Wales Gallery

Mona Vale Rock Pool

Mona Vale rock pool is situated on the tip of a sand spit near the northern end of Mona Vale Beach. There are two rock pools here: a larger pool measuring 30 metres long, and a smaller pool which is suitable for children and less confident swimmers. These pools become surrounded by water at high tide, creating the illusion of floating in the middle of the ocean

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Aust Services JEH_22049_020

Aust Services, Aust, South Gloucestershire. Large service station at the English end of the Severn Road Bridge, serving the former route of the M4 motorway. The motorway opened in 1966 and was the main arterial route to South Wales for 30 years. The service station closed after the opening of the Second Severn Crossing in 1996 but has been replaced on a new site called Severn View Services. Photographed in January 1971 by Jim Hancock

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Reservoir can be seen in this aerial view taken in the drought-affected western region

A reservoir can be seen in this aerial view taken in the drought-affected western region of New South Wales March 19, 2015. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia recorded its second-hottest February since records began in 1910, with national maximum temperatures 2.35 degrees above the average. REUTERS/David Gray - GF