tiabunna's photos with the keyword: lagoon

Lord Howe Island has the world's most southerly coral reef and lagoon, courtesy of the warm current flowing southward in the Tasman Sea.

A stitched panorama, best viewed large. I was very glad to have a weather resistant camera and lens at this point. :-)

Most of the freight to Lord Howe Island is carried by this small trading vessel which visits fortnightly. We were fortunate that our visit coincided with an arrival. Here's a musical link. HFF, everyone, and best wishes for the weekend. (View large.)

You just have to be impressed by the originality of place names like "Intermediate Hill" ! Either way, it's about half way along the island (it's the hill at the left of my previous image) and this is a stitched panorama of the view, covering about 180 degrees and the length of the island. It gives a good view of the lagoon and the coral barrier reef. The island is about 80% covered in natural forest. View large.

More tourists arriving on the daily aircraft (some days there are more). The number of tourists on the island is capped at a maximum of 400. That's the end of the very short runway for the small airport to the left - when I flew there in 1974 (see my album "Flying Boat Days") the runway was incomplete and this was the last flying boat service in the world. This musical link seems to fit. Taken from a kayak. :-)

Taken shortly after our arrival at Lord Howe Island. Looking across the lagoon toward the two dominating mountains, Mt Lidgbird (L) and Mt Gower (R). Unfortunately the sunset did not quite develop. Best on black.

After a week, during which the RAAF flew low over the partly completed airstrip taking photographs to evaluate whether an aircraft could land to take us off, the second flying boat "Islander" (a converted Sunderland) was returned to service. Here it is arriving from the left of the photo, having had the interior refitted: that had been removed to allow the aircraft to be fitted with long range tanks as it had been sold and was scheduled to go overseas.