Burnt Forest

A section of burnt forest in the Yellowstone National Park. A very large wildfire or bushfire swept through sections of the park back in 1988. The remnants of that fire are still visible today some 30 years later.

Dinosaur Rock

An actual chunk of the Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede rock that was removed from the quarry many years ago, for study in Brisbane, is now on display at the Queensland Museum.

Crater Mouth

A near perfectly symmetric crater geyser in the Old Faithful geothermal basin.

Hiking Track

A climber takes a short break on the steep track to the foot of Mount Beerwah on a cool morning.

Beerwah Summit

A new map at the base of Mount Beerwah in the Glasshouse Mountains National Park shows a nice diagram of the route to the summit.

Bacterial Mats

One thing that surprised me about Yellowstone was the different lifeforms that occupied the hot and steamy waters that bubbled out of the Earth's crust. This is one small example of a mat of colourful bacteria that happily live on the fringe of a geyser pool. There are so many colours of bacteria and each colour indicates a species of bacteria that can thrive at different temperatures.

Eruption

Old Faithful geyser in eruption mode.

Geyser

The old geyser prepares for some hydrothermal action.

Faithful Crowd

The crowd of faithful waits patiently for the eruption of Old Faithful on the massive viewing platform surrounding the Geyser.

Showground

I went to the Brisbane RNA Showgrounds to see the 4WD, Camping, Boating and Fishing Show. This was the first time I've been to the showgrounds in at least 15 years and I saw this cool sign and had to capture it.

Camouflage

This tiny little fish that looks like a baby Wobbegong was hiding in the Fairy Pool at Noosa Heads. It was so well camouflaged that each time it stopped moving it was a struggle to find it. If anyone can identify it for me, please do so in the comments below.

Fairy Pool

The Fairy Pool at Noosa National Park gets a flush of fresh whitewater from a wave.

Blue Coral

A wonderful blue coral growth in one of the fairy pools at Noosa National Park.

Informative

An assortment of new, information packed signs at Noosa Heads National Park Entrance.

Crisp View

A beautiful crisp view from the summit of Mount Ngungun is a great reward for an early morning exercise.

Museum

A visit to the Queensland Museum always brings something new. This photo of a photo of a painting of a scene helps to bring Australia's ancient past to life. It certainly would have been very different having land animals as human predators in Australia. Camping would not have been quite so carefree with giant carnivorous animals roaming the outback.

Big Balls

Brisbane's Big Balls art installation at the top of the Mall in Queen Street.

Brisbane River View

A visit to Brisbane to catch up with some old friends brought me to my favourite public transport method, the CityCat Ferry.

Star Rise

The stars are barely visible here fighting against the light of the near full Moon. The moonlight is so bright it scatters in the air and makes a near daytime appearance of the evening sky. In this image looking south above a young Bunya Pine is the Eta Carina nebula and toward the right, the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Beach

An evening view toward Point Cartwright from somewhere along the Kawana Beach coastline.

Main Beach

Noosa's Main Beach at midday.

Morning View

A secluded morning view at Noosa Main Beach.

Lizard Creek Camp

My Lizard Creek Camp site in the Mont Moondance 1, an awesome compact tent for travel and hiking. This was my first experience with bear resistant food stores and camping in the rain in Wyoming. A beautiful little piece of paradise.

You Are Here

An obligatory "You Are Here" sign to tell me where I was. Tomorrow will show my first campsite at the Lizard Creek camping area.

Grand Teton National Park

The Grand Teton National Park sign at the Northern entrance.

Teton Takeoff

An aeroplane winds up for takeoff on the Jackson Hole airstrip in front of the picturesque Grand Teton Mountains.

Jackson Tetons

The framed view of the Grand Tetons from inside the warm and cosy Jackson Hole Airport.