“And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness.”
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Time slowly passing by in a sandglass with yellow sand. ww.martinsistek.cz
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The Moorabool ~ Alternate Perspectives
Blog One:~ Postcards
Blog Two:~ Fred Kruger
Blog Three:~ Barwon Blog
Blog Four:~ Environmentally-Speaking
Blog Five:~ Moorabool Makeover
Blog Six:~ Mapping fast-fading memories
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Moorabool Makeover
Blog #6 ~ mapping fast-fading memories
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When Melway's was king
Back then I collected RACV strip-maps along with many large fold-up road maps distributed by fuel producers (Shell, Ampol, ...); storing them in a shoebox (well before satnav devices).
Working with fading memories, Google Earth and photos belonging to Jo Mitchell, Ron Grant, Andreas Makarewitsch and myself, I challenged myself to map Jo Mitchell's 5-hour kayak trip down the Moorabool with a focus on the re-routed section flowing along the lengthy man-made concrete channels. Viewers may prefer to follow Jo's blogs #1, #2, #3.
Playing with Google Earth
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With help from Ron Grant
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With my fading memory and a
Sunday photshoot
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A Gallery
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“And so after five hours of rocks, prickles, boxthorn, ants, bees, rushes, reeds, barbed wire and leeches we were finally done. Not exactly a "paddle" I would recommend, however a very interesting part of the Moorabool to have seen at close quarters.” Jo Mitchell
Fyansford Township Ca 1880