Gold rush: harvest moon rises to meet canola season in Riverina – in pictures
Guardian Australia’s photographer-at-large Mike Bowers captures a burst of yellow on NSW’s south-west slopes
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An aerial view of swathes of yellow canola under a blue sky on the Olympic Highway, near Cootamundra on the NSW south-west slopes
A golden canola field darkened in fading sunlight runs alongside a rusted farm gate on McMahons Reef Road near Harden
Uniform bright-yellow canola surrounds silos off the Olympic Highway near Cootamundra
A vivid yellow vintage car drives past a canola field
A smattering of stars and a swelling harvest moon shines over a golden canola field the night before September’s supermoon
September’s supermoon rises over street signs on McMahons Reef Road
A canola flower sits pretty beside the McMahons Reef Road
A blanket of bright yellow canola sits adjacent to green grass on the Burley Griffin Way near Harden
A freight train passes through canola fields near Harden’s township
Canola fields carpet land next to the Olympic Highway near Cootamundra