My apologies to Maria and *Reinhard*, I could not get this photo (originally copied across from F/r) to copy to groups, no matter what I did or how long I waited for the system to catch up. I finally had to create a new posting and delete the former one - in the process, your kind comments were lost.

It really was, it lasted a little over ten minutes and did eventually strike land - fortunately on an uninhabited area of the coast. Thank you for your fave.

Excellent !

Tillykke for denne store billede!

WOW WOW WOW!!! WHAT A SIGHT!!! Incredible to see this, thank you for sharing!!!

What a dramatic scene! The sometimes frightening wonder of nature!

Many thanks for all your comments and faves, please excuse me for not replying to you individually. It did indeed draw quite a bit of attention. [Edit and update] I have some other waterspout shots, of this and a previous one, and now have grouped them with some words in an article. How good is it having a blog in the photosite! :)

Thank you Erin.

blimey O'reilly, that's awesome, well done for getting the shot, I'd have been running in the opposite direction!

Thank you, I suspect the reactions (including mine) may have been different if we had thought it was heading our way. :)

!!!!*****

Ludger, Vilmar, many thanks indeed for your comments.

Gill, MR. JiP, it did indeed seem unreal and was apparently the largest in Australia for some years - so as you might imagine I was fumbling with the camera with excitement. :)

Thank you.

Amazing shot!