{"id":1530,"date":"2011-10-06T23:29:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2014-09-14T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T07:12:51","slug":"all-in-the-blue-unclouded-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/all-in-the-blue-unclouded-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL IN THE BLUE UNCLOUDED WEATHER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-bush-walk.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1531\" title=\"taradale-bush-walk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-bush-walk.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Bush walking just out of Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gracie-walk.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1532\" title=\"taradale-gracie-walk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gracie-walk.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan walking Gracie in a hilltop paddock in Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-sky.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1533\" title=\"taradale-sky\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-sky.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Long expanse of sky on a hilltop in Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-paddock-hugs.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1534\" title=\"taradale-paddock-hugs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-paddock-hugs.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"On top of a hillside paddock in Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-hillside-seat.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1535\" title=\"taradale-hillside-seat\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-hillside-seat.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan sitting on the hillside looking into the bush in Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-sitting-in-the-sun.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1536\" title=\"taradale-sitting-in-the-sun\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-sitting-in-the-sun.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Sitting in the sun looking into the bush in a paddock in Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-happy-dog.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1537\" title=\"taradale-happy-dog\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-happy-dog.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Gracie the happt border collie sniffing the air\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-treetops.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1538\" title=\"taradale-treetops\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-treetops.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Surveying the landscape near Taradale\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-tricks.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1539\" title=\"taradale-tricks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-tricks.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Teaching gracie dog tricks\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gold-digging.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540\" title=\"taradale-gold-digging\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gold-digging.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Tom investigates an old gold digging near Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gum-leaves.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1530]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1548\" title=\"taradale-gum-leaves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/taradale-gum-leaves.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Looking back across the gum trees, Taradale, Victoria\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Following an old bush track we came upon a metal gate which opened onto a cloudless sky. Our thrill at scaling the locked barrier only slightly dampened by the friendly sign suggesting the gate not be left open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The sun glittered off rooftops in miniature below, I never realised that sight was uniquely Australian until our housemates remarked on it, I think they found the naked metal vaguely appalling and crude. But there is something lovely about a corrugated roof hugged by silver gums, and the bedtime sound of rain pattering on its ripples is a memory that gently drifts me back to childhood snug under the covers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an old bush track we came upon a metal gate which opened onto a cloudless sky. Our thrill at scaling the locked barrier only slightly dampened by the friendly sign suggesting the gate not be left open. The sun glittered off rooftops in miniature below, I never realised that sight was uniquely Australian until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[374,189,78,220,87,89],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-australian-country-town","tag-bush","tag-countryside","tag-flemington-earthbag-garden","tag-gracie-the-border-collie","tag-weekend-away"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-oG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}