366 February 2020

Hibiscus in our garden, Queensland

Rural town in Queensland From the early 1850s, almost all the area in the vicinity of the Eumundi district was part of three cattle runs - Canando, Yandina and North Kenilworth. After the railway was opened from Yandina to Cooroy in 1891, there was a problem over the naming of the railway depot at the foot of the Cooroy Range. It was called Eerwah, but Railway authorities were encountering confusion with Beerwah further down the line, so the name Eumundi was chosen. (Ngumundi or Huomundy) name of Aboriginal chieftain said to have adopted escaped convict Bracefield as his son in 1831. heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

Section of mural in Cooroy, Queensland. Cooroy, Queensland Built and operated by Arthur Crees from 1920. The adjoining allotment was used as the holding yard for horses waiting to be shod. Taken over by Owen Norton in 1954 until it’s closure in 1989. Walk Cooroy, No.3, 12 Maple Street

Gympie Court House is a heritage-listed courthouse at Channon Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Smith Murdoch and built from 1900 to 1902. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The town of Gympie was established after the discovery of gold in the area by James Nash in 1867. At this stage, the new colony of Queensland was in dire financial trouble, and a reward was offered to anyone who discovered gold. Nash received the reward of £3000, and the rush to the Gympie gold field began. By 1869, the town now known as Gympie had a population of many thousands. It was established so rapidly that by the time the official surveyors arrived in 1868, a substantial amount of the town had already been laid out. This resulted in the town being laid out in an irregular pattern, following the topography of the land and the mining sites, rather than the orthogonal grid pattern familiar to most Queensland towns. The 1868 survey of the town included reserves for public buildings, including the court house reserve. Wikipedia

Storm systems passing through. New growth on the callistemons, in our garden, Queensland.

Noosa River, Queensland Contre jour... the technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject, from French, literally: against day(light).

Our sweet girl, Border collie/kelpie

After carrying this around for years, I have finally donated it. I really like it, but I can't wear wool :-)

Amazing after the rain, Queensland