A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Wednesday 30 September 2009

Otter


It seems quite strange sharing a photo of an animal that's not actually found in Australia, but I had it on file, and they were pretty cute.

Underwater World
Mooloolaba

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Tuesday 29 September 2009

Croc


Never smile at a Crocodile.

Underwater World
Mooloolaba

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Monday 28 September 2009

Small Boy Performing



Just before the live seal show.....

Underwater World
Mooloolaba

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Sunday 27 September 2009

Seals at Underwater World


OK I'll admit it, they aren't real, but they are at Underwater World.

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Saturday 26 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 7



Another emerging but disturbing trend I think, is the use of oversize billboards as a means of decoration. Sometimes the pictures are quite graphic, other times rather cryptic, perhaps next month we should visit some.

This one is from Spotlight, a fabric and furnishing retailer.

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Friday 25 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 6



Perhaps not a supergraphic strictly speaking, but an example I think of graphic overkill. What's wrong with a simple arrow and a sign reading "conveniences" or the inoffensive word of choice.

Ahh... the committe couldn't find the inoffensive word!

At least they haven't left anyone out.

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Thursday 24 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 5



Banners are a great way of bringing life into a simple facade, but we have wind here, lots of wind, and we have UV light in bigger bundles than anywhere else in the world. Be prepared to replace them often, (Or leave the poles empty.)

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Wednesday 23 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 4



Other times, shadows match painted motifs to provide a moving pattern equal at least to some of the more elaborate schemes.

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Tuesday 22 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 3


Sometimes the building form and a few crisp outlines on a white background are enough to provide a strong graphic element, particularly when we have a seemingly endless supply of clear blue.

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Monday 21 September 2009

Another Week of Supergraphics - 2


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No one could accuse the place of being dowdy. Even when there are few people there it looks busy, however as I mentioned yesterday, the colours are not from a palette which will remain maintenance free for long!

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Sunday 20 September 2009

Another week of Supergraphics - 1



I started a series of Supergraphics in March and although it's been a while getting back to it, thought it about time!

Here the wall of the Home Maker Centre in Kawana. We'll see a lot more of this place over coming days, and it's new and vibrant however the underlying concern for me is that it may not age as gracefully as some! After just a few years, the ravages of the sun and salt air are already beginning to take their toll.

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Saturday 19 September 2009

Finding Nemo



Souvenirs of the Sunshine Coast, made in China.

Underwater World
Mooloolaba

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Friday 18 September 2009

Market Produce



I've always loved those photos from exotic markets around the world, you know the ones with all those colours and textures and produce lovingly displayed in neat little piles. So I went off to find some of my own.

Carpet Cleaner in three flavours.

Wurtulla

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Thursday 17 September 2009

Going Fishing



I know it's spring now, but this photo was taken at the height of winter, and winter uniform for fishermen is always a pullover, board shorts and thongs.

I guess that's the origin of the expression after a poor day's fishing: "The only thing we caught was a cold."

Caloundra

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Wednesday 16 September 2009

From Caloundra



Bidding the Glasshouses farewell for a time, this is the most common sort of view, a ghostly outline on a not too distant horizon.

Caloundra
Glasshouse Mountains

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Tuesday 15 September 2009

The Glasshouses
6 of 6 - What Tibrogargan Sees



There's no doubt that even through the winter haze, the mountains don't have a bad view of the coast. The jumble of civilisation on the horizon is the urban centre of Maroochydore, Mooloolaba and Alexandra Headland. From this viewpoint it all looks a little.... unnatural, I suppose it is.

This photo once again puts the residential density of our city into a rather more focussed perspective than the photograph. We really do have a lot of open space around us.

Mooloolaba
Maroochydore
Alexandra Headland

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Monday 14 September 2009

The Glasshouses
5 of 6 - Still running for cover!



Mt Beerburrum and the Trachyte Range scurrying into the shadows to avoid being photographed. (I told you they always try to avoid me)

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Sunday 13 September 2009

The Glasshouses
4 of 6 -Tibrogargan



As the legend describes him, Tibrogargan with his back turned on the world.

And the exotic forests of imported radiata pine probably do nothing to improve his disposition!

Glasshouse Mountains

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Saturday 12 September 2009

The Glasshouses
3 of 6 - The Legend



Coonowrin, also known also as Crookneck for reasons which are quite obvious. True to form, despite the sky starting out clear blue, Crookneck saw me coming and hid under deep cloud while I had my camera in hand. I was undeterred and shot this just to spite it.

Long before the European "discovery" of the mountains, the original inhabitants of the area had a grand explanation of their being.

The Aboriginal Legend
(from the Official Glasshouse Mountains Tourism Website)

It is said that Tibrogargan, the father, and Beerwah, the mother, had many children. Coonowrin the eldest, Beerburrum, the Tunbubudla twins, the Coochin twins, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum, Miketebumulgrai, and Saddleback. There was Round who was fat and small and Wildhorse who was always paddling in the sea.

One day, Tibrogargan was gazing out to sea and noticed a great rising of the waters. Hurrying off to gather his younger children, in order to flee to the safety of the mountains in the west, he called out to Coonowrin to help his mother Beerwah, who was again with child.

Looking back to see how Coonowrin was assisting Beerwah, Tibrogargan was greatly angered to see him running off alone. He pursued Coonowrin and, raising his club, struck the latter such a mighty blow that it dislodged Coonowrin’s neck, and he has never been able to straighten it since.

When the floods had subsided and the family returned to the plains, the other children teased Coonowrin about his crooked neck. Feeling ashamed, Coonowrin went over to Tibrogargan and asked for his forgiveness, but filled with shame at his son’s cowardice, Tibrogargan could do nothing but weep copious tears, which, trickling along the ground, formed a stream that flowed into the sea. Then Coonowrin went to his brothers and sisters, but they also wept at the shame of their brother’s cowardice. The lamentations of Coonowrin’s parents and of his brothers and sisters at his disgrace explain the presence of the numerous small streams of the area.

Tibrogargan then called to Coonowrin, asking him why he had deserted his mother. Coonowrin replied that as Beerwah was the biggest of them all she should be able to take care of herself. He did not know that she was again pregnant, which was the reason for her great size. Then Tibrogargan turned his back on his son and vowed that he would never look at him again.

Even today Tibrogargan gazes far out to sea and never looks around at Coonowrin, who hangs his head and cries, his tears running off to the sea. His mother Beerwah is still heavy with child, as it takes a long, long time to give birth to a mountain.


Glasshouse Mountains

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Friday 11 September 2009

The Glasshouses
2 of 6 - Like the Glasshouses of Home



Glasshouse Mountains are a series of spectacular volcanic lava plugs rising dramatically from the coastal plain. They do not form a range, and this photograph captures approximately a quarter of them, the rest are in hiding!

The first European to see them was Captain James Cook.

In his Journal on 17 May 1770 he wrote: "..however, if any future navigator should be disposed to determine the question whether there is or is not a river in this place, which the wind would not permit us to do, the situation may be always found by three hills, which lie to the northward of it, in the latitude of twenty six degrees fifty three minutes. These hills lie but a little way inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation, which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but these are not nearly so remarkable..."

The bright green in the photo is not native bushland but pine forest contrasting with the muted tones of the eucalypts in the foreground. The Environment Protection Agency summarises the area thus:

Craggy volcanic peaks tower above pine plantations, eucalypt forests and open fields. Walking tracks ranging from easy to very challenging – lead to peaks and lookouts offering panoramic views.


Glasshouse Mountains

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Thursday 10 September 2009

The Glasshouses
1 of 6 - The Approach



This used to be the highway between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, and I'm nervous as the first glimpse of mountain appears over the crest, framed by what must be far too many power lines to service the Glasshouse communities.

I'm nervous because I've tried this many times before. I've tried to photograph the mountains, but they have their ways of hiding. On a clear day, they'll sit below the only cloud, at sunrise, they'll turn their backs to me, at sunset they'll hide in the haze.

Today I'm going to have one more try! (I didn't succeed entirely, but at least I have something to go on.)

The Glasshouses have appeared looming in the background of my photos many times during the past few years, which is where they prefer to be I think.

Glasshouse Mountains


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Wednesday 9 September 2009

Maroochydore from the north



I think it's time we said goodbye to the river for a bit, but the water is so rarely calm enough to reflect the buildings that I thought for good measure I'd better pop in this shot, taken from the north shore.
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Tuesday 8 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
7 All the way to the mountains



And finally, what started out as a whimper six photographs ago, ended in a blaze of fiery orange. The saddest thing about long sunsets like this is that most people see the twilight time as their cue to pack up and go indoors to watch the news (or live pictures of sunsets)on television.

A little bit of patience is all that is required, along with a jacket of course!

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Monday 7 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
6 - Cotton Tree at the river Mouth



There's a bit of a gap in the time sequence between this and yesterday's shot, because it was getting too dark on the beach to take a meaningful photo without some reflected light, so I high-tailed it back over the bridge to Cotton Tree, where I knew I could find a sandbag groin to get me out over the water.

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Sunday 6 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
5- Fisherman



They reckon sunset is one of the best times for fishing.

I'm not sure whether he caught anything, but I'd have to agree with the sentiment.

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Saturday 5 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
4 - Maroochydore from up the beach a bit.



And then we turn to the south and things start to glow. That's Pt Cartwright in the distance (but you knew that!) and on the right Maroochydore, just a few kilometres south across the river.

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Friday 4 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
3 - Mudjimba Twilight



There's a time each evening, before the sunset action happens, when one wonders if the lights aren't just going to go off tonight without any fuss.

The water glows, the land goes dark, and it's all very anti climactic really, specially when there are no clouds to liven up the scene.

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Thursday 3 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
2 - Mangrove seeds with long shadows.



There's something about young mangrove sprouts that I find quite appealing. Of course very few of these will ever make it to maturity, or for that matter even set down a root, but they do seem to be enjoying just lying there on the river bank, watching the sun go down.

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Wednesday 2 September 2009

One Sunset - Seven Pictures
1 - Maroochydore from across the rver



I was strolling around Mudjimba on the Maroochy River north shore early last month, just clicking away mindlessly, and when I arrived home I wondered what on earth I was going to do with all these gratuituos sunset shots.

Of course!

I'll inflict them on the City Daily Photo mob!

Maroochydore

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Tuesday 1 September 2009

Maroochy River Bridge
a little BIG



The Maroochy River Bridge is a major connecting route, or come to think of it the only direct connecting route really between Maroochydore on the southern bank of the river and the improbably named North Shore. It's the biggest bridge we have on the whole Sunshine Coast, unlike our mountains.

This photo will remind you, that if someone from round here says he lives on a mountain, he doesn't.

Even the hills have flat bits on the tops.

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