Cape York and Torres Strait

Here are some photos from a story I worked on about the operations of the Queensland ambulance service in the Torres Strait.

Stephen the ambulance officer giving the kids at Bamaga some surgical gloves to play with. Below: Some puppies interrupt a game of beach volleyball.

Red-tailed Black cockatoos wing with long slow beats over the Cape York savannah.

Children at Bamaga

On Yam Island in Torres Strait. There were huge mango trees growing wild and sagging under the weight of the unplucked ripe fruit. Maybe the locals were a bit over mangos or maybe there are just so many!

An old church at Bamaga.

 
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Wide tall verandahs shield from the tropical sun on Thursday Island.