Double Island Point, Carlo Sand Blow, and Carlo Point – Rainbow Beach, Queensland.

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A series of images of Double Island Point, Carlo Sand Blow, and Carlo Point during an express visit with friends who live in this beautiful area – Rainbow Beach, Queensland.

Sunset viewed from Carlo Sandblow.

Carlo Sandblow 2AM 0840-0846 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Sandblow 2AM-006744
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM-006747
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM-006753
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM-006757
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Early morning and sunrise at Carlo Sand Blow.

Carlo Sandblow 2AM-006764
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM 6776-6778 stitch
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM 6779-6784 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Sandblow 2AM-000893
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Carlo Sandblow 2AM 0860-0864 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Sandblow 2AM 6873-6894 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Sandblow 2AM 0880-0892 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Double Island Point.

Double Island Point 2AM 899-911 stitch
©Andrew McInnes

Double Island Point 2AM-000929
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Double Island Point 2AM-000930
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Double Island Point 2AM-000931
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Carlo Point, on the estuary side of Rainbow Beach.

Carlo Point 2AM-000932 ©Andrew McInnes

Estuarine leachate funnelling off tidal flats during ebb tide…

Carlo Point 2AM-000938 ©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Point 2AM-000940 ©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Point 2AM-000942 ©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Point 2AM-000944 ©Andrew McInnes

Carlo Point 2AM 0946-0948 stitch
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Carlo Point 2AM-000969
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Carlo Point 2AM-000970
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Cheers 🙂

Aerials of the Bribie Island bridge and Pumicestone Passage, Queensland.

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A series of aerial (drone) images of the Bribie Island bridge and Pumicestone Passage, Queensland.

Bribie Island 2AM 0563-0565 stitch ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM-000535 ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM-000537 ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM-000538 ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM 0541-0556 stitch ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM 0557-0558 stitch ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM-000560 ©Andrew McInnes

Bribie Island 2AM-000561 ©Andrew McInnes

Cheers 🙂

Black Swans and Fishermen greet a golden dawn – Pumicestone Passage, Caloundra, QLD.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A pair of Black Swans (Cygnus stratus) greet the dawn over Bribie Island and Pumicestone Passage, as seen from Golden Beach, Caloundra.

Oh to be boating (and fishing) on a tranquil summer morning such as this.

Cheers, 🙂

Fire near Bells Creek on the Sunshine Coast.

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A large, and very smoky bushfire in a pine forest near Bells Creek on Jan 31st, 2017. The water in these images is Pumicestone Passage, between Caloundra and Bribie Island.

Happy Valley 2AM-004100 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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 🙂

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.