Buccaneer Peninsular

I have realised I haven't put up my pics from my flight in the Kimberley last year. These are of the Buccaneer Peninsular which consists of hundreds of islands. This area also includes the Horizontal waterfalls.

Horizontal waterfalls. The adventurous can fly out here, land on the water and then take a boat down the falls (as long as they are falling - they are caused by the huge tides, so depend on the times of these).

Monkey Mia

The dome

This is the HMAS Sydney Memorial which sits on the hill over looking Geraldton. It commemorates the loss of the ship and its crew during WWII when it was torpedoed by a German raider disguised as a Dutch trading ship. The wreck was only found last year, after decades of searching.

Each seagull represents a person lost

Last days in Gero

Well I am sadly now back in Perth. I am really feeling the cold (Perth's min temps were 4 degrees last week. Maxes have been 17-21 which is not cold by many people's standards). Geraldton was 12-25 degrees, though it is cooling down now. Sunrise on my last day of work

The strange cathedral in Geraldton (I didn't bother taking pics of this til I was on my way out of town - slack I know).
On the road again

<-- Gero met office Lining up to land:

Taking off and landing are my most hated parts of flying. On this occasion, both were painless. After a short run-up, the plane lifted off the ground quickly and effortlessly. My initial panic (there was a lot of it) melted away as I got my camera out and admired the view, now green from the recent rains. Landing also seemed very fast, and didn't end with a bone-jarring thump as it sometimes does on airliners.
Then we took the plane back to the hangar:

All in all, a pretty good experience!

over town

new estate at Drummonds Cove

Town and foreshore

Pt Moore lighthouse