The very last day of 'a Year Through the Lens'. A photo taken each day, wherever I have
been. Here in our own backyard of
Cairns, QLD, Victoria, NSW, WA, TAS, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand. It has been an adventurous year, and a year
of many challenges. Australia and OS has
many wonderful pockets to see and visit.
Crystal Cascades only 20min from CBD nestled in the foot of the mountains
is a beautiful place to hang out in the heat of the day. Light filtering in through the rainforest as
blue dragonflies and orange butterflies pass through. Thank you for your wonderful support during
the past year, your comments, and likes.
It definitely helped to keep me going and get you something new every
day. Now, it's time for a new project;
so enjoy and big thank you. :)
Cairns water supply comes from Copperlode Dam
located up in the Lamb Ranges just west of the CBD. A long winding road heads from suburbia
through rainforest, breaking out onto the top of the mountain range. It sometimes goes by the name of Lake Morris
too, after city engineer Mr F Morris who was assigned to find a suitable area
for new water supply, for the city in 1935.
Once found and paperwork complete; budget was 3 million, by the time it
was completed in 1976 it had blown out to 6.5million. It is a beautiful place to rest and relax,
after a wee stroll up the hill. :)
Happy Easter everybody, and hope the Easter
bunny was good to you today? For a
change at Easter, the sun is putting on a brilliant show in the tropics. Normally rain comes and plays but this Easter
it has stayed away. The temperature is
beautiful and great time to be outdoors in the wide open spaces. Hello sunshine and tropical Easter it’s nice
to be here.
On the eve of Easter everybody is running
around getting supplies and heading off for four day weekend. Yahoo.
Camping is a very popular pastime of Easter getting away from the hustle
and bustle of the cities, heading out into nature. Recent rain has the waterfalls running and
creeks a little above a trickle. The rain
may still be hanging around the mountains yet hope whatever you have planned
over the break; have fun, travel safe, hope Easter Bunny finds you? :)
In the mountains above Cairns on the
Tablelands, sit dormant volcanos.
Craters that once blasted ash, lava into the atmosphere are blue water
lakes. Housing, turtles, eels, fish, water dragons and probably a host of other
creatures. Whether it is the minerals in
water but a dip in the lakes always makes you refreshed and full of beans. Lake Eacham also has 3km walk around the edge
through the rainforest and curtain figs.
Grab a picnic and perfect way to spend the day on tablelands.
The clouds seem to be
having a party this afternoon. A distant
rumble is echoing up the valley with dark horizon creeping forward. Sugar cane is relishing the rain that has
fallen over the last couple of days and starting to shoot up. A low is now sitting off the coast with
potential to turn into a cyclone come the weekend. So is the wet season finally here in the
north? Only time will tell.
