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MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 18 Jan

Friends , I thought it a good idea to give a glimpse of a wall mural of horses in action that adorns my living room.This is a large size mural and painted by a famous artist. Made years back it still looks wonderful. I like...

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A new use for a drive-in theatre

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Nov

There are many talented people scattered throughout Western Australia and one of them resides in the central wheatbelt area. She is responsible for some lovely murals, mostly of native Australian birds and wildflowers. The photo...

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A town built on the sandalwood trade

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Jul

There was one car in the main street in the small town of Bencubbin when we visited there. Hopefully, it’s busier at other times. A major industry in days gone by was sandalwood cutting. By 1920, a record 14,000 tons of...

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A mural in a dying town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jul

The image shows a mural on the end of a building in Bencubbin. This town states it’s on the boundary between cropping country and station lands. However it appears to be dying although there is still a police station there. The...

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A mural of kookaburras

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Aug 24

We visited our old home town of Narrogin on Saturday and got there just on lunch time so we called into a café fo get something to eat. Many of the shops have closed and it’s all very different from the 1960s when we lived there....

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The amazing talents of some people

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar 24

Vince went into the city today to join a photo group taking photos in the inner city area. He was a bit late leaving the house so I dropped him at the train station and he caught the train into the city (about 30 minutes) then a...

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A mural at Mundrabilla

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 18 May 23

One of the rest stops on the Eyre Highway from Western Australia to the eastern states is Mundrabilla. Consisting of a roadhouse, it offers fuel, supplies, takeaway food and a restaurant, limited mechanical services and...

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Murals and banks in Beverley, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 23

Yesterday, we drove through the town of Beverley in Western Australia. Friends of ours have purchased an old bank there and are now living in it. It was interesting to walk through to see the strongroom which still have a safe,...

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We'll see two more films today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jul 22

There are two films on offer today at the International Film Festival. One is from New Zealand called Juniper and the other from Iran which looks to be like a family fleeing from somewhere. However, it is billed as a comedy/drama...

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Have you ever heard of Santa’s Village?

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 20 May 22

Have you ever heard of Santa’s Village? This used to be an amusement park in Scotts Valley, California. It is in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County. This amusement park was open from the 1950s to the 1970s, I believe,...

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Visitacion Valley mural

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 18 May 22

This is a mural in Visitacion Valley in the southern part of San Francisco, California. I think it sums up the character of the neighborhood. There are several other murals here. There is a store nearby that sells local artwork...

Mural Painting with a Twist

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 12 Apr 22

In one of the narrow streets in Baguio City Philippines, you can find mural paintings done by local artists. I like this photo because it shows the normal life before in the painting while the two teens are wearing face masks in...

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Have you heard of the 'canary girls'?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Mar 21

Because of a comment by cmoneyspinner (@cmoneyspinner) on my post about the Mt Barker mural (https://www.mylot.com/post/3433882/more-about-the-mural-in-mt-barker) I went searching for more images of Jerome Davenport’s work. This...

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More about the mural in Mt Barker

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Mar 21

The mural in the photo is surely worth a second airing. We saw it when we were in Mt Barker, near the south coast of Western Australia. I found out more about it so thought I’d share the information. The mural was privately...

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A last discussion about the murals of Collie - probably

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb 21

The photo shows another of the brilliant murals which adorn the walls of various buildings in Collie, Western Australia. It depicts Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I love the silhouettes of the audience in the foreground. There...

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More murals from Collie, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Feb 21

Yesterday, we visited the Western Australian town of Collie. It has a very proud heritage as a mining town and coal is still mined there. In its heyday, it was seen as rough and dirty but now it rejoices in its heritage and, like...

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We have guests arriving tomorrow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Feb 21

We have visitors arriving tomorrow afternoon. They’ll be staying three days. They used to live just a kilometre or so away but now they’ve moved to the city to be nearer their grandchildren. On Monday, we’re going to see the mural...

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Another challenge coming up

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb 21

Over twelve months ago, an acquaintance booked us to take photos at a swimming carnival. We queried the date but yes, they were booking us for some fifteen months ahead. And blow me down, the time has come. The weekend after next...

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The mural on the wall of Wellington Dam in Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Dec 20

We’re back from a drive to Wellington Mills near Collie in Western Australia. There is a mural being painted on the wall of the Wellington dam, which once supplied household water to much of the south of the state. However, the...

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Going to see a mural

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381906) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Dec 20

The photo is of some lemon butter which I made. I’ve never made it before but it’s very yummy. It has nothing to do with the post. We have Vince’s sister and her husband staying with us since Christmas Day and we’ve enjoyed the...

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