Variety

One of the wonderful attractions of the Woodford Folk Festival is the eclectic mix of people, cultures and customs that are shared for the benefit of all. Here a visitor makes a wish at a prayer wheel.

Elder

An elder character takes a walk across the land of Woodfordia.

Woodford Folk

One of the magical experiences of the Woodford Folk Festival is the street art that parades about in the evening. The colourful characters take on a life of their own as they gracefully wander the streets and lanes.

Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Sunshine Coast.

Journey

The longest journey begins with a single kilometre. In an ode to Vin Diesel, I live life 100 kilometres at a time, neither fast nor furiously.

Electric Tree

The Mount Isa Mines Christmas tree is up and alive again. Christmas must be near.

Cloud Absence

An absence of cloud makes a hole. Or is it the presence of the cloud surrounding the hole that makes the hole?

Cloud Veil

A sunset tinged, tangerine veil of cloud skips across Mount Isa bringing a cool change and a light shower.

Lake Sunrise

The golden hues of a sunrise at Lake Moondarra.

Moonset, Sunrise

As the Moon sets, the Sun rises. The planetary ballet of the universe.

Space Shuttle

A recent gift of some nano brick style mini LEGO brought me back to my childhood.

Limber

A shadow portrait of some people preparing for an early morning rock climb.

Sunrise

The sunrise was wonderful this morning while setting up a belay for some early climbing.

Ridge Too

Another view of yesterday's ridge upon a ridge.

Ridge

A ridge of rock upon the back of a larger ridge of rock, and so on ad infinitum.

Dry Creek

A dry creek bed patiently awaits the impending rain.

Weather In Action

Dust obscures the Mica Creek Power Station and dark clouds zoom above as a series of storm cells skirt the south of Mount Isa.

A Village Of Towns

An early morning view of Townsville from the Ross Creek waterfront.

Calm

A calm morning on Lake Moondarra as the fishing competition gets underway.

Fishing

It wouldn't be a fishing competition if you didn't get out and wet a line to try your luck.

Morning Paddle

The wonderful hues of an early morning sky for an early paddle and trying one's luck at catching a fish in the Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic

Splash

Liquid drops of golden light splash on my face in the early morning water.

NRL Trophy

So I finally saw the real NRL trophy, and it came all the way out to Mount Isa, up from Sydney, via Townsville.

Flags

Flags, flagging in the breeze.

Cowboys

The crowd waits in anticipation for the arrival of the Cowboys NRL team at Mount Isa's Buchanan Park.

NRL Grand Champions

The North Queensland Cowboys visited Mount Isa to show off the Grand Final Trophy and say a few words. Here Johnathan Thurston speaks to the crowd.

Home

An old miner's hut on the New Zealand goldfields north of Queenstown.

Jet Boat

A jetboat ride on the fresh waters of the Kawarau River.

Suspension

A famous suspension bridge in New Zealand from which the first Bungy Jump was performed for entertainment.

Fit For A Queen

A view fit for a queen over the town of Queenstown on New Zealand's south island.

March Against Violence

The local Mount Isa March Against Violence Rally was held this evening through town. Many groups were represented amongst the large turnout including the PCYC pictured here.

Sunrise Sunshine

The sun rises above the sea on a beautiful cool morning at Magnetic Island, Townsville.

Flowering

A native Kapok flower on Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville.

Summit

From the summit of Mount Hutt in New Zealand, one can see many snow capped peaks. A spectacular vista.

Koala

That is correct, I'm sure you guessed Koala Bear. The hind paw print with the big thumb digit is the giveaway signal that a koala walked over the sand in yesterday's post.

Prints

Can you guess what animal made these prints in the sand on Magnetic Island?
You can find out tomorrow in the next post.

Goal!

Emily shoots for goal in the Social Grade Grand Final of the the Mount Isa Netball competition for 2015.

Isa By Night

A beautiful evening with bands of cloud over the Isa.

Granite Pile

A pile of granite boulders sits in repose.
Warm afternoon sun.
Gravity they oppose.

Trilobite Trials

Some trilobites found near Mount Isa. Remarkable little creatures preserved in the stone of an ancient sea floor.

Jac And Shaz MKR

TV's MKR (My Kitchen Rules) stars Jac and Shaz visited our hospitality department and put on a quick demonstration for the students in cooking. It was awesome, I got this photo.

Rodeo Sideshow

The Mount Isa Rodeo is in town and along with it comes the bright lights, sounds, rides and attractions of the sideshow.

Trifids

The Trifid Nebula, M20, as seen from Mount Isa last night. Taken with a TeleVue101is f5.4 refractor and standard Canon 60D.

Space Walking

A climber gets some hang time on Space Walk (22) at Razorback ridge near Mount Isa.

Waddi Trees

A stand of Waddi Trees just south of Boulia defies the encroaching populous.

Waddi

The Waddi tree sign near Boulia. Tomorrow you'll see the trees themselves.

Outback Scene

A wonderful sight to be seen in the outback, and a wonderful memory of the Big Red Bash.

Outback Run

The Outback to the Stack run was held this morning. A 21 kilometre run/walk from Lake Moondarra into town. Here, two competitors finish their race.

Limb Of Moon

A close up of the Moon's limb and terminator (day/night boundary) on a rather turbulent seeing night.

Pink PANSTARRS

And there in the pink hue of scattered light below the Moon was Comet PANSTARRS 2014 Q1.