We took the 600 bus up to the bus terminal to catch the 622 bus up to the airport. At the airport, all the car rental companies are offsite so we had to call to get the shuttle to come and pick us up. We got a free upgrade to a bigger SUV and took off driving on the left side of the road. That means Leslie is the driver and Fritz the "navigator." We headed north to Coolum Beach. We parked up on the headlands and walked along the board walk. Lots of dogs and memorial plaques on the fences. Leslie spotted a White Bellied Sea Eagle with a fish in its talons and I rushed over to get a few pictures. We got back in the car and headed over to the Yandina Creek Wetlands where I had gone birding a week earlier. Word was that Black Headed Stork and Brogla cranes had been spotted recently. We drove the back roads and were amazed by the large truck traffic. I guess the trucks were hauling sugar cane out.
Low rider driving by as we wait for the bus
Heading over the Maroochy River
The Sunshine Coast airport control tower is quite small
Mount Coolum
Watch for Roos
The headlands of Coolum Beach
A very wide expanse of water to the north
Lots of shallow rocks
More beaches to the south
Several memorials along the fence line
Possibly a fundraiser?
Lots of nice homes
This one was probably for a surfer
Brown honeyeater
A white-bellied sea eagle top left
A big fish in its talons
Spangled drongo
Very odd currents, this wave was rolling in 90 degrees to the other waves
Not too many folks in the water
The small area between the flags is the designated swimming area
The sea spray is thick
Nice mosaics along the walkway
The elusive Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Our fish catching friend, the white bellied sea eagle
A plethora of birds
Off to the Yandina Creek wetlands and we see a black shouldered kite
A red backed fairy wren
A chestnut breasted munia
The beejeebers were scared out of us as we almost stepped on this snake. Luckily for us it was dead, not so lucky for the snake
The tide was in so lots of waterbirds
Nap time for the spoonbills
A flock of ibis flying in
A shelf mushroom
Mosquitoes, or mozzies as they call them here
A kingfisher, rare in these parts
Warning truck ahead
