ah paradise. who knew that when you go in to a rainforest there’s a chance it could actually shite down rain. WHO KNEW??
all pics taken with an iPhone 3GS using the Camera Genius photography app.
Pocket Road bridge, Numinbah Valley
Pocket Road bridge, Numinbah Valley
Numinbah Valley
Springbrook National Park
Springbrook National Park and the cutest truck in the universe
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge
*happy sigh* … long, gravel track to get there. so freaking worth it.
oh i love my 4wd. it paid for itself today. if these aren’t $24k views, i don’t know what are.
Kings Beach, Broken Head Nature Reserve:
the track down to the beach
the track down to the beach
the first sight of kings beach
getting closer
and closer
gorgeous
i could look at this for hours
fantastic rock pool
i swear the colours are true
oh, that's a climb back up
up and up and up
apparently, it’s called ‘cincinnati’.
nice city. ugly house.
hi all … sorry for the lack of bloggage since the 11th. it’s been insane, is all i can say. work, i mean. the gold coast may have escaped unscathed, but at goldcoast.com.au and the gold coast bulletin we’ve been going full-bore at it.
today was my first day off in a while and i spent it with 150 other Gold Coasters, Dean Gould, the editor of the Bully, Lucy Ardern, chief reporter and another reporter and photographer. we headed up to goodna — one of the poorest, worst-hit areas of brisbane.
it was unbelievable. not just how high the water came, but also the level of destruction in low-lying areas. everything’s had a few days’ baking sun on it so the mud situation was a different kind of filthy and smelly. but still … filthy and smelly. we cleaned up a park, helped a couple of little old ladies empty out a flooded shed that contained about 50 years’ worth of personal belongings.
amongst the 150 were the Gold Coast Titans’ first-grade squad — Scott Prince, Luke Bailey, Clinton Toopi, Kevin Gordon, Ash Harrison, Mark Minichello (outfit of the day, see below), Preston Campbell, Greg Bird, coach John Cartwright, assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister — and a whole bunch more. they were great. they wanted nothing more than to get in and do, and let me tell ya, these guys are big — they shift a lot in a short time.
bottom line — i stink. but that’s all good.
morning muster at gold coast city council chambers
gold coast bulletin editor Dean Gould gets things organised
high tide mark on the Goodna McDonald's
Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale revs up the troops
RAAF Fire Services do their thing
cleaning up the Peace Park at Goodna
Titans getting ready to move big things
intrepid (crazy) editor, dean gould
human chain at the little old ladies' house
mark minichello ... outfit of the day
piles and piles of ruined things
chief reporter Lucy Ardern hard at work
photographer Richard Gosling
videographer Sean Dutton
a very bad photo of reporter Steph Bedo
Lucy pounds it out
at harbour town about 3.30pm
taken at harbour town about 3.30pm
well, actually … a 10-year-old tattoo, refreshed, reworked and added to.
looking north to surfers paradise from tugun
last week i got misled to duranbah the little village in the hinterland. this week i actually made it to the beach. when snapper rocks and d’bah are at their best i swear there’s no better surfing venue in the world. today, not so much. but still, it’s been a while since i ventured to the southern reaches of my home town. so it was good to see them.
also, lizards.
you can see the full set of pics over at my Flickr photostream.
