The winter afternoon view west from Bribie Island across Pumicestone Passage
to south-east Queensland’s magnificent Glass House Mountains.
Picture: Trina McLellan (Canon G1X)
How lucky are we to live near Moreton Bay on south-east Queensland’s beautiful coastline?
For those not familiar with our region, the bay itself is immediately east of the state’s capital, Brisbane, on Australia’s gorgeous and very diverse coastline.
We live just inside the Moreton Bay Regional Council area, which is immediately north of the Brisbane City Council border.
For us, the enticing coastline is but a 10-minute drive away from home.
Moreton Bay Region’s southern coastal border is
the Redcliffe Peninsula, 25km north of Brisbane.
Saturday was a perfect warm winter’s day so I grabbed my partner’s Canon G1X and headed out around just a few of the bay’s northern waterways to practise my photography.
In reality, the camera’s pretty good on its own and doesn’t need me to do much at all, which allowed me to concentrate on framing and keeping my hand still enough!
But I came back with some great shots which I’ll be able to put to good use over the coming months.
The link below (to a .pdf file) shows some of the images taken on my half-day jaunt which took in the southern reaches of the Redcliffe Peninsula, some of Bribie Island’s lovely waterways – from Pumicestone Passage to Woorim Beach – and then finished at nearby Beachmere as the sun was beginning to set.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them. I suspect I have more than a little saltwater in my veins.
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- Redcliffe Peninsula sign at Clontarf. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- The gateway to the Redcliffe Peninsula at the northern end of the Ted Smout Bridge. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- The view across Bramble Bay, part of the larger Moreton Bay, from Clontarf to the Woody Point Pier. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Boat trailer car park at Clontarf. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Looking out on Bramble Bay through a coastal casuarina. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- View across Bramble Bay from Clontarf to the Port of Brisbane. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- The bridge from the mainland to Bribie Island. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Leave the Bribe Island bridge, enter the roundabout at Bellara and visit the island’s parklands, quiet water or beach frontages. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Pumicestone Passage is Bribie Island’s popular waterway, even in winter. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Jet skier enters Pumicestone Passage from Moreton Bay. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Ferryman cruise boat in Pumicestone Passage. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Sun on the water of Pumicestone Passage, looking over to Glass House Mountains. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- View from Woorim Beach on Bribie Island to Moreton Island. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- While you can walk your dog on some of the region’s beaches, you can’t at Woorim Beach. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- While dogs are not allowed on this stretch of Woorim Beach there are alternatives in the area. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Nearby at Woorim Beach, the council has made provision for dogs to romp, off-leash, on the water’s edge. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Instructions couldn’t be clearer for dog owners bringing their pets to the beach. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- With the sun beginning to set, one last look across the water from Beachmere to Moreton Island. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Heading out of Moreton Bay region towards Brisbane via the Ted Smout bridge. Picture: Trina McLellan
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- Cute bollards mark a pedestrian crossing at Beachmere. Picture: Trina McLellan
