Gawler
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Contemplation
by PilgrimIn 2004 I was quite ill and became involved with the Gawler Foundation. This had ma…
In 2004 I was quite ill and became involved with the Gawler Foundation. This had many positive consequences but most importantly I discovered meditation. Prayer for me has always been a bit challenging. I often find I have nothing to ask for. Perhaps I lack imagination. I can, and do, recite the Lord’s prayer regularly but beyond this have struggled to find a way of active prayer with which I am comfortable. In discovering mediation I found a new way of simply being quiet with God and being comfortable that this was indeed prayer. The Gawler Foundation teaches an ecumenical form of meditaton based on simple silence. Ian Gawler has written a number of books on the subject which are worthwhile: Medititaion: Pure and Simple and Peace of Mind. It is possible to add a more overly Christian element to your meditation using the technicques popularised by John Main. Sometimes I use a Christian mantra and sometimes I try to simply merge into the universal silence. The meditation is important because it allows me to understand that all that is created, including myself, are merely this “creations”. It doesn’t bring (or hasn’t yet) a blinding rationale about why we are here. Indeed, I suspect this is impossible as the meditation hints that the mind as a creation cannot ultimately comprehend the creator. It does, however, bring a calm sense of knowing about the general outline of the final destination. And one senses it is a knowing shared by the Buddha, the Saints and, of course, Christ himself. It is a knowing of feeling not of complex thinking. Indeed the object of the meditiation is to get beyond complex thinking. This is not to dimish thought (the danger of doing so is very apparent in a lot of popularist religion) but to understand that thought must ultimately be transcended. When I begin to know that God cannot be contained by my intelligence (to suggest He might is to suggest the more intelligent can know him in a greater way than the less) I begin to approach reality. And I try to approach it in a humility which will allow me to share in it.
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Storm clouds over Canola Fields, Gawler, South Australia. / 1/640s f/8.0 at 10.0mm iso100 More Canola Images / More Landscape Images RB Landscape Group
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The main street of Mount Barker is lined with beautiful Chinese Elms. Gawler Street is usually a very busy community hub, so it was unusual to see it so quite. The explaination for this lies in the fact that this photograph was taken at lunch time on Christmas Day : )
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Taken in the main street of Mount Barker, Gawler Street. The Chinese Elms which line the street, are full of seedheads at the moment, and a large group of Rainbow Lorikeets flew in for a feed. I feel very lucky to be able to see such a sight in our main street. The Lorikeets were hanging upsidedown and chattering to each other, and a number of locals stopped to enjoy the sight : )
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Atop a mountian, many many miles from the nearest person I experienced Absolute silence, this is the moment that has really changed my life. Taken in the Gawler Ranges in South Australia, at Sunset.
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The Organ Pipes are a spectacular rock formation of ochre red volcanic rhyolite columns in the Gawler Ranges National Park.South Australia. A four-wheel drive is necessary to get to this place, but well worth the long trek. There are bush-camping sites in the park, a couple suitable for caravans. This is the outback , and water must be taken with you. Great for bush-walking and four-wheel driving.We will definitely make a special trip just to the Gawler Ranges, one day. /
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A place that sticks in my mind in the South Australian Outback. How many people venture this far to see a truly amazing place.
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Tchulkudar Rocks and view of the Gawler Ranges.. Best Viewed Larger /
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The Farm house is just wating away, it has been allowed to go to ruins. / Sheep walk through it, so unfortunately it will not be restored.
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This is the Church of St George, Orleana Square,Gawler, South Australia. It was started in 1858 and completed in 1909. It is famous for its stained glass, lead windows, tower and peal of bells. Is was built in the 14th Century English style. Orleana Square on Church Hill was laid out by William Light in 1839 and the church was named after Colonel George Gawler. It is part of the Gawler Church Hill Heritage Area which was listed on June 6, 1985.
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This is a shot of Murray Street, Gawler. The buildings are of the Institute and the Town Hall.
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This Church is in Moore Street Gawler. It is currently disused and in need of repair. Researching this church created some confusion as it is listed in a Government heritage article as being the “United Parish Church” built in 1861. Originally it was begun in 1851 according to another article, and was abandoned due to the congregation moving to the Victorian goldfields as did the parish minister, returning in 1861 to complete the construction of the church. It was also mapped in 2007 as the Little Flock Parish Church in another article. There have also been other references made to this site claiming it to be the Congregational Church. There is not a plaque to be seen on the church itself that is visible or accessable from the street.
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St Peter and St Pauls Church is of late Victorian design, constructed of local stone and was built circa 1897 – 1898. This church, not the first to be erected on this site, was part of Colonel Light’s plan of 1839. Church Hill was to be reserved for the three dominant churches in Gawler. It is also part of the Church Hill Heritage Estate established on June 6, 1985.
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This is the National Australia Bank in Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia. It is a fine Italianate style building which was erected in Gawler in 1881.
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Old farm dray outside Gawler on the Freeling road. / South Australia
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Bridge at Gawler Central railway station / Gawler, South Australia
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This church is located in the historic township of Gawler, South Australia. It is part of the “Church Hill” precinct developed by Colonel Light and his vision. This is the rear view of the church which is not obstructed by fences both stone and wire. There are two plaques on the church dating it back to 1922 and 1964 respectively. A church hall is located next to this end of the church.
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Please meet Roo-roo … she lives at Mount Ive Station. She is free to come and go, but is usually in the neighbourhood because she gets a healthy and tasty supplement on her diet every morning. / I found her late in the afternoon close to the place were she gets fed, waiting, just in case… Mount Ive Station is in the Northern Gawler Ranges close to Lake Gairdner in South Australia. The station is a working sheep station that offers accommodation and camping to tourists. You can visit Lake Gairdner using their station roads. The friendly people at the station provide you with mudmaps for this and other features on their station. It is a great place to visit. Mount Ive, Gawler Ranges, Australia -Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2009
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Lake Gairdner, Mount Ive Station, South Australia. / Mount Ive Station is in the Northern Gawler Ranges close to Lake Gairdner in South Australia. The station is a working sheep station that offers accommodation and camping to tourists. You can visit Lake Gairdner, the second largest salt lake in Australia, using their station roads. The friendly people at the station provide you with mudmaps for this and other features on their station. It is a great place to visit. Mount Ive, Gawler Ranges, Australia -Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2009
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Rhyolite rock formations (organ pipes) at Kolay Mirica Falls, Gawler Ranges, National Park, South Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2009
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Caught these in a park in Gawler, South Australia.
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took a little trip out to Gawler Country Area some months ago. loved this house. For Nora.
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The Gawler Ranges are in South Australia in the upper north of the Eyre Peninsula. The colours of the ranges are fantastic! / Major attractions are the colourful scenery, heaps of pastoral history and ruins to enjoy, wildlife and Lake Gairdner, the second largest salt lake in Australia that can be accessed via Mount Ive Station.
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