Once a year, thousands of people descend on the remote town of Birdsville, Australia, for a three-day horse racing event in western Queensland's Diamantina Shire. Commissioned to document the Shire—a 36,000-square-mile area on the edge of the Simpson Desert—Your Shot contributor Rowan Bestmann was covering the event from a light plane when he came across this view of parked 4x4s. "The owners of these vehicles had driven from all over Australia," he says. "During the races, the town's two service stations sell more than 160,000 liters [42,000 gallons] of diesel fuel."

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Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu district, Sagarmatha zone, eastern Nepal. A program titled Most Extreme Airports, broadcast on The History Channel in 2010, rated the airport as the most dangerous airport in the world.
In January 2008, the airport was renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and also to mark their efforts in the construction of this airport.
The airport is popular because Lukla is the place where most people start the climb to Mount Everest Base Camp. There are daily flights between Lukla and Kathmandu during daylight hours, in good weather. Although the flying distance is short, rain commonly occurs in Lukla while the sun is shining brightly in Kathmandu. High winds, cloud cover and changing visibility often mean flights can be delayed or the airport closed completely. The airport is contained within a chain link fence and patrolled by the Nepali armed police or civil police around the clock.

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Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni,, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. A native of the ancient Shakya republic in the Himalayan foothills, Gautama Buddha taught primarily in northeastern India.

Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age.
Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Sramana (renunciation) movement  common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kośala.

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Bhaktapur, also Bhadgaon or Khwopa (Nepal Bhasa: Khwopa), is an ancient Newar town in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone. It is the third largest city in Kathmandu valley and was once the capital of Nepal during the great Malla Kingdom until the second half of the 15th century.

Bhaktapur is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its rich culture, temples, and wood, metal and stone artwork.Khwopinggram is the ancient name of Bhaktapur. The term "Bhaktapur"  refers to "The City Of Devotees".

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Rara Lake (Rara taal) is the biggest lake of Nepal. It lies in Rara Village Development Committee, Mugu District, Karnali Zone in Western Nepal and falls under the Rara National Park.The lake is also known as Mahendra Daha,named after the late king(Mahendra of Nepal).Rara Lake lies at an altitude above 2,990 metres (9,810 ft) above sea level covering an area of 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi).The lake having a length of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and a width of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) has a maximum depth of 167 metres (548 ft). It flows into the Mugu Karnali river via the Nijar river(Nijar Khola). The morphology,physics,chemistry and biology measure high pH, conductivity and total hardness. The lake was reported to be very slightly polluted and was classified as oligotrophic in limnological terms.Summer is quiet pleasant but winter is cold. The best visiting time to the lake is September/October and April to May. From December to March, the temperatures goes low below the freezing point, and heavy snowfall occur up to one meter, blocking the way to the lake. April to June is warm in this region.
Monsoon region is short in this region that occur between the months of July to October. A research shows that the average rainfall is 800mm in ten years noted from 1994-2003 A.D. The surface temperature of the lake was found to be 7.5°C to 7.6°C and was visible below 14m to 15m.

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Gandaki Rainbow Trout Farm is located on the lap of beautiful Machhapuchhre and Annapurna mountains in Sardikhola VDC of Kaski district at the bank of Bhurjung Khola. The farm is situated at an altitude of about 100m from the sea level at a distance of about 12 km from Lamachaur which is at the north of Pokhara.The beautiful trout fish is at the north of Pokhara in fresh and cold water originated from the warm of green hills with the use of modern technologies and with an aim of food security, employment and income generation which supports to establish agro-business industry and trade. Moreover, the trout fishes cultured here are completely chemical free product.A trout fish for the first time was brought in Nepal by Late King Mahendra but that attempt was not successful. Later, it was again brought in Nepal by Dr. Tek Bahadur Gurung from Japan and this attempt was successful as the fishes were cultured after proper training. Since then the economic culture of Trout fishes was started and the first attempt in Kaski was made by Gandaki Rainbow Trout Farm in 2066 B.S.
Trout fishes are highly nutritious and tasty as well. It is highly rich in fatty acid ‘Omega-3′. So it is good for development.

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Bhadetar (also spelt Bhedetar) is a small hill top town in Eastern Nepal. It is a stop over place for all the vehicles travelling through this hill town, be it morning tea or afternoon snack. It is about 1,420m above the sea level, mostly foggy weather during winter but great place to be during non winter months with cool relaxing temperature and great view of the Himalayas and the Southern plains . It is also a gateway to Limbu villages of Rajarani (King Queen), Okhrae and Chaubise. There are also few numbers of small restaurants, shops and decent hotels. Bhadetar in itself there is nothing much, it is popular more with the people, the word of mouth than the place has to offer. In the early 80’s Prince Charles did also paid a visit to view the progress and construction of Koshi Highway, giving the little bumpy hill an Englishman’s first name “Charles Point.”

Due to good road and transport services, this hill top town of Bhadetar has really grown up to become the holiday destination of many local and visitors. The popular hill stations of Bhedetar and Hile in Dhankuta district have been attracting an increasing number of investors in the hospitality sector. In the last two years, entrepreneurs have poured more than Rs 250 million into new hotels while existing hotels are being refurbished.

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