Mangroves

Early morning on the bay is always beautiful but it's even better when you are the only one out there. This photo is taken from the eastern side of the bay looking north toward the power lines.
I had gone out to check on some birds on the sandspit but all I found were lots of bird footprints and one set of human prints on top of them. So I kayaked to the other side of the bay and just enjoyed the scenery. It was very still and the close ripples were made by me manoeuvring the kayak into the right place to take photos.
I always find the mangroves particularly beautiful at high tide. The view through under the leaves to where the roots and trunks are growing out of the water is like looking into some strange twisted fantasy forest. (A much better look at this if you click to enlarge.)
Even though there is actually a limited number of species at any one location they seem to grow into an endless variety of shapes and sizes. I am still trying to sort them all out but determined this season to get photos of the flowers. (btw I do NOT find it easy to sit in a kayak and try to hold the camera still enough for close-up photos!) These buds were on Gray Mangroves (Avicennia marina) the other week but when I found the flowers opening a few days later they had all darkened and only a few flowers at a time were opening and then quickly darkening.
This one had me puzzled for quite some time. Its leaves were much smaller and did not look like the other mangroves but it was growing out of the water. It is the Myrtle Mangrove (Osbornia octodonta) with aromatic leaves and very tiny flowers.
This flower opened much earlier in the season and I think it is the River Mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum)
I am using the revised edition of Mangroves to Mountains - a Field Guide to the Native Plants of Southeast Queensland - to ID these plants. Please correct me if I have made mistakes.