A morning at Barron Falls

[perfectoarts]

Hope this cheers my northern cousins up. A few pix from a hot & wet southern hemisphere.
We had fun this morning at the Barron Falls, Cairns, North Queensland. As this is our tropical wet monsoon season and
we had had an incredible amount of rain for several weeks. What better time to go out for some photographs. Shame we did not go to see the falls several days ago when we had the floods. It is a spectacular site.
Besides, what better excuse, than to take out the new baby of 2 days - a Canon EOS 40D It was fabulous.

[dkippen]

Ingrid -

My favorite is the 2nd one with the mist/steam rising up and the greenery in front. Very nice job.

[coffee]

Very nice :-)

[LensBaby]

Nice photos. Thanks for the green..I was just saying that I need to see some GREEN! You've brightened my day today.

[janine]

mmm...i love the first one - the water looks so heavy! very nice!!

[perfectoarts]

Lens Baby sorry you are so deprived of green. We have too much of it. Yes I could never imagine myself saying that years ago. There is just green upon green. Here is a photo taken from a helicopter a couple of weeks ago. We are with the blue roof and the rainforest is behind the house, which goes all the way up into the mountain ranges.
We are never happy eh? I look at all those lovely photographs of the snow. How it glistens etc and yearn for my childhood memories in Europe. Sigh....

[ladyups]

Lens Baby sorry you are so deprived of green. We have too much of it. Yes I could never imagine myself saying that years ago. There is just green upon green. Here is a photo taken from a helicopter a couple of weeks ago. We are with the blue roof and the rainforest is behind the house, which goes all the way up into the mountain ranges.


Question, Ingrid...does your leaves on the trees ever turn colors? Or, do they always stay green? Like here, we go from green to colorful to bare and I thought all trees had to go through this cycle of life but maybe its not a cycle but a way to survive our cold winters..

[ladyups]

Hope this cheers my northern cousins up. A few pix from a hot & wet southern hemisphere.
We had fun this morning at the Barron Falls, Cairns, North Queensland. As this is our tropical wet monsoon season and
we had had an incredible amount of rain for several weeks. What better time to go out for some photographs. Shame we did not go to see the falls several days ago when we had the floods. It is a spectacular site.
Besides, what better excuse, than to take out the new baby of 2 days - a Canon EOS 40D It was fabulous.

Beautiful waterfall. I'm so jealous, so many photo opportunities over there...we are just brown and barren right now...hopefully, Spring will be here shortly and we can have some color to photograph.

[perfectoarts]

Hi Mary, Thank you for asking.
Yes some of our trees go through slight colour changes and drop their leaves. I ask the same question when we moved to the tropics. We have some trees in the front of our yard, especially the large green blob you see on the aerial shot (a Raintree - that closes all the leaves when it rains upon, so not one to use for shelter) that loose all their leaves during the winter months. But all is pretty shortlived. Our daytime temps sit around 26-29C but nights can drop down to approx 10C. Which btw is pretty cold for us and the gas fire comes out LOL.
Many of the rainforest trees actually drop all their leaves in September/October (which is our Spring). The whole cycle only takes about 2-4 weeks before they are totally covered with fresh green leaves. This is mother nature at work. The rainforest literally rains with leaves, putting down a carpet of lovely thick leaf mulch, so the earth stays cool until the rains start from December onwards. November is so dry and so hot, that all plants suffer.
Down south we do have splendid autum foliage and as you are accustomed to, perhaps not as grand as the very northern hemisphere cold countries.

[ladyups]

Hi Mary, Thank you for asking.
Yes some of our trees go through slight colour changes and drop their leaves. I ask the same question when we moved to the tropics. We have some trees in the front of our yard, especially the large green blob you see on the aerial shot (a Raintree - that closes all the leaves when it rains upon, so not one to use for shelter) that loose all their leaves during the winter months. But all is pretty shortlived. Our daytime temps sit around 26-29C but nights can drop down to approx 10C. Which btw is pretty cold for us and the gas fire comes out LOL.
Many of the rainforest trees actually drop all their leaves in September/October (which is our Spring). The whole cycle only takes about 2-4 weeks before they are totally covered with fresh green leaves. This is mother nature at work. The rainforest literally rains with leaves, putting down a carpet of lovely thick leaf mulch, so the earth stays cool until the rains start from December onwards. November is so dry and so hot, that all plants suffer.
Down south we do have splendid autum foliage and as you are accustomed to, perhaps not as grand as the very northern hemisphere cold countries.

Wow..how interesting...you have Spring in Oct. and we have Fall but we both lose our leaves at about the same time. Our cycle just last longer, the leaves take about a month to fall off and then we have 3 months when they are completely barren, except for the Oaks and they hold most of their leaves on till the new growth pushes them off. My favorite time of the year is fall...I like the colorful surroundings and the cooler, dryer atmosphere. I love walking in the fallen leaves on a crisp, sunny fall day...

[ladyups]

Hi Mary, Thank you for asking.
Yes some of our trees go through slight colour changes and drop their leaves. I ask the same question when we moved to the tropics. We have some trees in the front of our yard, especially the large green blob you see on the aerial shot (a Raintree - that closes all the leaves when it rains upon, so not one to use for shelter) that loose all their leaves during the winter months. But all is pretty shortlived. Our daytime temps sit around 26-29C but nights can drop down to approx 10C. Which btw is pretty cold for us and the gas fire comes out LOL.
Many of the rainforest trees actually drop all their leaves in September/October (which is our Spring). The whole cycle only takes about 2-4 weeks before they are totally covered with fresh green leaves. This is mother nature at work. The rainforest literally rains with leaves, putting down a carpet of lovely thick leaf mulch, so the earth stays cool until the rains start from December onwards. November is so dry and so hot, that all plants suffer.
Down south we do have splendid autum foliage and as you are accustomed to, perhaps not as grand as the very northern hemisphere cold countries.

Wow..how interesting...you have Spring in Oct. and we have Fall but we both lose our leaves at about the same time. Our cycle just last longer, the leaves take about a month to fall off and then we have 3 months when they are completely barren, except for the Oaks and they hold most of their leaves on till the new growth pushes them off. My favorite time of the year is fall...I like the colorful surroundings and the cooler, dryer atmosphere. I love walking in the fallen leaves on a crisp, sunny fall day...

[daltoned]

What great shots of water in full flow. My favourite is no1.
EddieD

[LensBaby]

Fall is and always has been my favorite season! I love the smell of the air. It give me so much energy, and the beauty is amazing. I just love it!

Ingrid I love be able to see the photos of where you live. They are so beautiful. I would really love to travel the world one day, and see all of these wonderful places.

[perfectoarts]

Thank you all for your kind words.
Lens Baby I must agree with you. Autum colours are simply to die for.
For all of you who are waiting for spring and some warmth, perhaps these photographs will warm you up.
Yorkey's Knob Beach 15 minutes from home. Crystal Cascades 2 minutes from home and is part of the World Heritage Wet Tropics Management.
If I keep this up, it will turn into a travel journal :cool:

[janine]

Thank you all for your kind words.
Lens Baby I must agree with you. Autum colours are simply to die for.
For all of you who are waiting for spring and some warmth, perhaps these photographs will warm you up.
Yorkey's Knob Beach 15 minutes from home. Crystal Cascades 2 minutes from home and is part of the World Heritage Wet Tropics Management.
If I keep this up, it will turn into a travel journal :cool:

can i just come and stay with you???!!!