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Published: January 5th 2012
Wednesday 4th Jan
Checked out the lookout over Fairbairn Dam - fantastic view - then onto Emerald - visited the largest painting in the world on an easel with the Emeralds giant Van Gogh Sunflower painting.
Visited the lovely original 1900 Emerald railway Station which is still in use - just beautiful.
Sunflowers were a staple crop in Emerald until the land was needed for the fast growing population for the mining industry. There are still Sunflower crops in the outer areas of Emerald where the land is dryer as Sunflowers need very little water to survive.
Emerald was very badly effected by the Jan 2011 floods and we saw the water mark up to the top of the counter in the Coles shopping centre. It is hard for us to imagine how high these floods must have been and how much damage it did and it is amazing how fast these comunities get back on their feet.
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Dawn Faulkner
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Looks beautiful Sue and John
Thanks for sending all the lovely pics of each place you are visiting, so nice... keep on enjoying your travels, safely and good health ... miss you guys love Dawn