Ripper!

It's not the cleanest of waves, but it's been worth the wait!© 

Moffat Beach

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In the washing machine

They wait and wait for the one opportunity to get back to shore, so they can come out and wait and wait again.   The seas have abated somewhat, but I recall some friends who were very good surf swimmers telling of a time they swam for several hours trying to pluck up the courage to come back in.

Good luck to them I say!

Moffat Beach

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Adding to the confusion

I'm not sure what it's called when a surfer uses one foot to kick himself along in the opposite direction to the waves.

I think it's called a trick of the light.

Moffat Beach

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Out of the Confusion

Occasionally among the confusion someone finds a wave that can be ridden.

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Confused

The term "confused" sea is used to describe a wave action that has no regular pattern.

Like this really.

Moffat Beach

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Whipping up a storm

Blue skies and showers, with an awful lot of haze from the angry looking sea.   That just about sums up yesterday at the beach, with most beaches closed, but still hundreds or more turning up to spend Christmas day on the sand.

Three metre swells kept all but the foolhardy or diehards (or both) out of the water though.

Moffat Beach

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Merry Christmas

I had grand plans of finding a perfect shot to reflect the day, but in the end madness and wet weather combined to deny me any more than a few figs stuck in the boardwalk.   None the less the red berries do give some sort of vaguely Christmassy tone... don't they?

Ah well, Merry Christmas!

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The night before Christmas

Christmas is a time of great joy, and sending cards to all your friends, and hanging cards you receive on the venetian blinds.

Inspired by social media, it seems that it is now entirely appropriate to announce to the world exactly where one's social standing lies.  These people for instance have 31 friends!

I hope Santa Claus is one of them!

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Wipeout!

Actually no it's not a "wipeout", its a poster viewed in the reflection of a pile of Body Boards waiting in the surf shop at Dicky Beach for the holiday onslaught.

The forecast is for big swells on Christmas day too, so we shall see what we can see!

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Christmas Flowers

I've never thought of Oleander as a Christmas flower before, but there it is on our footpath,  and it's almost Christmas so it must be!

It is apparently the most toxic garden plant, the Oleander, but paradoxically perhaps relatively few poisonings seem to have been recorded.   My friend Al who is a veterinary surgeon and knows about this stuff assures me that a handful of it can kill a horse.

I think I shall leave the commentary there!

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Wave

Yes I know, I nearly missed this day!    The holidays are in full swing you see, and rain is coming, but the wide overhangs  and bendy buildings which are reminiscent of waves will keep me dry until tomorrow!

Mooloolaba

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Hello!

The tip of a Norfolk Pine seems to be asserting itself among the steel and glass.   It reminded me a little of a weed in a pavement crack.   Why doesn't it have a fairy on the top of it I wonder?

Cheers,

P
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Separated by a common language

I amuse myself often by contemplating the strange ways of the English language, in this case by contemplating how uncomfortable it would be to wear thongs like these if one was unaware of the footwear connotation of the word.

But it must be said that there's nothing more comfy than wandering around town in summer in a pair of rubber thongs.

Mooloolaba

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Hats on please!

The weahter is a little sultry at the moment, warm with grey sky, but the UV index is still hovering around an extreme 14 on the scale, so it would pay to wear a hat if you are outside!

Mooloolaba

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Enjoy

This is Australia, we don't particularly like the "Happy Holiday" greeting promulgated by our friends in the northern hemisphere.

So let's make up our own nondescript half baked apology for having a holiday then shall we?

Mooloolaba

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Hitchiker

There are more attractive places to have a rest and a cool drink, but to each her own!

Mooloolaba

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Scene but not herd!

Was it the copywriter, the sign writer or the office junior?

If it's a joke, will someone please explain?

Mooloolaba

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More Christmas Lights

Santa on a Surfboard, the tree all trimmed and ready, and a few quiet drinks in the balmy evening.

Christmas, with or without the fattened goose, is coming.

Moffat Beach

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Christmas Lights

Actually there aren't any Christmas lights in the photo, but there could be.  It's just another night at Norfolks, Moffat Beach.

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Afterglow 3 of 3

Just as I start to think I could sit here for ever, the tide starts to encroach on my territory, and it starts to become too dark to play anymore.

There's always tomorrow!

Moffat Beach

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Afterglow 2 of 3

The ocean turns green, the sky a delicate pastel, and I pinch myself and wonder if it's Australia!

Moffat Beach

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Afterglow 1 of 3

After sunset, but still with enough light to see, there's a sort of luminous quality about the sky.

The colours are just magically washing away until tomorrow, soon they will be gone.

Moffat Beach

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Last Footprint

The last footprint of the day lies waiting for the next wave.

Moffat Beach

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This morning I caught......

The sun is already well below the horizon, but no one is in a hurry to go home.

Sadly twilight only lasts a few minutes, but they are all making the most of the day.

Moffat Beach

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Wave Watching

Fun times, late evening.

Moffat Beach

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Moffat Pier

This playground sits in the deep shade of the giant fig so it's a bit of a challenge to photograph on a sunny day, and besides it's barely visible then under the tide of children, so here it is quite late in the evening thanks to the miracle of the modern camera.

Moffat Beach

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Chips

Blue Chips or Fish and Chips, take you pick, we've got either.

Moffat Beach

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Chameleon

Is it possible that the somewhat oversized croton bush has taken on the colours of the house?

Moffat Beach

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Nice Hedge

Staring defeat squarely in the eye, and after yesterday's embarrassment,  we'll just call this a "nice hedge plant" shall we?

Landsborough

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Brain Fade!

I took this photo and have now completely forgotten the name of the tree bearing these flowers!

Any help will be appreciated (and acknowledged!)

Thanks Elaine, I'd barely posted when I received your advice!
Buckinghamia celsissima - Ivory Curl Tree. Aus native, relative to Macadamia nut. 

Landsborough
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Incoming!

Today's City Daily Photo theme is Action Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

I am always surprised at just how fast parachutes are travelling when their occupants come in to land.  I'm also often surprised at the boardshorts and sandals that are worn, when I expect some sort of flying suit and boots!

Twoway Creek
Moffat Beach

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A Puzzle

Why is it, that community  notice boards end up in a complete schamozzle?

It's not through lack of pins, and there's a secure glass cover, I suspect it's someone's job to keep the notice board looking busy and cluttered and unkempt!

Landsborough.

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Walking the walk!

They really look the part these travel trains, and they are a reasonably economical way of getting to the City particularly when one considers the cost is well under a ten cents per minute of travel time.

If one likes train travel, then there are a lot of minutes involved as even the express barely manages to average 60 kilometres per hour, but it looks good and it's a start.

Landsborough

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Danger

Do we really only have to worry about old steam engines, or should we be careful around the sleek shiny new trains as well?

Landsborough

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Blues

Normally I would associate agapanthus with a much more temperate climate.   I'm obviously not correct as these poor things look as thought they were very happy until the rain forgot to arrive.

There is a storm brewing though, so in a day or two they'll be just fine.

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Christmas Tree Trail

Last year, I remember being quite disappointed at the lack of acknowledgment of the Christmas season across the city.

As I was wandering around Landsborough today, I couldn't help but notice the wires strung through this poor tree, and then I saw the tinsel.    It is one of 29 trees that form part of a Christmas tree trail around the city.    I suspect a visit to all will entail around 100 kilometres of driving, and we don't have enough nights  left to post all anyway, but we shall see what the coming weeks produce!

Landsborough

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One month till Santa comes.

There I was quietly minding my own business, walking in Landsborough, in a balmy 33°C and a storm building, when I happened upon this gentleman trimmed in fur, swaying a the hips and singing "Living in a Winter Wonderland".

Christmas is definitely on the way!

Landsborough

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Just park anywhere

I can imagine the conversation went something like "Just go round the back and park anywhere you can.

Landsborough

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Night Play

A month or two ago I posted this photo of this very same covered play area in Moffat Beach.  To be fair it was looking a little "loved".    At night, it looks spectacular!

Moffat Beach

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The edge of town 3 of 3

Looking west, the Glasshouses lost in the humidity.   The trees are dry enough to take on an almost autumn tone, there's been little rain for many months, yet the haze continues to feed moisture into the west.

Caloundra

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The edge of town 2 of 3

From the edge of town to the Pumicestone Passage to the glasshouse mountains.  It's just a hop, step and a jump really.

Caloundra

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The Edge of Town

I am standing on the ridge behind Caloundra's CBD, facing south west.   The buildings are close enough to the main street not to argue.

We have a LOT of open space around us.

Caloundra

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Co-ordinated

That brown stuff; it's lawn.  Grass hasn't had a drink all month and summer temperatures have kicked in.  The UV index hovers something well above dangerous, so people who work outdoors if they are smart, stay covered from head to toe.

Council are terribly fashion conscious, no detail is left to chance, notice the trimmer line is colour co-ordinated with the shirts of it's workers.


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Vibrance

It wouldn't be summer if I didn't post a photo of a Poinciana Tree in bloom.

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Pines

Another beach, another clump of Norfolk Island Pines.   I've said it before, but I am intrigued at just why and how at some time last century, someone decided to plant these along the Australian Coast.  Perhaps we have our own Johnny Norfolk-seed!

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Confession

There was a time, I think it was in the eighties, when panel vans were to be found laden with surfboards and decorated with air-brushed scenes which were never to my taste.   The colours for instance were improbable, the silhouettes too perfect, the grading of the sky unrealistic.

And then I started taking my camera to the beach.....

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Ripples

The ripples give the reflections a strange three dimensional appearance.  It's almost as if they are reaching back out of the water!

Twoway Creek

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Watching

There's something quite pleasant about sitting silently in the morning sun, just staring at the water.

Twoway Creek

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Buggy

One really must get up with the birds to get the best parking spot.

Moffat Beach

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Home

While poking around in the chemist shop in Dicky Beach at first I was a little taken aback by the diversity of the merchandise, then I read the sign and wondered how our boat was getting on sitting without us on the other side of the world.

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