Parting Shot 2016

A parting shot for the end of 2016, car light trails in the Glasshouse Mountains.

Beach Crowd

A relaxing afternoon at a crowded beach at Rainbow Bay, Double Island Point.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from a green and rainy Beerwah on Xmas day.

Reflective

The evening sky as bright Venus (left) and the crescent Moon (right) set above a reflective East Leichhardt Dam.

Monster Throwback

An action packed memory from the Monster Truck show.

Colourful Scene

A very colourful scene at the conclusion of the race as the jockeys dismount.

Past The Post

The horses race to be first past the post at Buchanan Park on a weekend race meet.

Rise, Orion

Orion and the Plieades rise in the evening sky of early Summer in Australia's outback.

Heritage Silhouette

A heritage listed silhouette of the old head frame on the Mount Isa Mines site.

Industrial Silhouette

An industrial silhouette of the underground lift on the Mount Isa Mines site.

Lead Stack

The Mount Isa Mines Lead Stack in close up.

House On HIll

While waiting for the Sun to set and the Moon to rise, I took this shot of a house on a hill at the eastern entrance to Mount Isa.

Blueish-Purple-Pink

My favourite shot from the full Moon rising. As Earth's shadow rises through the atmosphere it turns a beautiful shade of blueish-purple-pink.

Full Moon

The full Moon in all its rising glory last Monday evening.

Head Frame

A close up of the old minehead frame on the mining lease as seen through a 720mm equivalent lens (TeleVue60is with 2x Powermate).

Close Up

The water at the bottom of the Uranium mine in close-up.

Fireworks

Another fireworks shot from the Monster Truck rally, an explosive way to close the working week.

Figures

Sun Rock close-up of painted figures.

Super Moon

The November 14 super Moon begins to soar above the horizon with the kites.

Red Rover Adventure

Another trail to explore further around the Isa. The trails are almost never ending, and often very steep and potentially dangerous. Always explore sections on foot if you're unsure of the terrain ahead.

Fire Works

Some beautiful fireworks for a Monday morning to kick off the week. These fireworks were from the Monster Truck show several weeks ago.

Sun Rock

The Indigenous paintings on Sun Rock at the local waterhole.

After Burners Go

The jet-turbine-flame-throwing-after-burning Toyota Yaris does its thing.

Truck

An old truck that has seen better days was most likely left where it stopped on the side of this hill.

Load Bed

An old truck at Mary Kathleen that has seen a lot of work in its time.

Quartz Vein

A hand dug mine on a vein of quartz near Mary Kathleen.

Mary K

The open cut pit at Mary Kathleen on a very warm day.

Waterlogged

Waterlogged trees in the old Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine.

Jet Turbine

A jet turbine powered Toyota Yaris. Actually, it still has a standard engine, but they've added a turbine with an afterburner for effect.

Horse Power

The horse power of this Monster Truck comes from a supercharged big block V8.

Paradisesque

An old photo from a few weeks back of a motel stay in Townsville. These palm fronds were delightfully paradisesque as they concealed the blue pool water behind

Toe Edge

A small toe edge hold is all it takes sometimes to keep the force of gravity from bringing you down.

Finger Pocket

A small finger pocket provides a positive rest spot on the way to the crux of Spacewalk (22).

Space Walk

Passing the crux on Spacewalk (22) at Razorback near Mount Isa.

Fireworks Show

The fireworks are firing amongst the stars at Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic.

Fishing Firewowrks

Waiting for the start of the fireworks at the Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic.

Flying Magnesium

A climber catches some Flying Magnesium (22) at Razorback near Mount Isa.

Sunset Paddle

A sunset paddle gliding across the lake.

Many Moons

The reflections of many Moons in Lake Moondarra.

Black & White

A water rippled sunset in black and white.

Celebrating

Celebrating after a successful backflip jump.

Paddling

Paddling across the lake on sunset.

Sideways

Getting sideways on a big air. Angular momentum is a handy concept to have a working knowledge of when you try these moves.

Backflip

A backflip with no feet on the bike - that's impressive.

Bounce

The Monster Trucks provided all sorts of examples of physics. Here, with all the weight on the front wheels, the tyres have to absorb some of the impact too.

Big Air

The American truck Wicked gets some big air of the large jump.

Sunset Ripple

A rippled sunset from the surface of Lake Moondarra.

Awkward Landing

An awkward landing throws the truck around.

Walk

The Mount Isa "World Suicide Prevention Walk" walk in Mount Isa on a cool Thursday evening.

Double Jump

A pair of monster trucks getting some airtime.