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Some more Sturt desert pea loveliness.
A rare and special flowering event in the outback due to the extreme rain events earlier in the year.
These are found in many places but this magnificent display was east of Blinman, Flinders Ranges.
![The image is a black and white photograph depicting an outdoor scene focused on the laborious task of handling cable at what appears to be a mill or logging site. In the foreground, there's a person wearing overalls, gloves, and protective headgear with ear protection, working atop makeshift planks laid across a gully-like terrain filled with water. This individual is holding cables, suggesting they are either laying them out for use in operations or recovering them from where they were previously used.
Behind the worker, there's an incline leading up to a wooden structure that looks like a mill shed, featuring large doors and visible beams supporting its roof. Smoke rises near this building, indicating ongoing mechanical activity inside. The terrain is rugged with loose rocks and earth, indicative of heavy usage or construction work in progress. In the background, more logs are piled beside each other along what appears to be another incline leading away from the shed.
Text on the left side reads "2014-1936" which could indicate a date range relevant to the photograph's context but is not directly related to visual content within this image. The overall setting suggests an industrial logging environment during early 20th-century America, with workers engaged in manual labor typical of such industries at that time.
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