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Views over Bribie

09-Oct-11
      
Pics courtesy of Kevin Rodda   
from the cockpit of his Schweizer 1-35
 (at 4,500 feet and to the north-east of Donnybrook) 
                

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looking back to the south-southwest towards Caboolture ... Pumicestone Passage and Donnybrook in the foreground with Beachmere and Deception Bay to the left centre of the pic  ... the fire in the centre of the pic is in a line running southwest between Hazelton Airstrip and Caboolture Airfield ...   

   
      

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... to the south where the island and the mainland connect ... Bribie Island Bridge with the township of Bribie Island (Banksia Beach, Bellara and Bongaree) at left ... and Torbul, Ningi and Sandstone Point at right ...   

   
    

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to the east over Bribie Island's ocean coastline to the Pacific Ocean at left and Moreton Bay at right  ... at the top right of the pic is the northern tip of Moreton Island (Bulwer and Cape Moreton) ... 

 

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to the north where the island and the mainland almost connect ... the northern tip of Bribie Island (known as Bribie Bar) reaching out ever so close to Pelican Waters, Golden Beach and Caloundra