Entries tagged as ‘Queensland’
The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus Conspiccilatus) is a large water bird. It can be found in Australia, wherever there is water with fish in it. For instance, if there’s water in Lake Eyre, in Outback South Australia, they will somehow know it, and be there. Naturally, they’re quite common at the seaside as well.
The Australian Pelican is usually white, with some black in its wings. The eyes are yellow, and its bill is enormous. It always looks to me as if the bill is a little bit over-sized compared to the rest of the body. But it sure makes them look very special.
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This particular one was sitting on a branch over the Paroo river, at the Corni Paroo Waterhole, in Western Queensland, close to the border of New South Wales.
Categories: Australia · Corni Paroo · Gum Tree · Outback · Photos · Travel
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The photo below is of the Blencoe Falls in Tropical North Queensland. The Blencoe Falls lies within Girringun National Park and is part of the traditional lands of the Warungnu Aboriginal people.
This section of Girringun National Park is very remote and not easy to access, especially since the road to the falls from Kennedy has been closed by the council and the falls can only be accessed from Mount Garnett. But the drive is worth it! The waterfall plunges 90m to the pool below, before cascading a further 230m into the Blencoe Gorge which joins the Herbert River a few kilometres further on.
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The photo was taken from the Blencoe Falls lookout that can be reached following a track of a few kilometres from the camping area and then walking about 200 metres (See map).
Categories: Australia · Photos · Travel · Waterfall
Tagged: Australia, Blencoe Falls, Girringun National Park, Queensland, Travel, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
Corni Paroo Water, on the Paroo River, is in Currawinya National Park near Hungerford in Outback Queensland just north of the border with New South Wales. It is one of our favourite camping spots.
The Paroo River is a tributary to the Darling River and the last free-flowing river system in the Murray-Darling Basin, although it only flows after heavy rain.
Currawinya National Park also features a two large lakes, Lake Wyara (saltwater) and Lake Numalla (freshwater). The last time we visited the lakes (June 2007) they were both low.
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Categories: Australia · Corni Paroo · Gum Tree · Outback · Photos · Travel
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