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

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

Oriole

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

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

Carnival of Flowers Toowoomba

We had an enjoyable few days at Toowoomba for the Carnival of Flowers.

Japanese Gardens

Colourful flowers - Cineraria

Felix Garden

Japanese Garden Panorama

Laurel Bank Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Mauve flower - Eupatorium megalophyllum

Nesting Magpie Larks at the Japanese Gardens

Mangrove walk

I decided to have a walk through the mangroves at low tide to see if there was anything worth photographing.

There were lots of stranged shaped pieces of wood and mangroves

I saw some Honeyeaters and a Kingfisher but they were to fast for me to get a photo.

However, when I was almost out of the mangroves I noticed this Kookaburra in a tree beside me.