificent Woakwine Range Wind Farm is a spectacular site visible from many miles away.

Woakwine Range Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere, the 123 spectacular turbines at Canunda and Lake Bonney wind farm development will generate almost 300 megawatts almost 1/8 of South Australias energy needs.

Spider Cow Queens Gardens

A few months ago (I know I’ve been slack) I visited a friend in Shepparton where I lived for a few years in the early 90′s and while there I just had to photograph the “cows” !! I can not wait to get get back to check out the new additions and the ones I missed last time around.

Shepparton is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The population of the municipality of City of Greater Shepparton in 2005 was estimated to be at 60,403 residents. The population of Shepparton-Mooroopna is estimated at 38,773. It is located approximately 200 km North-East of Melbourne.

Moooving Art is a mobile, interactive public art exhibit that features life-sized three-dimensional cow sculptures – with attitude! Local artists transform these sculptures to make each piece unique, or funny, or challenging.

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The sculptures are regularly moved to different locations around the city. You can find the cows in parks and public open spaces, on the sidewalks and in surrounding towns. New cows are always being added to the herd as older ones are put out to pasture’.

Greater Shepparton is the heart of a region that produces 35°o of Australia’s dairy exports, so the cow was a natural choice for this unusual exhibit. There are now over 90 cows wandering about the area, adding colour, and fun, to your visit.

Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation is a Shepparton based organisation with the aim of increasing the level of tissue and organ donation in Australia.  It does this by raising awareness of tissue and organ donation in the community.

The foundation is run by Allan and Kim Turner.  Their daughter, Zaidee Rose Alexander Turner – aged 7 years and 22 days died suddenly on 2nd December 2004 from a burst blood vessel in her brain called a Cerebral Aneurism. The Turner family have been registered Organ and Tissue Donors for 5 years. As a result Zaidee donated her Organs and Tissues at the Royal Children’s Hospital as were her wishes at the time. Zaidee was the only child in Victoria under the age of 16 years and we have been told one of the youngest Australians to donate her organs and tissues in 2004. She was only I of 6 children nationally to donate their organs.

In the year Zaidee died, another 130,000 Australians also died. Only 218 people generously donated their organs or tissues. One in five Australians on the transplant waiting list die before they get a chance to receive a transplant. Currently there is between 1700 to 2000 people waiting to get that important call from the hospital that they have found a donor for their transplant.

You can support the Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation by:

* Registering to be an Organ & Tissue Donor by clicking here:
* visiting the Website and finding out more about the Foundation by clicking here:
* making a donation by clicking here
* Zaidee’s Rainbow LacesBuying a pair of Zaidee’s Rainbow Shoelaces for yourself or
as a gift from your nearest Athlete’s Foot store.
* Buying a box of 50 laces ($100) to use as a thoughtful corporate gift.  Click here for an order form.