Richmond, East of Hobart. It is rainy and unpleasant here in Hobart so i thought i would find a photo completely the opposite!

Today is the first of the month and a City Daily Photo theme day, this month’s theme being “Empty”. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

The subject of today’s photo is a shot i took in January 2009 when the Craigborne Dam in the Coal River Valley, East of Hoabrt was declared empty. The original river bed and an old bridge that crossed the river were visible as the water level dropped.

Today things have changed thanks to some healthy winter rainfall and the level is back up when i took this photo earlier in the week …

It is winter here now in Australia but a couple of the trees in Richmond are still hanging on to their leaves like here.

The bridge shown here is the Richmond Bridge which was built between December 1823 and January 1825 using convict labour and was originally called Bigge’s Bridge after Royal Commissioner, John Thomas Bigge, who recognised the need for the bridge in 1820

Today’s shot is at Richmond following the path along side the Coal River with the path presently easy to see covered by fallen leaves.