July 2013 – Sunrise Today…

Double Rainbow Across the Sky and Over the Sea

http://www.weather.com/news/science/skywatching-double-rainbow-20130513 During a particularly lucky scenario, two rainbows will form at the same time. The first and brighter rainbow is called the primary rainbow. This rainbow is created by the process described above, and only requires the light to reflect off of the raindrop once before refracting out of the raindrop The second and moreContinue reading “Double Rainbow Across the Sky and Over the Sea”

Sunrise at Surfers Paradise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland Surfers Paradise is a suburb within the local government area of Gold Coast City in Queensland, Australia…. known as ‘Surfers’, the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the central business district is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping precinct. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill,Continue reading “Sunrise at Surfers Paradise”

Rainbow at Surfers Paradise

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection of light in water droplets in the Earth’s atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite theContinue reading “Rainbow at Surfers Paradise”

Banana Boats at Russell Island

The first long-term settlers were attracted by the island’s sugar potential as well as its timber. The arrival of settlers, such as John Willes, in the late 1860s marked the beginning of the island’s farming period, which lasted for the next 100 years. Over this time many lucrative farms produced fruit and vegetables for theContinue reading “Banana Boats at Russell Island”

Full Moon Over Russell Island Bay

At 6am the moon was setting over the sea….this was the morning of the 23rd July 2013 Today its the 24th of July and the moon is still full. At 6am it was over the sea and reflected in the low tide waters of the Bay. The Full Moon in Aquarius on Tues 23 JulyContinue reading “Full Moon Over Russell Island Bay”

Old Jetty and History of Russell Island

http://moretonbay.biz/part-4-russell-island Russell Island Jetty The first settlers on the island relied on their own resources to take themselves and their produce to market. The area to the east of the current jetty was the site of the rafting ground, where the timber-getters would form log rafts to float their timber to sawmills on the mainland.Continue reading “Old Jetty and History of Russell Island”

Sunrise 22nd July 2013 Russell Island

The sunrise crept over the horizon in a line of deep red, turning the clouds above into reds. It was only there for a few moments, then the clouds covered the colors with grey and light. It was very beautiful this morning, and the dog was also there https://picasaweb.google.com/103116918017967691594/Sunsets

Sunset Russell Island 21 July 2013

Russell Island

http://moretonbay.biz/part-4-russell-island Like the other islands in the bay, Russell Island has supplied people with food, shelter and other resources for thousands of years. Russell Island was known as Canaipa until it was renamed in the 1840s after Lord John Russell, the British Secretary of State for the colonies at that time. By the 1850s, theContinue reading “Russell Island”