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Tim the Yowie Man

Then and now: diving down the rabbit warren of re-photography

Damian McDermott revisits Schlink Pass earlier this month, this time on cross country skis. Inset: At the same spot in December 2021. Pictures: Andrew Pearce

Last year, this column bravely dived down the rabbit warren of re-photography - the art of taking a photo of the same scene many years apart. You might recall photos of how different the undeveloped Tuggeranong Valley looked 50 years ago prior to development (July 2, 2021), and conversely, how the vista over the Murrumbidgee River near Holt has changed little in 80 years (November 13, 2002).

That series of columns also inspired some readers to send in their happy snaps of the same scene taken a relatively short time apart, but under vastly different circumstances, such as pre and post bushfires.

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