Blue light

I love this image.

Recently, I stayed overnight at the Heritage Hotel in Rockhampton. My room opened onto this verandah. I woke up, went outside and was enjoying my morning coffee when I noticed the beautiful shadows the ironwork created.

Rockhampton is “the big smoke” of the Central Queensland region.

My great-great grandparents were married at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church Rockhampton on Tuesday the 25th of December 1883. I feel I have a connection to this place.

Rockhampton is only half an hour from the coast. Here, just off the Capricorn Coast, the Great Barrier Reef begins. There are white sandy beaches, some surf and most importantly the development of the coast is slow, it’s happening for sure, but it doesn’t dominate.