A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Friday 31 August 2012

Reflections 4
Noosa Heads

The new hotel seems to be taunting it's condemned neighbour, but who will have the last laugh?

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Thursday 30 August 2012

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Reflections 2

A couple of umbrellas bouncing off the corner of the coffee trailer.

Noosaville

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Tuesday 28 August 2012

Reflections 1

There's not much to add really, the next few days are a study of various reflections!

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Monday 27 August 2012

Sunday 26 August 2012

Boardwalk Noosa

Main Beach Noosa on a day which could easily be in winter, but there are too many clouds.

Noosa Heads


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Saturday 25 August 2012

Beach Clothes

I thought this stuff was only worn in movies.

Swimwear shop where Hollywood buys its props.

Noosa Heads.

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Friday 24 August 2012

Thursday 23 August 2012

Noosa Vignette 2

Across the arcade, looking into a pool enclosure.

Noosa Heads

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Wednesday 22 August 2012

Noosa Vignette 1

Walking around Noosa it is clear that a new element has come to prominence in the architectural vernacular.   There are lots of little vistas which have evolved by accident and design, view into buildings, through them and in some cases between.

Noosa Heads

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Tuesday 21 August 2012

Walking Hastings Street

Deep shadows, bright sunshine.

Hastings Street
Noosa Heads

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Monday 20 August 2012

Before the Rush

Mid afternoon, between holidays, a Hastings Street restaurant enjoys a quiet nap.

Noosa Heads

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Sunday 19 August 2012

Ghost Gum

The interaction of the tones of shadows on the building and those on the gum are simply sublime in real life.  This is one of those photos which simply says "you really should have been there".

Hastings Street

Noosa

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Saturday 18 August 2012

The Turn

For the record, I did not get wet.

I have no idea why.

Caloundra

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Friday 17 August 2012

Another Kiteboard

I hope this isn't a repeat of a previous shot, I'm fairly sure it's not, but in any case I need it to lead into tomorrow!

Caloundra

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Thursday 16 August 2012

Pool Deck

Up there on the first floor, there is a swimming pool.

Ask me how I know!

Maroochydore

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Wednesday 15 August 2012

Blue on White

On a clear day, the white buildings in Maroochydore need no other decoration.

Maroochydore

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Tuesday 14 August 2012

Rust never sleeps

OK, it's a boring photograph, but I can't work out how the building owners managed to convince the downpipes to rust in exactly the same shade as the wall paint.   At first I thought it was careless painting!

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Monday 13 August 2012

Bike Shop

This building was built, like so many in the precinct at the time of the world wide shortage of spirit levels.   Now that I walk with a bit of a lean, I can see the sense in slanting columns!

Kawana

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Sunday 12 August 2012

Clear Prop

The "butterfly" roof shape is oh so fashionable but I get the shivers each time I see one, having served my time in architecture in the (late) sixties, tracking down leaks in structures like this every time in rained!

It has taken almost half a century for the industry to forget!

Kawana

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Saturday 11 August 2012

High rise offices

Apartments or offices, I'm not sure, but two levels and spread out so far that one needs a Segway to commute is the order of the day.

Kawana

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Friday 10 August 2012

Goat Weed

When I was a child, the this flower was known as "Goat Weed" and I suspect it still is.   I does make a nice display though against the conservatively coloured office building in whose planter it seems to thrive.

Kawana

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Thursday 9 August 2012

Complimentary Highlights

Colour is often used to disguise a lack of sophistication in construction and design.   For that you can read "cheapness" if you wish.

Planners insist on colour schemes being incorporated into approvals, which to my mind is about as short sighted as planning can be.   The last time I remember burnt orange was "in" was over thirty years ago.   Are these buildings doomed to a circle of fashion that returns every thirty years?

Kawana

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Wednesday 8 August 2012

Another Main Street

I have mentioned before once or twice, that our "city" is really just a collection of main streets.  This is a product of being 60 kilometres long, but the lack of amalgamation of business centres is one economic challenge which will see conflicting interests compete to the death for many a year to come.

Here is the Kawana Centre, logically placed perhaps, but vying with Maroochydore and the Nicklin Way strip for a place in the commercial world.

Kawana

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Tuesday 7 August 2012

Public Trustee

The State Government Public Trustees Office is a much more vibrant shade of drab than one is accustomed to in other places.

Kawana

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Monday 6 August 2012

Over the back fence

Sometimes, when one's "back yard" is more exposed than one would desire, one's entire life is on display for those who liek to photograph such things.

Kawana

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Sunday 5 August 2012

Flood Marks

That is a line of bark chips on the grass.

That is a garden on the edge of the lake devoid of any mulch, like for instance, bark chips.

In March, this area recorded 380mm of rain in a few hours one afternoon, and the lake level rose so suddenly it simply floated all the mulch ashore in a straight line.   Strange, but true.  At least it was easy to get it back on the garden.

Lake Kawana

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Saturday 4 August 2012

Personalisation

Body's corporate usually frown on "personalisation" of apartment exteriors, but there's always one person who thinks they can do better.

Usually they can too.

Kawana

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Friday 3 August 2012

Ha! He missed!

Despite his best efforts, I remained dry for the duration of the shoot!

Kite Boarder

King's Beach

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Thursday 2 August 2012

Carving

Come on then, splash the photographer!

Kite Boarder.

King's Beach
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Wednesday 1 August 2012

Homely

Home is where the hammock is, and the Dracena does a nice job of impersonating a palm tree on this apartment balcony.

Kawana

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