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Blame Canadalonita


A Google map of Dubbo, with my home at the tip of the arrow. This is the best resolution/size. We don't rate a high resoltion image.

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[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Somehow, this is only just making me wistful and yearn to come back...

Satellite photo

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

You have an awful lot of green space in and around you. Are they small trees? My place, being in a natural oak part of California (which is much of California; it's a semi-desert until you get much further north) shows little folliage:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=140+Candy+Street,Bakersfield,+California,+USA&ll=35.356160,-119.050899&spn=0.004699,0.004420&t=k&hl=en

I normally can get it to zoom down so that the full screen display is just a few blocks, but it's not working right now...

Satellite Maps

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

It looks as if you have an awful lot of greenery in and around your place. Is it mostly small trees and grass?

My map shows a typical California subdivision (built in 1959) with almost no greenery except for grass and small trees:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=140+Candy+Street,Bakersfield,+California,+USA&ll=35.356160,-119.050899&spn=0.004699,0.004420&t=k&hl=en

That's the most detailed it gets. Zoomed a little further out, you can see the major freeways:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=140+Candy+Street,Bakersfield,+California,+USA&ll=35.356160,-119.050899&spn=0.004699,0.004420&t=k&hl=en

Obvious in this zoomed-out version is the American River. It's the American River on which gold was discovered in 1849 (giving the name "49'ers" to prospectors. All the gold made Califorina rich enough that it attained Statehood on the "fast track" in 1850. A curious bit of trivia? California began as a Republic (in fact, the flag says "California Republic" at the bottom, under the walking grizzly bear). Unlike Texas and Arizona, which furst went from Republic to Territory before becoming a State, we skipped the Territory part and went directly from Republic to State!

Re: Satellite Maps

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The greenery is farmland, and after 4 years of below average rain it's all brownery. That photo is about 8 years old judging by the lack of new estates.

Whoops!

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

The zoomed-out map didn't work right. Let's try it again:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=140+Candy+Street,Bakersfield,+California,+USA&ll=35.356160,-119.050899&spn=0.004699,0.004420&t=k&hl=en

Dubbo

[klishnor.livejournal.com]

Dubbo rated a mention on ITV last week. A short series called "Is thie the worst weather ever?" on how weird the weather is and will it get any worse. They were saying that you're one of the worst drought hit areas in Oz for the last couple of years.

My ears perked up so far on hearing the name that there are a couple of small holes in the ceiling.

Re: Dubbo

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

We've had below-average rainfall for 4 years, and when we did get a little rain one spring it triggered a locust plague. We've just had a lot of winter rain. THere is green grass but it has no nutrition.

[weibchenwolf.livejournal.com]

*oohs*I can become your stalker now. Or your dog's stalker. Or...something.

[frith]

It's a long walk to the zoo... but, oh look! there's a zoo near you!! 8-D And here I was picturing you like driving 100's of kilometers to the zoo.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

nah! The zoo is just the other side of town.

[avenginglioness.livejournal.com]

wow. it's so green and pretty. When I think of Australia I always think of vast sandy deserts. :P

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

It was green and pretty 5 years ago. It's all brown at the moment due to drought

But it's a long way to a sandy desert. 8)

[azhreia.livejournal.com]

But it's a long way to a sandy desert. 8)

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