Rushing Water

Water rushes 80 metres down a steep cliff at Montville's Kondalilla Falls.

Kondalilla Falls

The spectacular Kondalilla Falls near Montville in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

Banjo's Matilda

The choir from A.B. Paterson College on the Gold Coast sings Waltzing Matilda at the Age Of Dinosaurs Museum Jump-Up as part of Winton's Way Out West Fest.

Engine Hole

Engine Hole in Bladensburg National Park. There are numerous water holes in Bladensburg, all with intriguing names.

Skull Hole

This is Skull Hole in Bladensburg National Park near Winton. It is the site of a massacre of Aboriginal people from the 1800's.

Big Red Ball

On a recent trip through Blackall, Red Rover found a big ball to play with.

Straddie Ferry

A ferry sails into the sunset on the route between Cleveland and Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah)

Fungi

A blue fungi quietly going about its business of breaking down the organic litter of a forest.

Poona Lake

A beautiful and isolated lake perched among the hills of the Great Sandy National Park.

Strangler Meme

In the beautiful Cooloola Great Sandy National Park there is a veritable rainforest. In it, this strangler fig is in the process of taking over its host tree. If this were a meme, nature would be saying "If I grow the tallest of the trees, no one will compete against me". Then the strangler fig says, "Here, hold my beer".

Solar System Model

The largest Solar System model drive on Earth is right here in Australia with the Coonabarabran Siding Springs Observatory taking the place of the Sun. On this scale Mercury is located just outside the gated entrance to the Observatory.

No WiFi Interference

No radio interference allowed here. Rather ironic that at what is arguably the most famous CSIRO facility in the country, one cannot use what the CSIRO invented (wifi) because it interferes with the radio waves the astronomers are listening too.

The Dish

The beautiful Dish of the Parkes Radio Telescope.

The Baker

The original Baker Telescope at the Ballarat Observatory.

Planetary Lead Light

A planetary intergalactic lead light window at the Ballarat Observatory.

Lead Light

A stained glass window in the original Ballarat Observatory.

Observatory

It was a conference on Dark Skies and Amateur Astronomy that brought me to see this wonderful place, the Ballarat Museum Observatory. 100 years of service to Astronomy and Science.

Downhill

Also at the top of Black Hill you can find downhill mountain bike tracks to take the fun way to the bottom.

Ballarat

The city of Ballarat from the Black Hill Lookout.

Glenrowan

An iconic Australian town, known for the home of the Kelly Gang of Bushrangers.

Thredbo

The grassy slopes of a ski resort in Autumn. I will have to return here one day in Winter to see the Australian ski slopes.

Jindabyne

Lake Jindabyne in Jindabyne, Snowy Mountains.

Lookout

The view at Scammell's Lookout.

I Was There

This was at Scammell's Lookout on the Alpine Way in the Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park

Stones

Some of the stones in the Geehi Flats Creek. The water was certainly fresh, but not too cold.

Geehi Flats

The old hut at the Geehi Flats Camping area is now a beautiful picnic hut standing in the shadows of the western fall of the Snowy Mountains.

Misty Morning View

I recently awoke to this view at Geehi Flats Camp Ground in the Snowy Mountains National Park.