I'm not sure if anybody here will be interested but I thought I'd share it anyway, see what happens.
On the weekend I went for a bit of a bush walk through our family property.
I hadn't been out this far for a while so I took a few pictures.
I ended up on a fairly scenic hill so I had a go at making a panorama.
It's about 1.3MB, and is very wide so you'll have to zoom in and scroll to see it properly
click to download full sizeThis is taken at the very outskirts of the property.
The left side of the picture is roughly northwest, beyond the hills is Queensland.
The complex near the highway is Melaleuca Station, it was a tourist trap, and was usually full of Japanese visitors, they could ride around on a steam train and feed sheep, that's about it. It was sold and redeveloped into a funeral centre/crematorium. A bit of a strange choice in my opinion, but seems to be doing OK business.
The highway to the right is the Pacific Highway, if you've ever driven from NSW to Brisbane you've probably been on that road. It wasn't there 15 years ago. I used to ride my motorbike along it while it was being built
Moving along to the right, the buildup on the hills just before the ocean becomes visible is Terranora, Banora point and Tweed Heads.
It's pretty hard to see but a little to the right, just on the horizon is Cook Island, there is a lighthouse there which is quite visible at night.
The farms in the mid-ground were once cane farms, now lying fallow. The farmers have all given up on the industry because the bottom fell out of it years ago. The houses have been sold and the new owners don't seem to want to do anything with the land so it lies there unused. It can't be subdivided into housing because all that area goes underwater in even minor floods. the construction site looking thing is a crayfish farm being built. A bit of a departure from sugar cane but at least its being used for something.
Further along to the right you can see some white buildings on the shore, thats Kingscliff, where I live. Just to the right of that, the 6 tall trees on the horizon is the village of cudgen, which is roughly East. Note the red volcanic soil.
On the other side of the tree in the foreground, those white buildings on the horizon are Salt and Casuarina. 10 years ago that was nothing but forest and scrub.
Cudgen Road follows the ridge to the southwest, you can see a couple of fruit orchards on the hills there, and to the south, the last orange/brown house you can see on the hill belongs to my grandparents.
Its amazing how much has changed, this was a very different picture at the turn of the century.
If people like this sort of thing I have a few more scenic shots from around the property as well
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