Taken this morning on the first anniversary of Cyclone Yasi:
Archive of posts tagged far north queensland
Cyclone Yasi – 365 days later
Today marks one year from the day Tropical Cyclone Yasi arrived so I thought I’d compile a list of Yasi related posts and tweets. 1. This is the first post about Yasi. It was written when we were still concerned about Cyclone Anthony. 2. Next was the first threat map for Yasi from the Fiji [...]
The garden zoo was busy today
I went outside and spotted a medium sized wallaby doing some lawn maintenance. I grabbed the camera and was just about to click the shutter release when it was spooked by a noise from the forest. Yet another cassowary in the garden. I’m going to miss these when we move back home. Cassowary having a [...]
Golden orb weaver spider
To give you some sense of scale this little lady is larger than my hand. Cute! It’s probably a Nephila pilipes and also likely to be a juvenile female. You can read more about this baby on Wikipedia. There are nine male admirers sitting in her web and waiting for her to return. The males [...]
Flappity flap
We had the first storm of the wet season last night – two weeks early – and the shade sail at the renter decided to let go of one corner this morning. I can’t see this lasting long in a real blow. A 6m x 6m sail blowing around in a strong wind isn’t [...]
