The Green Room

On a visit to Proserpine Hospital (did I mention we have a new grandson, well actually he's our only grandchild) I discovered the delightful Green Room. Nooks and crannies in amongst the greenery have been populated with animals that can be found locally.

Views from the boardwalk

The tide was out but a little pond of saltwater remained near the mangroves. It looked very dull and murky but then we noticed several schools of tiny fish. I couldn't get a clear image on the LCD screen on my camera but took several photos anyway. After I'd downloaded them to the computer, cropped the image a little and corrected the colour balance I was amazed to see colourful little fish appear on the screen. I've no idea what they are.

And I don't know what this little skink is either. Two of them were on the wooden fence near the beach. (Update: Apparently it's a Wall Skink Cryptoblepharus virgatus.)

Breaking the rules

The road train was loaded with old growth logs and I had my camera up to the windscreen to take a photo as we travelled slowly down a very steep hill. (On a websearch I found that one sawmill in the Injune district is allowed to log cypress pines so maybe that's what these logs are.)

And then this happened!! Another B-double passing over double lines, on a curve, on a steep hill. And then the car following did the same thing!

Dry creeks

As we travel on the highways I love to check out all the creeks and rivers that we cross at 100k/hr, just to see if there's water in them - the dry creek beds are very appealing to a Victorian brought up in a part of Australia where creeks usually have water in them. These creeks can be dangerous though. Rainfall upstream can result in flash floods downstream. In the photo below, of a creek near Moranbah, you can see which way the water flows - the force of a flood has almost uprooted the small shrubs on the bank.

I've been trying to think of a ballad or short story we had to read in school about the dangers of crossing one of these creeks in flood. I seem to remember drovers and cattle came into it somehow. Was it in the Readers we all had in the 50s? Maybe someone out there will know.