Queensland – Sunrise Today…

The Garden at Fairview

The temperature today at Laura is 37 degrees with Light winds becoming E 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 39. The garden here is well maintained with daily sprinklers and now a road sweeper that sprays the surrounding area. TheContinue reading “The Garden at Fairview”

Garden and wildlife

Regular visitors to the garden are a flock of Guinea fowl who keep snakes at bay and scuttle around continually on the move. There are black ibises and a very friendly butcher bird. I have seen honey eaters and crows, and magpie geese are around by the water. I have seen the owl flying throughContinue reading “Garden and wildlife”

Sunrise and Sunset at Laura

My first sunrise at Laura. I was thrilled to see a couple of Kangaroos across the paddock. I walked to the Kitchen and back pleased with my first morning.

Olive Vale Pastoral

Olive Vale is on the Laura River, 200km northwest of Cairns North Queensland and 90km west of Cooktown with mains power and sealed (bitumen) road access to all southern markets and Abattoirs. Olive Vale covers approximately 136,000 hectares .With major improvements to waters and fencing carrying capacity is estimated at 25,000 head with plans toContinue reading “Olive Vale Pastoral”

Laura North Queensland

I travelled by bus to the Lakeland Roadhouse. Here I was collected and driven to Laura. Laura is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Laura had a population of 228 people. It is the centre for the largest collection of prehistoric rockContinue reading “Laura North Queensland”

Picnic at Woody Point Qsld

Woody Point is a coastal suburb of Redcliffe in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. There are three headlands along the eastern coast of the suburb. At the southern tip is Woody Point (27.2630°S 153.1038°E), also known as Ningeryoun, first marked on a 1840s survey map by James Charles Burnett. Further north are: Picnic Point (27.2614°S 153.1077°E) Scotts Point (27.2547°S 153.1102°E), Its a veryContinue reading “Picnic at Woody Point Qsld”

Burrum Heads Queensland

Burrum Heads is located about three and a half hours drive north of Brisbane and approximately half an hour from Hervey Bay and Maryborough, 50 kms from Maryborough. I lived in Burrum Heads 10 years ago, so decided to book into the Burrum Heads Caravan Park in Hillcrest Avenue and visit my old haunts. The CaravanContinue reading “Burrum Heads Queensland”

Cattle Muster Normanton Queensland

A Muster is when cattle that have been left to freely graze on a station property, are rounded up, or collected, usually for resale. Properties called Stations, can range to over 23,000 sq. kms in size, which is the size of Anna Creek in SA which is the largest property in Australia. This muster tookContinue reading “Cattle Muster Normanton Queensland”

Toogoolwah Queensland

Toogoolawah is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Toogoolawah had a population of 1,279 people. Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parachuting and in the past the centre of a dairying industry. The district was originally known as Cressbrook after the Cressbrook Station operated by James Henry McConnel. TheContinue reading “Toogoolwah Queensland”