Musings on life and times
In a post on 31st March this year, evidence was shown that the Gymea Lily at the bottom of the garden, was to flower this year! One definitely needs to “look up” to see the flower from ground level: 3.66 metres (over 12 feet) in fact. To capture its full effect, higher ground and the zoom lens were needed!
For Patti’s Challenge, Look Up
A future post will show its development over the six months since the March post.
Across the road, a picnic table
Making friends, making calls, making smoke!
Out and about: Six Word Saturday
Fourth in the random series of Tropical posts from Palm Cove, August 2018 – sub group “Picnic Table”
Just kidding – needed the zoom lens!
Many cruises take in tropical Queensland. For those wanting to explore Cairns and the tropical hinterland, Cairns itself is not accessible to the larger ships. Instead they moor off Yorkeys Knob. Passengers are taken ashore in tenders, and join their sightseeing tours by coach from there.
Palm Cove is about 15km by road, maybe 12km as the crow flies, from Yorkeys Knob. We thought we spotted a ship, and used the camera to identify it!! Later we drove to Yorkeys Knob to observe the logistics. The featured shot at top resembles the “naked eye view” from Palm Cove.
Yorkeys Knob got its name from George Lawson, a Yorkshire-born (b.1839), Cairns-based fisherman (d.1907).
Out and about: Six Word Saturday
