The June Full Moon is a Super Moon. I saw the moon rise at Corroboree Park in Macleay Island. It was right on time…4.44 behind the clouds. Then it rose above the clouds and was very beautiful though hazy because of the cloud “The common definition of a supermoon is any full Moon that is atContinue reading “June Full Super Moon”
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Pats Park Macleay
Pats Park, at the bottom of Macleay Island, is a beautiful picnic area and Swimming enclosure, and its also a great coastal walk over rocks and stones rich with shells and debris from the sea. You can walk as far as you like at low tide. At high tide, the waterline encroaches onto private properties.Continue reading “Pats Park Macleay”
Slipping Sands and Jumpinpin Bar Stradbroke Island
Jumpinpin Bar is located between North and South Stradbroke Island and was created literally by the dynamiting of the ship Cambus Wallace and the tides and winds. It is a sandy cove safe for swimming, boating and sand walking Slipping Sands and Jumpinpin Bar Stradbroke Island
Myora Springs Stradbroke Island
Myora Springs, sometimes also referred to as Moongalba (sitting down place), is a place to be explored and enjoyed peacefully. Erosion and vegetation loss, including the particularly valuable mangroves, was becoming a big problem in the early 2010s, before a raised walkway and viewing platform was installed. Take a slow walk through the area, tuningContinue reading “Myora Springs Stradbroke Island”
Stradbroke Mangroves
Originally posted on Mangroves Australia:
Myora Springs Mangroves Myora Springs has fresh water coming from inland. It also has tidal sea water coming in when the tide is high. The mangroves here are on the side of the sea water. The mangroves are quite small and have spreading roots. This area may have people walking…
Walking the Gorge at Lookout Point
The Rain stopped and we took the bus to Lookout Point where the Gorge walk is located. We walked down to the Blow hole point and stayed there for a while trying to see the blowout. The Gorge Walk has a unique rock formation called the ‘Blow Hole’, similar to that of a humpback whale. Continue reading “Walking the Gorge at Lookout Point”
Amity Point Stradbroke Island
Amity is small. Travel there is by Bus. The Local bus stops at the Amity turnoff and you move to a smaller bus that takes you anywhere you choose at Amity. We stopped at Shells Restaurant hoping for lunch, but as it was Tuesday it was closed, so we bought fish and chips from theContinue reading “Amity Point Stradbroke Island”
Color of the Wash
Yesterday when returning on the ferry from Redland Bay back home to Macleay Island, I saw that the water which is usually pristine blue and aqua was now a muddy brown from the flood waters running to the Bay from the Logan River. The wash from the ferry was quite golden. Redland Bay will soonContinue reading “Color of the Wash”
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”
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