On Sunday morning we took a trip up the coast to the top of the Sunshine Coast. Noosa Heads National Park is a really pretty spot. It's hardly Clacton on Sea ... at least I've never seen quite so many surfers at Clacton!
We had a picnic near the sand and then walked through the forests inland and then back along the coastline. This photo was taken from Hells Gate looking south to Alexandria Beach, where we had a swim. It shares a similar characteristic to Theddlethorpe beach in that it's a nudist beach ... although there the similarities end. We of course retained our modesty, although judging by the sheer whiteness of some of the bums there we reckoned there were some very recent converts to nude bathing!
Great walking and great swimming too!
Monday, March 21, 2005
Noosa Heads - Hells Gate 200305
Brisbane River 190305
Ella and I went for a walk around Brisbane on Saturday afternoon. We went into the city (only about 10 mins) across the river (where I took this photo) to the South Bank and along East for a while before crossing back and heading home.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Bedroom Veranda Panorama 18/03/05
My fancy camera has a 'photo-stitch' mode, which enables me to 'stitch' photos together to make a panorama.I couldn't wait for some decent weather to try it out, so took this 3 picture shot from our bedroom veranda yesterday morning in the rain. At the tight of the photo is the Spring Hill Baths roof, and the big building in the background is the Queensland Roads Department HQ. Fascinating stuff!
Jana & Ella 18/03/05
Jana (Ella's 16 year-old sister) was down in the Brisbane area this week with school. She came over for the afternoon before going on to a netball umpire training weekend nearby. We had lunch, and I got a photo of them whilst Ella was repotting some mint that had picked up a nasty fungus infection.
Welcome to the irkupsidedown web log!
The plan is to keep all you family folks up-to-date with life in Awstralyaaa. It's less personal than sending you all individual e-mails all the time, but better than sending round robins. It can also serve as a diary of what I've been up to and where i've been going.
So far I've been in Brisbane for two and a half weeks. I've been north to Bundaberg to see Ella's family - which was great - and south to Springwood National Park to camp in the forest for the night, and back via the Gold Coast.
This weekend we're planning a day trip north up the Sunshine coast again, but not as far as Bundaberg (400km away), and we'll go for a walk out there.
For easter the plan at the moment is to go 'bush camping' near Mount Walsh about 3 hours north and slightly inland, and I'm told it's very pretty.
Anyway I've been planning to do this blog since i got here, and it's been kick-started due to the purchase of a digital camera. So from now on, if all goes to plan, there will be pictures to go alongside the text!
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Witness the first photo Ella having dinner on the Veranda last night.
Bye for now.
Graham
