Footage of Undara Lava Tubes Underwater

The Einasleigh Races Easter 2011

The Einasleigh Races Easter 2010

Einasleigh sits on the Eastern edge of the Newcastle Range, on the banks of the Copperfield River. Einasleigh is on the old Chillagoe to Forsayth railway now used by the Savannahlander. Once a Copper mining town, it is set among some unusual scenery with flat top hills that rise out of the grasslands.

The Einasleigh Hotel is situated close to the Copperfield Gorge

"The township of Einasleigh, originally named Copperfield, was laid out in 1900 by the mining warden on a new township reserve established near the Einasleigh Company's copper mine. Although the company had been formed only in the previous year, already two hotels, a store, a billiard room, and butcher and baker shops were being built and funds were being collected for a school. The town briefly became the largest population centre in the shire during construction of the Chillagoe Company's Etheridge Railway in the years 1907-10. After the closure of the mine in the 1920s, however, the township almost disappeared and was saved from extinction only by its location on the railway." - Etheridge Shire Council

Katie Noonan and Vince Jones appearing at the Tanks this Friday night

http://www.katienoonan.com/


http://vincejones.com.au/

The Tanks, Edge Hill Cairns

Cassowary Appeal

It has been a bad start to 2011 in this corner of the planet, at least as far as natural disasters are concerned, the latest to the list being the Christchurch earthquake. Up here in the Far North things are getting back to normal and the locals in the area affected by Cyclone Yasi continue to get their lives back together. This isn't going to be helped with the development of another tropical low off the Far North Queensland coast in the next few days.

Among the victims of Yasi are the many species of wildlife dependent on the tropical rainforest in this area. This forest has taken a big hit from the Category 5 cyclonic winds of Yasi and although it will rebound eventually, it has left the wildlife without their food supply.

A good cover by Vikarious

Found on You Tube: A great cover of Eric Hutchinson's 'Rock and Roll' by local Cairns band Vikarious
Taken at the Fogerty Park Cairns Esplanade.

Where I wouldn't mind being right now!

Somewhere near Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Another beautiful day in Paradise.

Sometimes you take where you live for granted, so this morning I decided to take a walk along the Cairns Esplanade with a camera.

The Lagoon was being cleaned, so there was hardly a soul around.