4th December 2025 Our last day on the Queensland tropical coast. Tomorrow we head back to the temperate zone….on our vague way back home.

3rd December 2025 The birthday of my first German Shorthaired Pointer, Cadence. Aust Ch Heiderst Quay Largo who died in 2005.

2nd December 2025 Incoming tide. Emu Park, Qld

1st December 2025 Storm chasing from Emu Park, Qld. Another great chase on foot day!!! 1st December 2025

Precipitation blowing out from the storm blurs the boundary between sea and cloud as the shelf cloud monsters the island off Emu Park, Qld. 30th November 2025

Shelf cloud advancing up the Queensland coast and monstering Great Keppel Island. 30th November 2025

29th November 2025 Exploring Emu Park just out from Rockhampton.

28th November 2025 Wandered down the Qld coast a bit to Sarina. Tomorrow we go down south out of the tropics and back into the temperate latitudes for the first time in weeks.

27th November 2025 Ambled around Queens Beach in Bowen today.

26th November 2025 Charters Towers to Bowen, Qld. Put our feet up for a day and decide where to next. New phone to practise on and plenary of birds, and the beach.

25th November 2025. Camooweal to Charters Towers Qld….and a storm after we’d set up for the night. We’ve completed our tropical lap for this trip. 9,649km in 48 days.

24th November 2025 Camooweal to Julia Creek, Qld with bonus stormchase.

23rd November 2025 We’re back in Queensland and were welcomed by storms at the end of a very long day’s drive.

22nd November 2025 Our last full day in the Northern Territory.

21st November 2025 Been great seeing you Darwin but we’ll head south to Katherine.

20th November 2025 Nightcliff in Darwin at low tide with a tropical cyclone heading our way.

19th November 2025 Pre cyclone sunset. Virginia, Top End NT

18th November 2025 Stormchase from Fogg Dam to Adelaide River (river), Top End

17th November 2025 We found ourselves out Channel Island, NT with a rather impressive storm developing. Continued on through torrential rain to the next storm in the Nightcliff area with a rather intriguing rain free base before it too got swamped. Flash flooding all over the place!!!!

16th November 2025 Catching up with old friends and chasing storms. Darwin.

15th November 2025 Nightcliff mudstone / siltstone colours and patterns

14th November 2025 Stormchaser eye candy Darwin.

13th November 2025 Giant orb spiders at Fogg Dam, Top End NT

12th November 2025 A trip out to Litchfield Park today.

11th November 2025 Early morning rains killed convection do we went and explored Lee Point beach in Darwin under an overcast sky.

10th November 2025 Chased out east of Darwin today then back to Middle Point & Humpty Doo

9th November 2025 Stormchasing around the Darwin area.

8th November 2025 No storms after last nights rumbler that went on for hours and dumped very acceptable amounts of rain around Darwin. We went to Fannie Bay and Nightcliff and watched water at lower levels.

7th November 2025 Stormchase at Fogg Dam, Top End

6th November 2025 What type of electricity to do prefer?!!

5th November 2025 Patterns in rocks and waves. Nightcliff, NT

4th November 2025 We finally reached Darwin after 7,427km and staying in 21 different towns on the way. Tonight we are welcomed with storms.

3rd November 2025 Stormchasing and exploring around Katherine.

2nd November 2025 Today was a looooong haul of near 600kms from Banka Banka north along the Stuart Hway to Katherine. We hit the road early before the heat set in, had coffee at Dunmarra and got to the caravan park about 2pm. It was ‘only’ 42°C/107.6°F. A pleasant storm after dark ended our day.

1st November 2025 Our first day in the Northern Territory for our “chase month” and we’ve just had a couple of storms go over and drop about 25mm. Banka Banka cattle station with an approaching storm for a backdrop.

31st October 2025 Cloncurry to Camooweal via Mt Isa. Fascinating country. Different to previous days. Bloody hot. 42.2°C

30th October 2025 Brolgas are beautiful birds and there are big flocks between Normanton and the Gulf of Carpentaria waiting for the rains to arrive.

29th October 2025 Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

28th October 2025 What clouds do around Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa looks incredibly intense on satellite just south of Jamaica. The storm is likely to turn north today and tomorrow and cause catastrophic damage over Jamaica as a powerhouse.

27th October 2025 This afternoon’s skies in Queensland’s Gulf Country.

26th October 2025 We said goodbye to the Coral Sea and spend our first night inland up at Atherton. Tomorrow we head for the hot country in Georgetown on our way to the Gulf

25th October 2025 Patterns in the sand

24th October 2025 Fluid dynamics….not just ocean and beach waves, but waves in the atmosphere.

23rd October 2025 Staying at the Daintree Beach resort on Wonga Beach in FNQ which hosts both a coffee shop and restaurant. Excellent meal tonight accompanied by the local Bush Stone Curlew gang. These have been my favourite birds since I first met them up here in 1975.

22nd October 2025 Patterns in the sand. Wonga Beach, FNQ

21st October 2025 We wandered even further north along the tropical Queensland coast and settled for a few days at Wonga Beach.

20th October 2025 Stuff. Port Douglas

19th October 2025 Up to Port Douglas for a couple of nights.

18th October 2025 The intertidal zone. Patterns in the sand.