Places Tagged ‘valley’
29 JANUARY 2010 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Originally built as a temporary set for an Australian blockbuster movie “The Man from Snowy River” in 1981, Craig’s Hut is now a very popular tourist attraction. Located not far from the Mount Stirling summit, it perfectly complements astonishing views of Victorian Alps, creating even better landscapes.
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TAGS: alps, ancient, Australia, building, hill, home, house, hut, mopuntains, old, ranges, shelter, summit, valley, Victoria, vintage, wooden
28 OCTOBER 2009 | DESERTS AND OUTBACK, MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Up until June 2009, every time when I saw an image of the Monument Valley, saw it in the movie or read an article about this great place, I was telling to myself that one day I’d definitely visit this great area. Fortunately it is not the case anymore – another great location pinned and marked on the world map.
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TAGS: Arizona, butte, Desert, hills, mesa, monument, Mountains, plain, rock, USA, valley
23 JUNE 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

As I spent there less than a day, I don’t think I can say much about this park, but impressive nature, mountains and waterfalls pushed me to post something about this park in “places” part of the website. Also, this small and inadequate description of this great place is the first “place” outside Australia posted in this blog.
To keep format of the post, here is some formal info: Yosemite National Park famous for its’ waterfalls, deep valleys and steep mountains occupies approximately 1200 square miles in the Eastern California.
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TAGS: California, fall, mountain, park, river, rock, USA, valley, waterfall
15 MARCH 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Wilpena Pound is a crater-like natural amphitheater located in the Flinders Ranges National Park, in South Australia, approximately 430 kilometers from Adelaide. Read more…
TAGS: cliff, crater, mountain, park, pound, range, rock, South Australia, valley