Caloundra, Queensland

Pumicestone Passage at Caloundra in Queensland. Pumicestone Passage Marine Park, extends from the southern entrance to the Caloundra bar and is just over 35 kilometres long, has 24 sand islands and is bounded by 240 kilometres of shoreline. Eighty percent of the Passage is under two metres deep and dugongs frequent its waters seasonally to feed on the seagrass on the bottom of the channels in the passage. Dolphins and turtles also make the Passage home as do over 350 species of birds. TSC Water

Looking across Pumicestone Passage in Caloundra, Queensland. Bribie Island, 34 kilometres long and 8 kilometres at its widest, is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand island forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie island, hugging the coastline and tapering to a long spit at its most northern point near Caloundra, is separated from the mainland by the Pumicestone Passage. A bridge from Sandstone Point on the mainland was completed in 1963. The ocean side of the island is somewhat sheltered from prevailing winds by Moreton Island and associated sand banks and has only a small surf break. The lee side is calm, with white sandy beaches in the south. Most of the island is uninhabited national park (55.8 square kilometres) and forestry plantations. Wikipedia 19/30 September 12 Months in Colour

Steamer SS Dicky was shipwrecked on a Caloundra beach which was named after her. The ship sailed from Rockhampton and as it arrived to clear Caloundra Head it met lashing rain and cyclonic winds that sent the ship on her beam ends. Captain James Beattie was forced to beach the ship to avoid hitting the rocks off Moffat Beach. On 4th February 1893 at 10.35 am the ship grounded stern first on the beach. The Marine Board of Queensland tribunal concluding the Captain showed lack of judgement in not successfully weathering Caloundra Head, for which his licence was suspended for three months. Dicky Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre. The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas in 1893. It was refloated, but again, heavy seas turned the ship about and back onto the sand where it remains to this day. Dicky Beach remains the only recreational beach in the world to be named after a shipwreck. Dicky Beach is a patrolled beach, and is home to the Dicky Beach Surf Life Saving Club. It has been awarded numerous awards, including the 'DHL Queensland Surf Life Saving Club of the Year' in 2009.

Low Tide on Dicky Beach, Caloundra, Queensland. THE `DICKY`, AN IRON SCREW STEAM VESSEL, WAS BUILT IN 1885 BY G. HOWALDT OF KIEL, AND HER PORT OF REGISTRATION WAS HAMBURG GERMANY. HER TONNAGE WAS 226 GROSS AND 144 NETT, LENGTH 96 1/2 FEET, BEAM 21 FEET DEPTH 14FT9. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER AS A BRITISH MERCHANT SHIP WAS 88841. SHE WAS REGISTERED IN BRISBANE AS A COASTING VESSEL BY HER OWNERS BRYDON JONES & CO. SHIPPING AGENTS AND SMALL STEAMER OWNERS. THE `DICKY` WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM ROCKHAMPTON TO BRISBANE WITH SAND AND WATER BALLAST, IN FEBRUARY 1893, WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED A VERY SEVERE GALE. THIS PREVENTED HER FROM ROUNDING POINT WICKHAM (CALOUNDRA HEAD). SHE WAS BEING DRIVEN TOWARDS THE REEF, AND HER MASTER, CAPTAIN JOHN SUMMERS BEATTIE, TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY, STEERED FOR THE SHORE AND STRANDED HER IN THE VICINITY OF JOHN WILSON`S HOUSE, ON 4TH FEBRUARY. NO LIVES WERE LOST. THE WIND AND WAVES BUILT UP A SANDBAR, AND ALL EFFORTS TO REFLOAT THE `DICKY` FAILED. THE PROPELLOR MOUNTED ABOVE WAS SALVAGED FROM THE WRECK. From the SS Dicky Monument. 18/31 March 12 Months/365 Days in Colour

Rough at Sunshine Beach. Rocks at Mooloolaba. Clear at Dicky Beach. Sunshine Coast in Queensland. TSC2 86 Close up of water

Pelican paddling in Pumicestone Passage, Caloundra, Queensland. Strong South Easter blowing. 21/31 August 12 Months in Colour

Caloundra, Queensland. 22/31 White August 12 Months in Colour

Looking across the Pumicestone Passage to the Northern end of Bribie Island from Caloundra in Queensland. The passage was originally shown as Pumice-stone River on the maps of Matthew Flinders as he found an abundance of pumice stone lining the shoreline. He was the first European explorer to enter Moreton Bay in 1799 on the Sloop H. M. 'Norfolk' and spent two weeks exploring the bay and surrounds and naming Point Skirmish and Pumice-stone River. Gazetted in 1986, Pumicestone Passage Marine Park, extends from the southern entrance to the Caloundra bar and is just over 35 kilometres long via the channels and has a surface area of 63 km². The marine park has 24 islands and is bounded by 240 kilometres of shoreline. Eighty percent of the Passage is under two metres deep and dugongs frequent its waters seasonally to feed on the seagrass on the bottom of the channels in the passage. Dolphins and turtles also make the Passage home as do over 350 species of birds. Habitats within and adjoining the passage include mangroves and saltmarshes, sand flats and mud flats, coastal dunes and seagrass meadows. The Passage forms part of the Moreton Bay and Pumicestone Passage Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because it supports large numbers of migratory waders, or shorebirds. Wikipedia

Pacific Ocean at Caloundra, Queensland TSC something that rolls