Serene

The serene Serenity Falls as seen from Serenity Bridge at Buderim in Buderim Forest Park.

Headland View

The view of Point Cartwright and Mooloolaba from Alexandra Headland.

Sunrise Panorama

A panoramic shot of the Glasshouse Mountains at sunrise, taken from the Wildhorse Mountain lookout.

Wildhorse Lookout

A morning walk up the Wildhorse Mountain lookout can produce some spectacular views.

Christmas Light Bridge

A staircase with Christmas lights makes a wonderful decoration.

Penguin Tea

A penguin mug full of tea is a great way to finish Christmas day.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone from a warm and leafy green, blue sky day in Queensland.

Big Red Hill

A section of hill on the Powerline track near Glasshouse Mountains called Big Red. It certainly is a big red hill and is now so rutted that it is impossible for nearly any vehicle to climb it.

Powerline Wreck

A wreck on the powerline track near the Glasshouse Mountains.

Kingfisher Resting

A Kingfisher rests in a tree after it crashed into a window. It was a little dazed and took a while to rest and recover before flying off.

Bison Bull

A Bison bull up close, as close as you can get with a 200mm lens anyway.

Bison Crossing

This family of Bison are attempting to cross the road. These are huge animals, as you can see by the size of the RV behind the male bull.

Bison Herd

A small herd of bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. These animals used to roam the plains here in the millions, now only isolated herds remain in the wild.

Gin GIn Serenity

A Sunday drive took me to a private property near Gin Gin, west of Bundaberg.
How was the serenity? Excellent, the serenity was excellent.

Coonowrin Sunrise

Coonowrin watches on as the sun rises on another day over the timeless Glasshouse Mountains.

Beerburrum Sunrise

The sun rises behind Mount Beerburrum as seen from the Glasshouse Mountains Lookout.

Glasshouse Sunrise

A view East of several of the Glasshouse Mountains, including the famous Tibrogargan and Beerburrum, as we wait for sunrise under a crescent Moon.

Geminid Meteor

A Geminid meteor from the annual Geminid Meteor shower, as it appears to stream away from the constellation of Gemini. Gemini is the pair of bright stars located just left of centre and above the outline of Mount Beerwah in the image.

Glasshouse Mountains

An early morning walk up Mount Ngungun revealed this view of Coonowrin and Beerwah in the Glasshouse Mountains National Park.

Tesla

A Tesla Model X vehicle at the Chermside Westfield shopping centre. These cars are incredible. Elan Musk deserves a great deal of credit for making the electric car the best thing going.

Hailstone

A small hailstone that fell during a strong storm in Beerwah over the weekend. The storm caused significant damage around Beerwah and Landsborough in particular. We were lucky to only receive some strong wind, rain and a little hail.

Red And Green

The Red Rover visits some greener pastures on the Sunshine Coast.

Last Lake View

My last view of Lake Moondarra just north of town. The last photo I took in Mount Isa.

Direction

One of my last views in Mount Isa before moving east for a year of leave and travel. This sign always gives good directions.

Currimundi

A morning walk on the beach at Currimundi.

Isa Christmas Tree

The Mount Isa Christmas Tree on the Heritage listed headframe lights up the night skyline once more.

Map

A map to guide, to wander, to wonder, to explore.

Water

A lake view on a weekend morning.

Waterhole

A waterhole on the East Leichhardt River.

Rainy View

A rainy view from Lake Moondarra.

View

An overcast day view from the top of Telstra Hill outside town.

Climber's Christmas Tree

A tree at razorback ridge with some climbing baubles.

Cockroach Beetle

A large cockroach beetle was out on the track at Telstra Hill in the cool evening. It did not like being approached and raised its spiny tail in the air when I got closer for the shot. I gave it some room and walked on past.

Town View

A warm afternoon town view of Mount Isa.

Fishing Fireworks

The fireworks show at the 2017 Clancy Corporation Fishing Classic at Lake Moondarra, Mount Isa.

Pamela Hill

The view from Pamela Street Hill always pleases the eye.

Van Park

An odd place to leave an old Mitsubishi van, amongst the hills.

The Hills

Back in Mount Isa after many weeks away for various reasons and I thought I needed an Outback photo to refresh my memory of home. So I went exploring in the hills south of town and took this shot of some hills blushing in the warm sunset.

Elk

On my way to the Eclipse near Shoshoni in Wyoming I visited the great Yellowstone National Park. This is a truly stunning park with a myriad of natural wonders. One of these is the wildlife. Here a shy Elk makes an appearance and scampers across the clearing for more cover amongst the trees.

Eclipse Still C3

The third contact C3 at the 2017 Eclipse in Wyoming. This is a still from the previous video. Also in the shot you can see the star Regulus in the constellation of Leo.

Totality Nears

Totality nears in the Great American Eclipse of 2017. My apologies for the lack of recent posts, I have been extremely busy with work responsibilities and have neglected to post for nearly the whole month.

First Contact

The first contact of the Moon crossing the Sun's disc at top right of the frame.

Tipi Tent

My stay before and after the eclipse was at the Cody Wyoming Trout Ranch in the Buffalo Tipi. It was wonderful, right on the Shoshone River just outside of the town of Cody.

Totality 2017

A video of the total solar eclipse of 2017 from Wyoming in the United States of America.

Riversleigh D Site

A busy day at the Riversleigh D World Heritage Site south of Lawn Hill in Western Queensland.

Lawn Hill

A spectacular view of the Lawn Hill Gorge from the walking trail.

Marbles

A shot from the Devil's Marbles site in the Northern Territory.

Camp Dinner

A camp dinner in the desert cooked on a Snowpeak Firepit, spectacular.

Binns Track

A section of the Binns Track off the Plenty Highway, which leads to the Box Hole Meteorite Crater.

Henbury Sun

The sunshine after the rain at the Henbury Meteorite Crater Reserve in the desert.

Desert Rain

It rained in the desert on the night of our camp at Henbury Meteorite Crater Reserve.