Take a Seat

Round Australia Road Trip #27

Jude’s Bench Series – The Road Trip Collection

This year Jude, writer and photographer at Travel Words, set a challenge to photograph benches, with a different theme each month. While I enjoyed seeing the beautiful benches that appeared on participating blogs, I didn’t ever post any photos myself. When we set off on our road trip I started taking bench photos, especially with Jude in mind. The result is a year’s worth of bench challenge photos – The Road Trip Collection.

January – In the Garden

A shady spot in the heat of summer when the temperature soars into the high 30s

Fraser Range Sheep Station, on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain

February  – Benches processed in Black and White

Old school benches at this historic school building from 1865

Central Greenough Historic Village, Western Australia

March – Wooden Benches

Resting place, at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden

Port Augusta, South Australia

April – Benches with a View

Big rocks, a big view and a big sky

Murphy’s Haystacks, South Australia

May – At the Beach

High tide

Streaky Bay, South Australia

June – Benches with Art Effects

Original colonial features at the Kalgoorlie City Market

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

July – Unusual Details

A Lone Pine, descended from the Gallipoli Lone Pine, in the garden of the Northampton RSL

Northampton, Western Australia

August – Colourful Benches

Weather worn benches at Red Cliffs

Port Augusta, South Australia

September – Metal Benches

Metal benches watching over an iron ore carrier – metal carrying metal

Port Hedland, Western Australia

October – People on Benches

An over-sized bench at the Line of Lode Miners’ Memorial

Broken Hill, New South Wales

November – Benches with Messages

It’s a long way to anywhere from Willare Bridge (bench almost hidden behind the railing)

Willare Bridge Roadhouse on the Great Northern Highway, Western Australia

December – Free Choice

Sunset over Shark Bay – the bench ignored in favour of comfortable camp chairs

Denham, Shark Bay, Western Australia

And my favourite bench photo – a place to rest in case there’s a queue for the phone box

South Australia/New South Wales State Border