Mon 24.Feb.2025
Cairns & Gold Coast, Queensland, AU


A mixed bag tonight, with sloppy curation.
The individual pictures are fun - that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
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High on the Upper Deck
last November in Rhodes, GR. I dunno why the picture just showed up now, but here it is for your entertainment.

A few pix still from tropical Cairns, AU.

The heart of town at night.


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A curiously-formed tree trunk.

The mud flat in black-and-white.



For the rest of the page, we are in a seaside sprawl called the Gold Coast,
about an hour south of Brisbane in southern Queensland.
Gold Coast somehow feels like southern California in about 1960.
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Just parked on the street! A '69 Mustang ragtop!


This part of the Gold Coast has the slightly improbable name Surfers Paradise (no apostrophe!)


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Beach appreciation is a major activity in Surfers Paradise.


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A seemingly endless promenade makes it easy to stroll the shoreline without the challenge of walking on sand.


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One block of the center seems to be the Designated Sleaze District.


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Sub-tropical flora and fauna are back. No more curlews and lapwings here. I don't remember any pelicans. The ibis and magpies, familiar from Sydney, are here.

Sorry, no actual bird pictures, - just this odd-looking fruit.


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Inland, where all of those beach visitors spend their nights in rather pricey accomodations.


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About 90 percent of the trees seem to be related to either tamarinds or yuccas. Must be something about the sub-tropics. (Latitude 28 deg S - definitely outside the tropics [+-23.5 deg] )


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