While TC Debbie is giving the Whitsunday Coast a shellacking we enjoy a warm autumn day for a stroll along the beach.
#1 Bribie bridge.
#2 Pumicestone Passage looking towards the Glasshouse Mountains.
The drop of rain in the week has made everything green again.
#3 The young giant (with the broken neck) sleeps looking out to sea.
#4 His father sleeps looking inland.
#5 Owlus Plasticus wards other birds off the Volunteer Marine Rescue radio masts.
The following were taken in deep shade - even the 300mm F4 can't resolve too much detail.
#6 This year's brood of Rainbow Lorikeets are bonding for the nesting season ahead.
#7 Aahh - just a little higher...
#8 A hollow log tied in the fork of a gum tree about 10m above the ground has been occupied by a family of possums.
#9 Not today thank you.
#10 A young Whistling Kite peers majestically from the high branches of a gum tree.
#11
#12 Red sky at night....