Landscapes by Ian Beattie Gallery

Visitor on the Perry Sand Hills formed after an ice age 40 thousand years ago

Visitor on the Perry Sand Hills formed after an ice age 40 thousand years ago and now forming a landscape spread over 333 ha that is continually changed by the wind. It has featured in numbers of films, TV shows and advertisements. The Wentworth Pioneer Museum has on display the remains of megafauna found here: kangaroos, lions, emus and wombats. Near Wentworth, far southwest New South Wales, Australia

Colonels Homestead and gardens at Walter Peak Station

Colonel's Homestead and gardens at Walter Peak Station on the southwestern shore of Lake Wakatipu, first built in 1908 and rebuilt after a fire in 1977. It is now a restaurant. The gardens were begun in the 1870s by the original owners, the Mackenzie family. Near Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

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Attraction, Building, Countryside, Exterior, Farming, Landscape, Ranch, Scenery, South Island, Southern Alps, Station, Tourist, Walter Peak High Country Farm, Working

Kawerau River and Gorge and and the lower of the two small hydro electricity power

Kawerau River and Gorge and and the lower of the two small hydro electricity power stations fed by Roaring Meg stream. Kawarau Suspension Bridge, the birthplace of bungy jumping, is about 22 km upstream. Near Queenstown, Central Otago, New Zealand

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1930s, Dams, Electricity, Fast, Flowing, Generation, Green, High Angle View, Landscape, Scenery, Swift Flow, Water