Holiday to St George Qld....day 9

This net keeps the flies from stealing his lunch box.

 Tuesday:
We spent the day in the St George area just looking around.



Emu

A liitle bit of colour along the side of the road.

It might seem dry here but water from the river helps a lot.

Bougainvillea grows well out here.

As do the Jacarandas.

Pale-headed Rosella.

Jack Taylor Weir. The 2012 floods covered the roadway on the weir.

The weir from down stream.

Not as much water on this side.

Some locals keep their eyes on me. Black Kites (Fork-tailed Kite).

Where's a Mr Whippy when you want one.

Pretty but I think it's a weed.

Flood waters reached the 'welcome sign.'

Very popular here.

Cotton is the main industry here.

And here it is on the plant.

They might need to get a bigger pole.

Balonne River, St George.

Balonne River, St George.

Holiday to St George Qld.......day 8

A disabled cow on the disabled units at the motel we stayed at.

 Monday:
A long drive ahead today to reach St George. Looking forward to seeing the drier inland and getting away from the coastal zone. The country has a good cover of grass and there was a fair bit of surface water still around. The bird-life is a bit thin and we are yet to see a live kangaroo (we did see a wallaby). I was surprised to see that Prickly Pears are still fairly common in this part of Queensland, and the were the tallest I have ever seen. Also another pest species was seen along the highway, Common (Indian) Mynah were in open pastures as well as bushy areas a long distance away from any dwellings.


The motel had a 'cow' theme.

The local flying fox colony at Kilcoy.

Another garden tree growing in it's natural area, Silky Oak.

I thought we had taken another wrong turn. Kilcoy.

One of the giant prickly pears.
 Must be nearly 5m (15ft) tall. 

Dollarbirds

Myall Creek, Dalby.

The 'Talking Circle' does get used, Dalby.

Lake Broadwater near Dalby.

The only place I used 'cruise control' (auto cruise).

Feral pigs, oink oink.

Looks like they've got the barbie going for us.

Sand Goanna (Gould's Monitor)

Bug and wildflower.

Spinifex grass.

Spinifex and wildflowers go together.

Would have taken a long time to dig out using stone tools.

It was this deep (could have silt on the bottom).

Holiday to St George Qld........Day 7

Coolum Beach

Sunday:      After leaving Nabour we headed for The Sunshine Coast and Pelican Waters near Caloundra to visit one of Lynn's cousins. The whales off Coolum Beach and Wickham Headland at Caloundra put on good displays for us.
From the coast we headed inland to Kilcoy, firstly driving past and closer to the Glasshouse Mountains.

Coolum Beach

Whale at Coolum Beach

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo at Coolum Beach.

Yachts at Mooloolaba

Mooloolaba

Is this the best name they could come up with?
(Wanker World/Tool Town  would be better).

Golden Beach, Caloundra.

Ships off Wickham Point.

Looked like some sort of small shark.

Part of Caloundra with the Glasshouse Mtns in background.

Steaming down the seaway. Must be the main way to Brisbane.

They call it home. Pelican Waters

This is better, Glasshouse Mountains.

Glasshouse Mountains.

Glasshouse Mountains.  Mt Tibrogargan.

 Mt Tibrogargan (364 m), Glasshouse Mtns.

A pretty rowdy lot in Kilcoy

Another good day.