MARINE SCENE

 

Cairns. Abra series.

HANGING BAUBLES

Magnetic Island.

 

RAINY TAPESTRY BY ABRA

 

BARK SCARS AND DIMPLES

Vallis.

 

CRUISE SHIP IN CAIRNS

 

Shipping  Reporter.

STORM DAMAGE

 

Trees blown down  at the front of Townsville's Anderson  Botanic Gardens   Conservatory  during  an electrical  storm  early  on   New  Year's  Day. Elsewhere  fronds, coconuts  and  fruit  in  the Tropical Orchard  were   blown  about. Groups of  Red-tailed Black Cockatoos were seen  enjoying  some of  the tasty  windfall.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND CAIRNS

 The face of a  chubby  Lewis  Carroll  Cheshire cat  stands out  in the  centre  of  a  decorated  Cairns  tree  in  this   photo from  Aeronautical  Correspondent , Abra , who reports  Cairns  is  being  serenaded  by  large  flocks  of  Lorikeets which  gather in  the  trees..