January 2013 – Sunrise Today…

Australia Day 26 January

Australia Day (previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day, and ANA Day)[1] is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the date commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove, New South Wales in 1788 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of AustraliaContinue reading “Australia Day 26 January”

Surfing ..beautiful

Russell Island Beach

I wanted to see the beach at Russell Island where I am now living. It was quite a long drive for an island, about 10 kms, to the top of the Island where the passage is, called Outlook Point Here there is a small area of sand with a reserve on one side with someContinue reading “Russell Island Beach”

Russell Island Queensland

Russell Island in Redland City is the biggest of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands, sandwiched between the mainland and North Stradbroke Island in the state of Queensland, Australia. The island is eight kilometres long (north-to-south) and nearly three kilometres wide. Russell had 1,779 permanent residents in 2006 up 35.9% since 2001.[5] However, this changes dramaticallyContinue reading “Russell Island Queensland”

Ross Waterhole Normanton Queensland

Originally posted on Every Picture Tells a Tale:
I was cooking for the Muster at Double Lagoon forty kms north of Normanton and for 3 months had done the cooking and not gone out of the property. The Boss, who was one of the brothers who owned the grazing property came for the day and…

Every Picture Tells a Tale…The Silence of the Mangroves

http://everypicturetellsatale.wordpress.com/ January 5, 2013 1:42 am / Leave a Comment / Edit I have always been interested and fascinated by Mangroves since I started studying them as an Unit in a Horticultural Course I attempted at Geraldton TAFE many years ago. I gave up the course when I got bogged in all the Maths requiredContinue reading “Every Picture Tells a Tale…The Silence of the Mangroves”

http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/curtis-island/index.html http://www.gladstoneregion.info/destinations/curtis-island/ Curtis Island Curtis Island offers stunning unspoilt beaches, intimate north-facing bays, sparkling ocean, the Great Barrier Reef, wilderness, wetlands as well as an outback-style cattle station. It even has its own airstrip. It is this combination of these diverse attributes and natural beauty which make Turtle Street absolutely unique in Australia and perhapsContinue reading “Curtis Island Queensland”