Photo Friday- 21st October 2011: "Where Are You?"

Where Are You?

Not just a somewhat humorous (but ultimately not well conceived) slogan for a former Australian Tourism Marketing Campaign, but also a great way to find out just where you are.

On a recent trip home I took the oportunity to fly home rather than the usual train ride home. This gave me the oportunity to get some wonderful shots of the lands from above. One particular shot that I managed to catch is the mighty Burdekin River from above, so for any North Queenslanders Where Are You?

Photo Friday Week #4- 16th September 2011

Looking Back.....

2010 saw events that changed the face of Australia and helped promote stronger ties of mateship and camaraderie.
The Queensland Floods saw an area the size of France and Germany combined! Inundated with flood waters.
I had the opportunity to get out and about and take some photos for the local paper and got some good photos and some interesting shots:

 Picture #1: The Stewart River in Flood.

 Picture #2: The lead up to the Stewart River, 15m of bitumen road base removed and deposited into a nearby paddock by water up to 5m over the road deck height of the bridge.

 Picture #3: Looking down the bridge back to the damaged section.

Some of the more interesting shots from the day I got was when I drove through the town of Kumbia and I shot these interesting photos:

In what I have entitled "Nothing Keeps a Farmer from his Beer"

 Picture #4: Tractors outside of the Kumbia Hotel.

 

Picture #5: A closer shot of the Tractors with their "Little Brother" from town outside of the Hotel.

Picture #6: A closer shot of the Tractors with their "Little Brother" from town outside of the Hotel.

Photo Friday: Week #3 "Zoom Zoom"- 9th September 2011

Ever wondered what your friendly crustaceans or other little critter look like REALLY up close and personal?
Well this week I got the chance to see just that when I was let loose on a Scanning Electron Microscope (Under guidance from the terrific team at the AARC) to image a claw of a small crustacean.
This image was taken as a composite and is actually two images blended together to form one image. To get this level of details in the image the sample that is submitted for analysis was actually covered in gold.

Here's the finished results:

The final image sizing is indicated by the sizing on the scale-bar. Bearing in mind the original specimen was slightly smaller than my thumbnail the limb has provided some stunning imaging opportunities.

Photo Friday- 26th August 2011

Tropical North Queensland has some great sights.....
I was fortunate enough to take a Field Trip out off the beaten track last weekend and head up into the picturesque mountain township of Paluma.
Paluma is an absolute treat to visit, with kilometers of walking tracks, great swimming holes and natural waterfalls. Whilst they got hit a bit with TC Yasi it is back to business as usual and there are some great sights to see.

The Picturesque Little Crystal Falls cascading below the Stonemasons Bridge



Little Crystal Falls cascading into the Crystal Creek George




A tropical stream flits through the rocks and undergrowth leading off to the Crystal Creek Falls