Of wrecked trains and automobiles

I imagine the car wrecks that litter the Australian outback partly inspired films like Mad Max. I could spend an entire road-trip stopping and photographing these hulks. You’re always looking for something interesting on long lonely roads in the middle of nowhere and the cars remind you that people drive through the middle of the country often enough to lose their way, run out of fuel, and break down. More than one overseas tourist has become lost in the Aussie bush and perished in the heat!

Newly overturned – Olympus EM5 Mark 2
The old carriages make for good canvasses – Olympus EM5 Mark 2

Likewise for abandoned train carriages that have seen better days and could whisper the dreams of passengers long vanished. Rather than litter the outback, they often sit abandoned in old railyards in worn-out towns, languising next to tracks overgrown with weeds.

Welcome aboard! – Olympus OMD EM5 Mark 2

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