Surf Rescue Boards and a Surf Boat on Australia Day at Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Colour abounded on a glorious Australia Day morning at the magnificent Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

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Cheers 🙂

Kings Beach Beachfront Salt Water Pool – Caloundra, the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

The Kings Beach beachfront salt water pool, and water fountains (very popular with the children), as viewed from above during first-light at Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Cheers 🙂

Wattamolla Beach in Royal National Park – Sydney, NSW.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Wattamolla Beach in Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW.

Point Cartwright – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Point Cartwright greets another glorious Sunshine Coast morning.

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Cheers 🙂

Aerial images around Caloundra, plus Trichodesmium sp. – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

These aerial (drone) scenes include Kings Beach, Wickham Headland, Shelly Beach, Moffat Headland, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, the Glasshouse Mountains (in the background), and Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

The sea-sawdust slicks on the water surface in the following images is likely Trichodesmium sp. – a cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), and is also called whale food, sea scum and, incorrectly, whale sperm. Found in nutrient-poor tropical and subtropical ocean waters, Trichodesmium are ‘nitrogen fixers’- they can take nitrogen gas from the air and ‘fix’ it in a form that can be transferred through the food chain. This function is very important as Nitrogen is essential to life and while there is an abundance of it in the air (air is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen), most plants and animals can’t make use of it in that form.

Cheers 🙂

Wombarra Headland and Wombarra Rock Pool, NSW.

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A short series of images from Wombarra in the Illawarra, NSW.

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Cheers.

Pearl Beach, NSW – intertidal images.

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Andrew McInnes Photography

An assortment of subjects from the intertidal zone at Pearl Beach, NSW.

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Early-summer thunderstorms, Caloundra.

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Andrew McInnes Photography

We have experienced a few dramatic early-summer thunderstorms at our new home over the last few weeks. These scenes are from Kings Beach and Happy Valley, at Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Some show storms building, others in mid-action, and others of the retreat.