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At Sth China Sea Resort, Malaysia... had just woken up very early and saw the emergent awesome sunrise from the villa balcony ... quickly grabbed the camera and headed out to the beach foreshore to photograph its beginning ....
Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Tamron 16-300mm
🎧"True Romance" (David August): www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Qby1a2dMc
Main Beach, Nth Stradbroke Island (Queensland, Australia). Oft taken morning walk at the Gorge Walk, also called 'Pt Lookout' over the never-ending blue cosmos and beach, which wraps around the whole island. Breathing deep with regular meditation and yoga at this spot. A cosmic dream realised.
🎧"Cosmos In Blue" (Viken Arman): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymRKBvPLR5g
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
The night after that, the Ahr flood disaster struck. My thoughts and sympathy go to those who have lost their lives, loved ones and livelihoods. Do not give up. Together we can do it.
This colourful rainforest scene was seen at dusk on the 3km hiking track of the first national park in the Australian state of Queensland, as declared in 1908.
The track's circuit lies in hilly forest/bush terrain at Mt Tamborine. The name "Witches Falls" though had a more pleasant and benign naming history than the Hells Gate Lighthouse name (previous pic).
It originated with the then kids of the mountain settlement. They thought some of the forest branches looked like witches' brooms when walking home at dusk.
All in all, it was a great hike with very interesting and beautiful rainforest scenery, and the usual beautiful bird sounds (hear treat listen on vid below), on a moderately challenging track in some steep places.
🎧 Water flow, birdsong in the mountains nature track (much the same in all Aussie rainforests): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9gs3zxrPM4
Canon EOS 60D
🎧"Escaping Time": www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Li9-Qu6cdg&list=PLJrFfE72RdB...
My companions and I finally arrived at the beautiful Freycinet National Park, Tasmania (Australia). Series 2. We had booked really great accommodation it turned out -- a contemporary and stylish cement bungalow with all mod cons and views of the Three Peaks, almost on the beach; with wallabies trying to join us for dinner as we relaxed with chilled wine, oysters, cheeses, and delicious fruits on the back deck.
One of my friends -- the binocularist -- can just be seen in the dusk light taking a shot from the beach. Our booked yacht was moored across the water to the right; to be brought over in the morning for a sail around the lake then out to sea for a day. A great holiday venue! :-)
Explore September 12, 2021
Canon EOS 350D Digital
After the rainforest hike at the beautiful Freycinet National Park (Tasmania, Australia. Series 2), which the previous fern frond pic paused, we returned that night after the hike to our contemporary and stylish cement bungalow at the beach, with such great views of The Three Peaks (see pic 10 pics b4, which also attracted an Explore).
In this pic, we -- the two photographers and the one binocularist -- have gotten up the next morning for a beach walk. The beach consists of sand and big granite rocks and boulders, with and without kelp.
Granites intruded the east coast of Tasmania about 400 million years ago, which the coast has long been famous for ... indeed, at night with a good sunset they glow like cinders, easily matching our BBQ!
Here, we can see an example of these awesome granite boulders framing the idyllic seascape, at the southern end of the Three Peaks.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Tamron 16-300mm lens
Extract from Wikipedia and other sources
Thekkady(Idukki district) is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. The named Thekkady is derived from the word "thekku" which means teak. This place experiences a pleasant climate all over the year. It drops to its lowest in the month of December-January and highest in the month of April-May.
Thekkady is located about 257 km (160 mi) from Trivandrum, 141 km from Madurai City and Madurai Airport, 145 km from Cochin International Airport and 114 km from Kottayam railway station. Thekkady is located near to Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savanna grass lands. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri langurs. Due to the density of the forest sightings of elephants and in particular, tigers are highly unlikely.
The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is spread across 777 km2 (300 sq mi), of which 360 km2 (140 sq mi) is thick evergreen forest. The wildlife sanctuary was declared a tiger reserve in 1978. The splendid artificial lake formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam across the Periyar River adds to the charm of the park. The greatest attractions of Periyar are the herds of wild elephants, deer and bison that come down to drink in the lake. The sanctuary can be accessed by trekking, boating or jeep safari.
Thekkady is considered a haven for natural spices such as black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, nutmace, ginger, and clove.
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