25Rocky7.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Stanwell Power Station model
23Mrbn7.jpg=Whistling Kite (page 144)
22Clermont13.jpg=Emerald - Rainbow Lorikeets
DSC_0141.JPG=Blackwater Coal train loads
23Mrbn.jpg=Ever watchful Whistling Kites watching from a distance and also soaring hundreds of metres up in the sky
25RockyPan02a.JPG=Blackwater Coal Centre - satellite image of the Blackwater Coal mining areas
DSC_0029.JPG=Cormorants and Pelicans
25Rocky14.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
25Rocky9.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Japanese garden, Madagascar Palm
23Mrbn2.jpg=Lake Maraboon - we fished and watched the different birds for at least an hour
DSC_0144.JPG=Blackwater Coal truck loading terminal
DSC_0071crop.jpg=Lake Maraboon - Joy driving across the dam wall
22Clermont10.jpg=Emerald - on the outskirts is another dragline bucket from the nearby coal mines
25Rocky18.jpg=Mt Hay
25Rocky17.jpg=Approaching the Qld town of Dingo
DSC_0043a.JPG=Emerald
DSC_0006.JPG=Lake Maraboon - A large concentration of Pelicans, Little Black Cormorants and Little Pied Cormorants
25Rocky6.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
DSC_0075.JPG=Approaching Blackwater
23Mrbn1.jpg=Whistling Kite (page 144)
DSC_0171.JPG=Camels on our approach to Rockhampton
25Rocky15.jpg=Blackwater Coal train loads
25Rocky13.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
DSC_0048.JPG=Lake Maraboon - after negotiating the timbers we were treated to the sight of a concentration of thousands of water birds.
25RockyPan04.JPG=Approaching Blackwater
25Rocky.jpg=Lake Maraboon - crossing the dam
DSC_0051cropB.jpg=Lake Maraboon - amazing concentration of water birds.
23Mrbn9.jpg=Lake Maraboon - a lot of these timbers would have been submerged last year
25Rocky3.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
DSC_0108.JPG=Blackwater Coal Centre - the Japanese garden was constructed as a joint excercise between "sister cities" with the financial support of many of the mining companiess involved in the area.
25Rocky8.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Japanese garden
23Mrbn12.jpg=Lake Maraboon - and like last time we were here, a few common seagulls follow our wake
23MrbnPan01.JPG=Lake Maraboon
25RockyPan03.JPG=Blackwater Coal Centre
DSC_0016.JPG=Pelicans soaring
25Rocky19.jpg=Stanwell power station
23Mrbn10.jpg=Lake Maraboon - amazing concentration of water birds.
DSC_0030.JPG=Whistling Kite (page 144)
25Rocky5.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
23Mrbn11.jpg=Lake Maraboon - amazing concentration of water birds.
25Rocky12.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Japanese garden
DSC_0044.JPG=Lake Maraboon - because the lake is much lower than last year, there is much more exposed timber
23Mrbn4.jpg=Pelicans (page 126)
22Clermont11.jpg=Emerald - Cheeky Rainbow Lorikeets at Lake Maraboon
25Rocky1.jpg=Lake Maraboon - we'll see if we can compare this pic (of the water level) with one from our last trip here
23Mrbn8.jpg=Lake Maraboon - after setting our Crayfish traps we had to negotiate the thick timbers are to get back to the park
24Mrbn.jpg=Lake Maraboon - Our modest overnight catch. Crayfish are much less active in the cooler months; almost hibernating
Fairbairn.jpg=Lake Maraboon - our suspicion that the water level is much lower than our last visit was confirmed on the Interet - it is at only 50%
25Rocky11.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Japanese garden
23Mrbn6.jpg=Pelicans soaring in an upward circle until they are almost out of sight
25Rocky4.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre
DSC_0170.JPG=Approaching Rockhampton - hard to believe "an auction"? we must be missing something here
23Mrbn3.jpg=Lake Maraboon - after some time they appeared to all fly off in almost single file
25Rocky16.jpg=Blackwater Coal train loads
23Mrbn13.jpg=Pelicans soaring
22Clermont12.jpg=Emerald - a Rainbow Lorikeet in the doorway "is there any food in there"
23Mrbn5.jpg=Pelicans (page 126)
25Rocky10.jpg=Blackwater Coal Centre - Japanese garden
25Rocky2.jpg=Lake Maraboon - crossing the dam wall
DSC_0051crop.jpg=Lake Maraboon - amazing concentration of water birds.
