Reflecting on five years

I began this blog on the 15th March 2008, on the day that the three former councils of Noosa, Caloundra and Maroochy were merged by State Government decree into one large "City".

Five years later, the residents of Noosa have succeeded in forcing a de-amalgamation, leaving the southern two-thirds of the region once again in a state of forming a "new" City.   It will retain the same name, and so will this blog.

When the towns were first merged, I was unsure what it was that I was trying to capture.   We are a new community living in a newly created environment.  Our oldest buildings, few though they may be, are less than a century old, and it is unlikely that any of them will see the end of this century.

On the other hand, as if to reflect the transience of the population of the town, our own life has taken a turn in that time.  While we still call this place "home", we now live in a world of perpetual summer, alternating between northern and southern hemispheres, moving with the tides and sometimes with the wind.  Now "the Coast" as the Sunshine Coast is known locally is more our place of refuge from our travels, a place we visit for four or five months a year, so this blog cannot be a place to publish the latest news, rather it will become a collection of my impressions of the time we spend here.

That in itself may shape the photos and my approach in the coming years, we will see.   In the meantime I would like to thank all who are visitors, regular or otherwise for your support and comments.   I REALLY do appreciate them!

Here's to the next five years!


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