Aftermath of Cyclone Alfred – Eagle Heights Road. In early April I decided to photograph the huge clearing in the rainforest bordering Eagle Heights Road, wrought by Cyclone Alfred a year previously. I was intrigued by its scale, glimpsed as I repeatedly drove past. The cyclone crossed the coast a little north of Brisbane. I took the photo at the edge of the clearing, noticing the amount of debris covering the ground all the way to the far side. It is hard to do the subject justice.
This is my last piece in a sequence of over 350 stretching back to July 2011. I consider it a privilege to have shared my love, in these pages, of the mountain’s species rich flora and fauna which is everywhere around us. I thank the editors of the Tamborine Times, the Tamborine Mountain News, The Scenic News and the flourishing reincarnated Tamborine Mountain News, for their support in publishing this column. You can view the albums, videos and blog on my website: www.speciesdiversity.au.
