Nambour Station

Nambour Station has two platforms, and while some of Platform One is under cover, even as the storm abates and the sky begins to lighten, one would get very wet indeed if one had to go to the far carriage.


Nambour

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After the Storm Today's Skywatch from the Sunshine Coast

Looks can be deceiving; Mid afternoon, in full sun, temperature more than 30°C.

We'd just had 40mm of rain in less than an hour and the storm was abating, soon the sky would be blue again and the lights turned off until the evening.

Nambour

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Red Reeds 3 of 3

It's almost as though someone has tried to obliterate the photo with a red crayon!

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Red Reeds 2 of 3

The red "planting" works nicely with the copper and blues of the art gallery, to say nothing of the matching sky.

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Red Reeds 1 of 3

In one of the forecourts at the University, there is a simple steel sculpture. A kinetic piece reminiscent of a giant clump of grass.

I don't know what it is called, or even if it has a name, but it has a presence which cannot be argued.

Perhaps someone will be kind enough to leave a comment, filling in the details?

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Gnome

A genuine English garden gnome I think, and like so many of his visiting countrymen, glowing bright pink after too much time in our rather unforgiving sunshine!

Dicky Beach

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Pedal Boats

Pedal Boats in the evening shade, waiting for a customer, I've never seen anyone actually hiring them, so can only surmise about how their owner makes a living!

Sunshine Plaza
Maroochydore

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Reflections

One single window reflects the building opposite, which in turn reflects the sky.

I'm confused, and I was there at the time so I'm not sure what others will see here, but to me it's as if the building is wearing a piece of colourful jewelry!

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Mt Coolum SkyWatch

In the first ten minutes after the sun goes down, the world glows an eerie blue that only the camera seems to see.

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Mt Coolum
viewed from Pt Cartwright

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Waiting for dinner

A much happier bird than yesterday's!

This little bloke is one of a family who fly in for a feed each night at our friend's place. For those who don't recognise him, he's a Kookaburra, the largest of the Kingfisher clan, famous for their distinctive laughing call.

One of the great sounds of the Australian bush.

Yandina
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Road Kill

Life is short.

Remember: always look both ways before crossing!

Beerwah

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Sunset Shadow

Sunset on Campus

University of the Sunshine Coast
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Seating

Some seats, some liriope, some grass, and some sunlight.

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Zebra Crossing

I'm not sure what the shade structures over the median are actually there for, but they do reflect the pattern of the zebra crossing rather nicely.

Dicky Beach

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ReCycle

I'm not sure what came first, the bike rack or the recycle station, but I thought it a delicious play on words.

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Bats Skywatch

Sometimes skywatching is more about what's in it than the sky itself. These flying foxes or fruit bats as they are known roost in the mangroves by day and had their sleep disturbed by something. In the evening, they can be seen heading off in their hundreds in long silent columns, towards their feeding grounds.

Ann's Sydney Meanderings featured a much closer view of a single flying fox two weeks ago, but these are over a rather wide stretch of water, so it was not quite possible to get closer!

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Mountain Creek

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Sago

The Sago, Cycas revoluta.

Very commonly referred to as a palm, the Sago is actually a Cycad, one of a species of plant that are one the oldest survivors on the planet. They are very common in landscaping because unlike many of their kind they are relatively fast growing.

This yellow part is a cone in the centre of a male plant.

Edit - as Annie has commented, this plant has high levels of toxins and should not be confused with the true Sago Palm which provides a staple food source. More information here.

Dicky Beach

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Surfboards

Surfboards racked on the footpath, ready for the next wave of customers.

Dicky Beach

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Broken

The "T's" may have been crossed, but someone forgot to dot the "I".

Sunshine Plaza
Maroochydore

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I can't explain

I'm not sure if there was something in the mushrooms I'd had for breakfast, but I was sitting on my little river bank having a quiet sandwich when I heard a noise.

Perhaps it's all due to global warming, I have no other explanation as to how a gondola found its way to the Mooloolah River, nor how it came to have a motor.

Mooloolaba

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Sofa

There's a great little Restaurant in Moffat Beach called "Bucket and Spade", and there you will find this sofa, just quietly waiting to welcome you.

Moffat Beach
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Water Dragon

There's a little play area near the beach at Mooloolaba, which was originally intended to be a water play park, but presumably because water is in rather short supply from time to time, it's never functioned in that way, at least in the seven years we've lived here. Kids don't seem to worry though.

This dragon only sees water after rain, but it seems to be quite happy about it.

Mooloolaba
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Mondrian Skywatch

I wonder if the Red and the Silver were intended as the perfect foil for a clear blue sky when viewed through the void in the building facade?

Of course on a dull day, I'm sure one could find a sky that matched the building exactly, but not today!

Skywatch through a teensy hole in the building fabric! A painting that could have been created by a descendent of Mondrian!

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Unishade

I noted yesterday that "Some of the Architectural detailing in the University Buildings is restrained, and beautifully resolved in it's sub-tropical environment."

And some of it isn't. While critically acclaimed, I cannot for the life of me see any justification for this immensely complicated stucture. Although it appears to be serving a purpose in providing sunshade, it doesn't appear to be oriented in a direction which provides any real benefit.

Begrudgingly, I admit that it looks pretty amazing, it could have been built from pieces salvaged after the war of the worlds.

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Tropical Architecture

Some of the Architectural detailing in the University Buildings is restrained, and beautifully resolved in its sub-tropical environment.

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University

Same building, round the corner!

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Art

The Sunshine Coast University Art Gallery sits comfortably in front of the main admin building. I don't pretend to understand the mesh grid covering the building, but it looks wonderful in photographs!

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Paths and Passages

The path along the Esplanade runs for several kilometres between the Mouths of the Mooloola and Maroochy Rivers. During daylight hours there is continuous throng of walkers, joggers, cyclists, dogs and baby carriages snaking along the waterfront.

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Mooloolaba
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