We were very fortunate to be able to spend a night at Sanctuary Cove on return from our wonderful little cruise around Moreton Bay, with a dramatic stormy sunset that was something of a portent for the flooding that was come just a week or so later...
Sometimes, things don't need any explanation - they do exactly what they say on the tin...
After a wonderful stay at Tangalooma, we headed back south towards Sanctuary Cove and anchored for the night at the wonderful protected Horseshoe Bay at Peel Island. This uninhabited island has an interesting history, having been a leper colony for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but is now an unspoilt wilderness with wide sandy beaches that are refit for recreational boats...
As an ex-sailor, there's nothing I enjoy more than a sunset at sea, and if there happens to be an f'ing big ship around to silhouette against it that's even better...
With no real change to the weather patterns, Brisbane has continued to enjoy some incredible sunsets over the past few weeks and I've been taking full advantage of our view to capture some of them...
Well, the spectacular sunsets have continued into December and I have now discovered that Brisbane can lay claim to its very own "henge effect". The "henge effect" refers to Stonehenge in England, where at sunrise on the Winter Solstice, the sun is directly visible between two of the large standing stones. For many years, NewYork has celebrated it's own "Manhattanhenge" on 34th Street where sunset on the 29th May takes the sun down between two framing buildings on the street. I have now found Brisbane's very own "Miltonhenge" as you can see below...
