Taylors Beach, Qld

It's high tide at Taylors Beach as morning breaks. Hopeful fishermen have launched their 'tinnies' (Australian for light aluminium fishing boats with small motors) in search of whiting, barramundi and flathead.

Ratings: CP * Surroundings ***

Afternoon light across sandbars and channels at low tide when the ocean drops approximately 2.5

metres before the tide turns. We watched in awe as the waters rushed back and covered these sandbars. The yacht beached on the other side is a reminder of the havoc caused by Cyclone Yasi in February 2011. It has never been claimed.

A solitary figure crosses the sandbars  .... a stroll at low tide enabled me to reach the furthermost point looking across the inlet before the tide rushed back in.

After the sugar cane has been harvested and the land ploughed, these brolga stroll along feeding on tasty morsels.