A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Saturday 31 July 2010

The Nambour Show


The Nambour Show, where ART and Speedway Motorcycles intersect.


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Friday 30 July 2010

The Photographer


A real wedding or a practice shoot?  

I'm not sure, but the boys are on their way in either case.

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Thursday 29 July 2010

Too young to be married


I'm not sure, he looked about twelve and his walk is not the walk of a senior citizen.  I didn't tell him that Groucho Marx would have been proud of his outfit, but he would.

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Wednesday 28 July 2010

Dicky Beach


I thought I said I'd come back at low tide.  Hmmm, I didn't, but that's what I meant.

The Dicky underwater and almost between the flags.

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Tuesday 27 July 2010

One More!


Why is it that kids can't tell when it's time to go?

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Monday 26 July 2010

Quicksilver


Quicksilver is of course a well known brand of beachwear, but it's easy to see the inspiration behind the name.  As the waves crash into the setting sun, they seem to become heavy as though made of mercury.

"Quicksilver" it was called.

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Sunday 25 July 2010

Femlin


I didn't ask her how long she'd been surfing, but I reckon it was long enough so she'd know what a femlin was in old time surfie talk, and it's a long time since a board rider was called a surfie come to think of it!

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Saturday 24 July 2010

Physics


I've never fully understood how the beach manages to change it's mood to match the time of day, but by evening, after the freneticism of the blues and greens of the ocean all day it just sort of mellows, and chills a bit.

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Friday 23 July 2010

Foam


There's just nothing horrible at all about walking near the edge of the surf late in the afternoon.
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Thursday 22 July 2010

Dicky


Winter at Dicky Beach.  It might be time to return to the wreck while it's still visible, it seems that the sand is building up over it again.

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Wednesday 21 July 2010

Surfing Bareback


I don't think he meant to do this, but it may well be the start of a new craze.

Bareback surfing, you saw it here first folks!

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Tuesday 20 July 2010

Shelley Beach

Late afternoon on the beach, the water takes on a silvery sheen on its way to becoming inky black by night.

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Monday 19 July 2010

Norfolks


At Moffat Beach, the apartment is called Norfolks, and it didn't take very long for me to work out why.   For those unfamiliar with the trees they are Norfolk Pines (Araucaria heterophylla ) not a true pine, but endemic to Norfolk Island.

In the 1950's they were brought to Australia and became a part of our coastal vernacular planting after what must have been a marathon effort by someone to ensure that every coastal town got its fair share.

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Sunday 18 July 2010

One man and his dog


An umbrella provides protection from the winter sun, although I'm not quite sure what role the hanging water bottle plays, it is clearly well guarded.


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Saturday 17 July 2010

Left handed Wave.


Actually the wave is a right hander, the surfer is waving with his left.  Isn't that Point Cartwright out to sea behind him?  By golly I think it is!

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Friday 16 July 2010

Thursday 15 July 2010

Rockpools on Shelley 2

I know there is a scientific explanation for all the patterns in the rocks, but I don't care.   I just love them to bits.

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Wednesday 14 July 2010

Tuesday 13 July 2010

Late Afternoon, Shelley Beach (Again)

Another of the same.  I can sit here for a very long time, but I won't bore you with the other four hundred versions of these photos!

Every hour the light and colour changes, but I like it best in the late afternoon when only the blue remains, and the white of the surf seems to provide the perfect foil.

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Monday 12 July 2010

Late Afternoon, Shelley Beach


There's not much I can say really, other than I like this place.

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Sunday 11 July 2010

Point Cartwright Again


I can't recall posting a view of Point Cartwright from the south previously.  That would be mostly because at this distance it is usually obscured by haze.

I think I'll stay on the beach for the rest of the month!

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Saturday 10 July 2010

Weeds


Just a bunch of feral weeds at the edge of the dunes.

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Friday 9 July 2010

Gollum looking for fish

I had taken the photo of not much before I realised that there was a strange apparition lurking in the shadows, creating a larger one.

I left before I heard the ghostly voice looking for "his precious".

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Thursday 8 July 2010

The Passing Parade

I can't say why we all chose to rock-hop round the point, there's a perfectly good path just a few metres away, but there's just something 'beachy' about stumbling over the stones and slipping on the sandy bits that we all find quite attractive.


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Wednesday 7 July 2010

Shelley Beach

Specially for "you know who you are"!

Cheers!

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Tuesday 6 July 2010

Winter Surfer

A few paces behind the couple dressed for summer yesterday, the body boarder seems more sensibly attired, but the water temperature is still almost as warm as the air.

I would be wearing a full steamer suit I think.

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Monday 5 July 2010

Off Home


I really like watching the passing parade late in the afternoon.  It's winter, perfect weather, some are dressed for summer, some are dressed for snow, I was wearing shorts and rubber shoes as a defence against the chill.

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Sunday 4 July 2010

Moffat


Moffat Headland has thus far escaped my lens' gaze.   It's time to correct that!

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Saturday 3 July 2010

Winter Beach


Winter at the beach is just ... sensational.

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Friday 2 July 2010

Going Home


A classic timber surfboat, it's racing days over, makes a nifty inboard fishing boat for just whiling away the sunset.

The black and white photo is in deference to its vintage.

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Thursday 1 July 2010

Reflected Dreams

There's nothing like a Kombi full of surfing gear and a bit of bedding to bring out the dreams of a faded youth!     

This month's City Daily Photo Bloggers theme day is "reflections".Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
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