Sea mist & sunlight on Whale Beach Road

Whale Beach Road, late afternoon

The tail end of the Queensland storms has brought big seas for the last three days, so that these trees on Whale Beach Road (wattle, paperbark and strelitzia) are seen with sunlight coming through a sea mist.

Strelitzia nicolai

I hadn't noticed this giant strelitzia before. Well that is to say, I hadn't recognised it as a strelitzia, until I noticed the flowers today. About 20 ft high with a paperbark behind it on Whale Beach Road. And of course, when you notice one, you notice dozens.

I took lots of photos, but this one showed the wonderful plaited habit of the fanning stems, which lie in the one plane. I saw it in at least 4 gardens, looking splendid. (Garden plant, introduced from South Africa.)

Once more, without my camera, I would have been entirely blind to it.