Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
Monday night was a night of storms here on the Gold Coast. As I arrived on the train from Brisbane Airport the sky was being riven by fork lightning. My daughter and I went storm chasing with the digital camera - testing out its capacity for night time shots.
It’s a bit tricky but photographing lightning can be done.
With an SLR camera we could have just left the lense open, covered with card, opening it when the lightning struck. However this camera doen’t offer that option.
We had to make do with taking shots of the sky for 10 seconds at a time on the off chance that we might strike it lucky. Here’s one of our shots, taken from a hilltop next to the Molendinar Tip.
Next time we go out with an empty camera and a fully charged battery.
Tags: Gold Coast, Photography
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Saturday, October 15th, 2005
Last night the Local Chaplaincy Committee which I chair hosted a variety concert to raise funds for the three chaplains in Helensvale, Pacific Pines and Upper Coomera. It was an event that exceeded expectations in terms of creativity and participation. The night gave us almost three hours of entertainment ranging from juggling clowns and dance troupes to Monty Python comedy and high school Idol winners.
Pictured here is Pacific Pines chappy Alex Franco, usually known as Big Al, playing with the band from his church.
Tags: chaplaincy, Gold Coast, Home Front, Mission
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
My joints have been aching for a day or so. I was wondering what was wrong with me. Then at lunchtime Craig Johnson at Helensvale State High School gave the weather forecast of rain based on joint pain. Aha! I raced home and cleaned the roof spouting before a massive thunderstorm swept through the area. Here’s the weather radar reading. We live just west of Southport.
Post Script
The storm described here caused thousands and thousands of dollars in hail damage to cars and buildings.
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Monday night was a night of storms here on the Gold Coast. As I arrived on the train from Brisbane Airport the sky was being riven by fork lightning. My daughter and I went storm chasing with the digital camera - testing out its capacity for night time shots.
