Thursday 1 September 2011

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Just a quick one. We are currently in Bauple in Qld, where we are staying at K's sister's house. We drove down yesterday from Yeppoon after I got up for the sunrise at our beach over Great Keppel Island. Bauple is in the hinterland south of Maryborough. I was also up early enough to catch the sunrise from the hill on their property. See photos below.
Today K's brother-in-law Colin took us fishing on the Mary River. Unfortunately, we only got one fish, but we also got the rare privilege to see a platypus in the wild and also turtle (tortoise) on the river. We leave here tomorrow for the Sunshine Coast and then to the Gold Coast. Here are a few photos from the last few days:
 Sunrise over the dancing 'Jemma dog' (Border collie), over Great Keppel Island, over our beach. He was really catching a frisbee!
 2 hr exposure last night, until the battery went flat, but not before the dew fell!
 Sunrise from Bauple over Frazer Island in the background
 Me parked on top of the hill behind Colin and Silvia's house.
 One of their friendly and inquisittive horses when I was on my way down.
 The beautiful Mary River
 Sea Eagle....
 ....and it's nest. It would have been at least 3m across!
 On our way back upstream
Another friendly native on the river. I didn't get a chance to photo the platypus. He didn't stay around long enough.

3 comments:

  1. The photos are awesome. You have been to some great places.

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  2. I really like the one of the 'dancing' dog. Boder Collies are so good.....they are a member of the family.

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