Tag: New South Wales

Proudly Australian – Landscapes IV : North Coast, NSW

From Far North Queensland covered in recent posts, here, here and here, the journey now shifts back to an evolving scientist’s home state, New South Wales. Approximately 1,850 kilometres south of Cairns, and just 770 kilometres north of Sydney is the town of Byron Bay. Byron Bay is a beachside town with a permanent population of around 5,000 and a tourist magnet. Some of the rich and famous have found the climate so attractive as to retire to both the town and the hinterland.

Nearby is Cape Byron, the most easterly point of the Australian coast. The buildings associated with the lighthouse now house excellent descriptive materials.

Cape Byron Signage
Cape Byron Signage
Cape Byron Signage
Cape Byron Lighthouse
Cape Byron View to the north
Cape Byron – There’s someone out there!
Cape Byron
Cape Byron Lighthouse View
Byron Bay Beach

Weekly Photo Challenge : Fray

The damage to unopened palm fronds is a good example of “fraying”. The second photo shows a native Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), the ‘vandal’ that causes this fraying. It is the beaks and claws that do the damage, rather than simple ‘rubbing’, but the result lasts for the life of the frond.

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This entry is my response to the challenge of what ‘fray’ means to me. Other entries will be found over at The Daily Post here