Tocumwal at dawn

What is there not to like about arriving at a great place with this sort of sunrise - cold, yes but worth the drive alone. Less than half an hour later there were numerous contrails in the sky to the east as a number of commercial aircraft made their way from Melb/Tas to Sydney and beyond. The lasting memory I have of this is driving into Tocumwal listening to "Theme From Midnight Cowboy" by Faith No More and seeing these in the sky. One of those "you had to be there" moments but just amazing to see and made me glad once again to be living in Australia !

First pic is taken from inside the dam looking roughly Northwest as the sun came up

And this pic was as I arrived at the dam. Taken from the roadside. If you click on the pic for a larger image and look directly to the centre you will see at the ground level in the distance the outline of the engine test cells. Tiny blots but they are there and one of the few remaining landmarks from the great WW2 base. I hope to be there soon to do some photo essays on them before they finally succumb to the elements.