Mothar Mountain Rock Pools

A friend told JBV about the Mothar Mountain Rock pools a couple of weeks ago, and we've been meaning to get up there ever since. Only about "30 minutes" from Noosa she says. I've been to Mothar Mt speedway before, and was pretty sure the trip was going to be a little longer, but according to this woman, if we took the "shortcut" (an old dirt track in the 4WD) it was going to be a much quicker trip. An hour later, we finally pulled up at the Rock pools. We weren't worried, getting there was half the fun- the kids had never been on anything like the small, wooden, single lane bridges before! And then there was the big old Bull with huge horns standing on the side of the road (dirt track)- on the wrong side of the fence- just staring at us as we went around it. The kids thought it was going to charge us! (truth be known, I was a bit nervous myself! lol). Its a nice little spot, with picnic tables and a wood fired BBQ. We were told the place was always deserted- but remembering this was from the same mouth who told us it was a 20 to 30 minute trip- there were actually quite a lot of day trippers exploring the area! I guess our informant has told a lot of people about this "secluded" and "deserted" spot....! But the kids loved it! It was obviously way too cold for swimming (I reckon it'd still be way too cold for swimming in the middle of Summer) but we did some exploring, and had our little picnic before heading to the Gympie duck ponds...
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My Boy

My poor boy has been sick for almost a week! The temperature and the coughing- but lots of sleeping and cuddles too! I feel kinda bad- we thought he was putting it on because he got sick the day before sports day at school. Don't get me wrong- he's great at all sports, and enjoys them once he gets going- it's just getting him going that's the problem! He gets so nervous about these sort of things. So I thought he might have been chucking a sickie to get out of sports day. And then he fell asleep all day. And then the temperature set in. And he's had it ever since! He's recently shared it with his sister as well- which isn't all bad- it's the quietest she's ever been!! ;) lol. No, my poor babies! So between the 2 kids and work, taking any interesting new photos has been out of the question. So I went through some of my older unedited photos, and played around with them for something to do tonight after the kids crashed out. Without realising it, most of them have been with Master J in them. So todays blog is dedicated to my perfect little man!!

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Botanical Gardens

In my last post of dew drops, I mentioned I was actually taking photographs of flowers before I got sidetracked. So I thought I would post some of them. But then I realised I only had 2 photos that I liked- but that maybe I could slip some photos in from our trip to the Cooroy Botanical Gardens back in December. I had only just got my camera, but I think there's a few alright through them! We spent hours traipsing through the park. Master J had my old point and shoot camera and was just as into it as me! Might have to plan a trip up there again soon...

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Being a Drip

The neighbours would have had a bit of a laugh at my expense if they looked out their windows this morning! I planned on taking photos of some flowers ma got for her birthday, and took them outside to get some natural light when the twinkling of dew drops in the grass caught my eye. So out comes the macro!! :) So here I am in the wet crass on my knees and elbows trying to get some half decent shots. And I'd like to think the muddy skirt and arms were worth it! How often do you stop and actually take notice of the tiny dew drops in the morning- particularly with these cool winter mornings? They are perfectly round- beautiful!! There's one you'll see sitting on a blade of grass that looks just like a bubble!!

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Moondance

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies...

Well, it's not October, but it is definitely a marvelous night for a moondance! While it's still a bit chilly, its not as cold as it was this time last week. But the moon is superb! This is the first time any of my photos of the moon have actually worked out, and I must say, I love them!! What do you think??! Don't forget to check them out in better quality HERE

Birds of Noosa- the feathered kind

Living in the Tewantin/Noosa area, many consider us lucky to be amid a huge array of wild birds. I mean, you even see real estates advertising places as 'a bird watchers dream' and a 'bird haven' as a selling/renting point. I wonder how long these avid bird watchers enjoy being woken by screeching cockatoos and lorrikeets at any time from 1 in the morning onwards. Or trying to get young ones (or even themselves!!) down for an afternoon nap only to hear the crows cawing all afternoon. But I guess if you can put up with that (I love my sleep a LOT though...) then we really are quite lucky to have so many species of birds right at our doorstep! I've already posted quite a few photos of  Percy the Pelican, and there are a few other bird photos scattered throughout my blog. But today's Daily Dose are a few of the leftovers that haven't made it through yet!
Theres also a whole album dedicated to birds on my Flickr Page in HD!

Winter is HERE!

Today was the COLDEST DAY IN JUNE ON RECORD! Right now it's 11 degrees Celsius, and dropping. Tomorrow's gonna be fun riding to work at the crack of dawn! It got me thinking, it really wasn't all that long ago when everyone was complaining about how HOT it was. I dug through some older photos and found the these one of the kids (and our neighbour) playing with the sprinkler. It really won't be that long until we'll be out there again!

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