Friday, October 28, 2011

Mary Valley Rattler

The train we went on, from Imbil, where we had lunch, to Gympie


Just a scene along the way

Looking towards back of train

Looking towards back of train


Panorama from Mary Cairncross Park where we stopped for morning tea

Garden colour and insects

Just had a wander around the garden looking for some bees

African Daisy

Bee on Gazania

Fly on yellow daisy

Insect on white pigface

Monday, October 17, 2011

Three in a tree

I could see what looked like a big green bird in the tree on closer inspection I found these three Lorikeets

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Oriole

We had another new bird here today, an Olive Backed Oriole

Monday, October 10, 2011

Gold Coast Whale Watching

On Sunday we went on a Whale Watching cruise at the Gold Coast. The weather was perfect and the sea calm. We came across a pod of about six whales.
Whales in foreground with another whale watching boat in the background

several whales

Jet skiers being towed in