Pelicans

Great dignity. ©2009ben

Great Kepple Island

Great Kepple Island, near Rockhampton, South Queensland. ©2009ben

Sand castle

Excellent sand castle in the making, Main Beach, Noosa Heads. Candles in the alcoves at dusk complete the fairytale. ©2009ben

Kite surfing

Kite surfing at the mouth of Noosa River. ©2009ben

Watchtower

Fire watchtower on Mt Wolvi. ©2009ben

Cloud anomaly

Stratocumulus around a stratocirrus feature . . . all ice crystals. ©2009ben

A Rose

From the family rocaceae, the rose. ©2009ben

Ridges

Ridges with stratus cloud. ©2009ben

Ant

An ant's world . . . ©2009ben

Quandong

Blue Quondong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius). ©2009ben

Tobacco shed

Old tobacco drying shed at Mt Molloy. ©2009ben

Boreen Point

Boreen Point on Lake Cootharaba, one of several large lakes in the Noosa River catchment. ©2009ben

Peak Downs peaks

The Peak Downs area lies south-west of Mackay, behind the Great Dividing Range. A coal-mining and grazing region. ©2009ben

Carnarvon Gorge

Carnarvon Gorge creek, Central Queensland. ©2009ben

Noosa sunshine

Noosa sunshine. ©2009ben

Noosa sunset

Sunset, Main Beach, Noosa. ©2009ben

Rainforest creek

From rainforest ranges quite close to the Coral Sea, many creeks in Julatten flow south to the Mitchell River, then over 600 kilometres westward to the Gulf of Carpentaria. ©2009ben

Dam on Mitchell River

This dam on the Mitchell River covers most of what used to be Southedge (cattle) Station and is now known as Lake Southedge or Lake Mitchell. The planned city around it was never approved. ©2009ben