A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Sunday 30 November 2008

Sheraton Noosa



I don't think the Sheraton Noosa ever quite fitted with the rest of the urban context (sorry Brian). It's a little bit of Florida sticking up on its own really, but it makes a nifty photo.

Sheraton Noosa
Noosa
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Saturday 29 November 2008

Ewen Maddock Dam



It's rare for us to find a landscape that could honestly be called "pretty". Rugged, handsome, awe inspiring, vast are all words that are more usually associated with images of the Australian Landscape, but I think there are bits of Ewen Maddock dam that are pretty!

Mooloolah
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Friday 28 November 2008

Glass Houses



Two of the Glasshouse Mountains looming small over a pineapple farm.

The Glass House Mountains were named by James Cook as he sailed north up the coast in 1770. They were so called as the shape of the mountains reminded him of the huge glass furnaces (glasshouses) back in his native Yorkshire.

When one lives in a country as flat as ours, one takes liberties with naming terrain, Mt Coonowrin or Crookneck (the one on the right) is a towering 377 metres above sea level.

Glass House
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Thursday 27 November 2008

Pineapple



Last month I posted a picture of a "pineapple tree" in jest, with a promise to post one of a real pineapple some time. It took a while to find one in a similar stage of unripedness (if that's a word) to the Pandanus fruit.

The pineapple is a member of the Bromeliad family, and the fruit grows from the centre of the plant.

If I remain diligent, I'll find one that's ripened to the familiar golden yellow for a future day.

Beerwah
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Wednesday 26 November 2008

Sirocco by night



There are all sorts of impacts on global warming I know, but Sirocco is a beautifully lit by night. By day the building is a crisp white, by night a blue to reflect the daytime sky. I rather like it by night as well.


Here is a daytime picture!

Mooloolaba
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Tuesday 25 November 2008

Beach Gallery



I've just realised I've posted a week of water photographs! It's well and truly time to come ashore again for a time.

Scott Munchenburg's gallery in Mooloolaba is not only full of fabulous photographs, it has without a doubt the best floor covering of any beach side gallery in the world.

If you look carefully, you'll make it out. Beach Sand!

The darker quadrant in the right hand corner is a coire door mat, thoughtfully positioned so one can wipe one's feet as one leaves!

Mooloolaba
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Monday 24 November 2008

Gerry's



At Alexandra Headland there's a surf break known as Gerry's, because that's where the geriatrics hang out.

Alexandra Headland
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Sunday 23 November 2008

Montezumas



Montezumas Mexican Restaurant in Mooloolaba, has its entire ceiling decorated in vintage surfboards of all shapes, it's a museum in itself.

Mooloolaba
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Saturday 22 November 2008

Getting In



This photo was taken in the dead of winter, which explains the wetsuit top, but I didn't get around to posting it earlier, and there's something comfortable about the stance, surfer and wave, like old friends about to embrace.

Alexandra Headland
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Friday 21 November 2008

Microwave



Well it's not really "micro" but it's just a lovely little wave on the bluff at Alex. It's days like this that lead to the description "like glass".

Alexandra Headland
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Thursday 20 November 2008

Calm before the storm.


Less than thirty seconds before the blackness of yesterday's picture, the river looked like this, the last visible rays of the sun are glistening on the river, although I've burnt out the sky to better show the menacing form of the cloud.

The calm before the storm.

Mooloolah River
Mountain Creek
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Wednesday 19 November 2008

Storm Front



A giant black curtain is drawn across the land.

Last Sunday evening we had a storm front pass through just on dusk. We didn't suffer the full brunt of it, unlike some parts of Brisbane which have been declared a disaster area, but this is what it looks like a few minutes before the wind and rain hits!

The last of the blue sky is still visible under the cloud for now, but in less than thirty seconds all sunlight is obliterated.


Mooloolah River
Mountain Creek
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Tuesday 18 November 2008

The Bluff



Alex is a great place to watch others after you've got back from a surf. On days when the surf is big, there's standing room only along the top of the bluff.

Alexandra Headland
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Monday 17 November 2008

Two Way Two



Another reflection in Two Way Creek, this time a more abstract picture, reflecting some safety mesh while there is work happening on a footbridge over it.

Caloundra
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Sunday 16 November 2008

Two Way Creek



Two Way Creek is named presumably because it flows in two directions with the ebb and flow of the tide, although its mouth is often completely barred from the ocean with a build up of sand, so at times it more like "no way pond"!

I thought this picture was a nice reflective pun on the name.

Two Way Creek
Caloundra
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Saturday 15 November 2008



Late in the afternoon, the UV rays are at their lowest and it's a great time for kids to paddle around relatively unprotected.

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Friday 14 November 2008

Tinny



By far the largest type of small fishing boat is the aluminium runabout or dinghy, known as the "tinny" with allusions to the metal of that name!

Tinnies are robust, lightweight and need almost no maintenance, which suits pretty much every owner to a tee.

Caloundra
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Thursday 13 November 2008

Port


Keep port to port going into port.

I think that's it, certainly the red buoy can't be missed near the mouth of the Pumicestone Passage.

Caloundra
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Wednesday 12 November 2008

Mossy Rocks



There's a spring of fresh water here near the mouth of the Pumicestone Passage, and the mosses obviously like the slightly less salty taste!

Pumicestone Passage
Caloundra
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Tuesday 11 November 2008

Desperate



Here's someone who needed to send an email urgently!

Maybe not, but if you have to spend your life on your computer, this isn't a bad place to do it.

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Monday 10 November 2008

Kite Pilot



The pilot in yesterday's kite photo is a picture of concentration.

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Sunday 9 November 2008

Kite



Even though the breeze is quite light in the late afternoon, this is a monster kite and the pilot is having a struggle controlling it!

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Saturday 8 November 2008

Kings Beach Apartments



Kings Beach features an eclectic bunch of apartment buildings in uninspiring styles from the past decades. It is helped a bit by it's topography though, if it was all flat it could be a complete visual disaster!

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Friday 7 November 2008

Facing West



If you buy an apartment facing west, even if it's a few metres away from the beach, you'll need to keep the blinds drawn all afternoon!

Kings Beach
Caloundra
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Thursday 6 November 2008

Surfcraft



The wreck of the Dicky makes a nifty physical barrier between surfboards and other craft, and the area for bathers. It also creates a nice little gutter which forms its own little surf break in the right conditions.

Dicky Beach
Caloundra
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Wednesday 5 November 2008

More Dicky



After washing ashore, the steamer Dicky was pretty much in one piece, but while it was unrecoverable it was sitting bolt upright and level on the beach. It was used as a dance hall for many years until around the thirties (I think) when it was burnt out.

Dicky Beach
Caloundra
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Tuesday 4 November 2008

Dicky



I posted a shot with the wreck of the S.S.Dicky in the background a few months ago, and it elicited some excitement from a few former residents, so thought I'd return with some more.

The ship was wrecked in around 1900 and is variously buried by the sand or exposed depending on the state of the beach during the year. A few years ago it was completely exposed deliberately, and the steel treated with rust preventative in an attempt to slow the decaying process, as it is seen as a part of the identity of the neighbourhood which derived it's name from the wreck.

Dicky Beach
Caloundra
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Monday 3 November 2008

Crane View


The good thing about having a view of a crane boom like this, is that you know it's only temporary.

The bad thing about having a great view of a crane boom, is that once it goes there will be a building where it once was.

Caloundra
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Sunday 2 November 2008

Common Crane


There are two kinds of common crane to be found on the Sunshine Coast, and the other is a type of bird!

With so much construction happening even in a relatively uncertain economic time, there's still no shortage of building cranes.

Caloundra
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Saturday 1 November 2008

Book Shop


Faded titles at a market stall.

Cotton Tree Markets
Maroochydore

178 photo blogs are taking part in this months theme, "Books", click here to view thumbnails for all participants
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