A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Saturday 28 February 2015

Soldiers




In the more established parts of town, the apartment blocks rest cheek by jowl like rows of little soldiers.

In Kings Beach at least, the topography gives some variety to the form, but why the general populace is happy with block after block of four storey buildings, with little separation between them in preference to some higher ones allowing the same population density with far less site cover and space between them, is beyond me.

Kings Beach.

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Friday 27 February 2015

Bike paths again.


I have lived in places where "Bike Path" is not spelled "R.O.A.D".

Surely the engineers who thought this up were having a small joke?

Kings Beach.

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Thursday 26 February 2015

Postcard from Kings Beach


I don't know what they do these four (and the one out of the picture makes five) structures, perhaps their entire purpose is to pose for a nice postcard.

Actually I do know what they do - they are lights marking the entrance to the beach, the pool and the surf club.

Now I shall have to return for an evening shot!

Kings Beach

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Wednesday 25 February 2015

Part of Life.


What is it with power lines that I find so offensive when they turn up in a photograph.   They are after all, a part of life.

So is diarrhoea I suppose, but at least that doesn't try to photo-bomb me at every opportunity.

Anyway, here's the top of Moffat Headland, viewed from the Southern (Shelly Beach) side.

Shelly Beach

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Tuesday 24 February 2015

Yet Another Flowery Thing


This one is the Grevillia dryandra.   It's a bit special because it's not quite as robust for our garden purposes as many of its ilk, so it's been grafted onto the roots of a potential monster - the Grevillia robusta or Silky Oak.  Now it should be truly hardy and drought and klutz-proof, which at our place, with it's lack of attendant gardeners is a good thing.

Hopefully we'll notice if any Silky Oak shoots head skyward, because if we don't, or little shrub will certainly grow well beyond the power lines under which it is planted!

Dicky Beach

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Monday 23 February 2015

Another Flowery Thing


The Calistemon Little John in flower at the bottom of our garden.

Dicky Beach

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Sunday 22 February 2015

Saturday 21 February 2015

Suburban Waterpark


I have often been critical of Council for many things, and will continue to be so when it is deserved, but here is one thing for which a pat on the back is in order.  Sure it was constructed by the developer of the surrounding suburb, but Council allowed it to happen and no doubt is responsible or will be, for its continued upkeep.

Those waterways go for several hundred metres, varying in depth between perhaps ten and twenty or even thirty centimetres.  The water is filtered and salt-chlorinated and makes a perfect place for small children on a hot day.

Well done all concerned!

Joan Royal Ford Park
Pelican Waters

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Friday 20 February 2015

Glasshouse mountains - middle of the day.


Another shot from Mary Cairncross Park, this time taken in the middle of the day.

Maleny

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Thursday 19 February 2015

Busman's Holiday.


The great thing about living here is that when we get tired of our own beaches, we only have to drive for an hour or so north to find the truly special World Heritage listed attractions of the Cooloola and Teewah coloured sands.

Sure it's not quite on the Sunshine Coast, but it's rightly proclaimed to be a 'must see' attraction for those visiting the region.

Rainbow Beach

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Wednesday 18 February 2015

Rainy days and Sundays


It's one of those beachy things to do when the weather says "stay indoors".   Bring out the dominoes and retreat from the world for a time.

One hundred and fifty millimetres of rain in a few days doesn't mean the great flood is on the way, but it is a bit too humid to go outside.

Dicky Beach

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Tuesday 17 February 2015

Same Sunset, other direction


Sure my eyes hurt a bit, but ....

The glasshouse mountains peek over the buildings with their back to the sun.

Caloundra.


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Monday 16 February 2015

Another Sunset


It's hard to believe that this building is in the middle of a built-up area, but it is.  The grassy "dune" is a pile of debris on a construction site, the building is predominantly white, but if one catches it at the right time of the evening, anything can happen.

Let's call it "art" and be done with it.

Kings Beach

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Sunday 15 February 2015

Saturday 14 February 2015

Fig with building.



When Frank Llloyd Wright said that architects plant trees (or was it vines) in front of their mistakes, I wonder if he had this sort of thing in mind?

Caloundra

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Thursday 12 February 2015

Walking.


Rain, hail or shine, we walk barefoot.  That's just how it's done until winter, when we put on our flip flops.

Moffat Beach.
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Wednesday 11 February 2015

Under the Boardwalk.

Under the boardwalk.  Actually it's under the bridge, and I'm going to stay here too until the rain stops, which it will in a moment or two.

Tooway Creek


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Tuesday 10 February 2015

Death of an Icon 4 of 4

Even in its death throes there is still beauty to be found within.

If you've ever wondered what the view was like from inside a pineapple, this is it!

Nambour

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Monday 9 February 2015

Death of an Icon 3 of 4


Even though they are still structurally sound, and used regularly as the cover for farmers' markets, the building finishes at the Big Pineapple have truly seen better days.

It's a bit like exploring one of those abandoned developments in a formerly occupied or perhaps nuclear wasted country, but the buildings aren't abandoned.

Nambour.

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Sunday 8 February 2015

Death of an Icon 2 of 4


The story of the pineapple remains inside the Big Pineapple, but it is fair to describe what's left of the display as "shop soiled" or even "tired".  Pineapples which once moved happily along the wall now sit with rusty drive chains, covered in a few decades worth of stuff that covers things that haven't been cleaned in a few decades.

Nambour

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Saturday 7 February 2015

Death of an Icon 1 of 4


If it was an old pet we'd have to be thinking about putting it down.

The Big Pineapple is nothing if not tough and enduring, but now it's future seems unclear, certainly it's not there to promote the pineapple industry any longer, and there is a zoo attached and a market.

The land has been described as a "prime" development site, and I suppose it could be for those wishing to develop something demonstrably away from the beaten track.

When it was built it was on the highway of course, but that was in the words of the song, "yesterday, and yesterday's gone."

Nambour
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Friday 6 February 2015

Dump Birds


Ibis are not a thing of wondrous beauty.  In populated areas they can be quite a pest as they are expert scavengers and tend to breed in areas where there is a food supply, so there is a quiet campaign to remove their eggs from their nesting sites to slow down the rate of expansion of the colonies.

I wonder if they were prettier if it would matter as much.

Battery Hill

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Thursday 5 February 2015

Camouflage


In the dappled light the bearded dragons are almost invisible.  Thankfully this one sat in the sun just long enough for me to take the picture.

Battery Hill

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Wednesday 4 February 2015

They aren't kidding.


Much of the area in which we live was a military training area half a century ago, and it was not an uncommon thing to find all sorts of interesting things in years past.

Only a few years ago an unexploded bomb appeared in a backyard trench as a plumber was digging a drain.  There's an incentive to stay indoors watching television!

Currimundi.

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Tuesday 3 February 2015

Can't be too careful.


On this side of the road, the fence is there simply to stop anyone accidentally walking into the bus stop.  It's nice to feel so cared for.

Battery Hill

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Monday 2 February 2015

Cars Rule!


Another whinge about bicycle paths.  Can you see the path?  It's the one that does a right angled turn on the left, crosses the road for another right angled turn, crosses the road again, then sort of disappears under the trees.

So here I am, barrelling gently down the hill on the bike path, when I notice a sharp (right angled) bend ahead.   That's alright in principal, as it does tend to slow one for the road crossing.

Then I wonder out loud if I am really going to go across the road, stop again, do another right angled turn or will I just head off now across the footpath and straight over to the path on the diagonal.  (It does continue beyond those shadows by the way).

It's interesting that there is traffic calming and a nice concrete pad to boot, right there at the bus stop where no-one has a reason to cross, but bikes are some sort of sport in this town!

Dicky Beach
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Sunday 1 February 2015

What would I miss?




What would I miss if I moved from here?  Seriously?   I'd really miss standing on the rocks on a brilliant summer day, the temperature almost too hot to move, with the clear ocean bathing my feet.

The water of course is a gloriously refreshing twenty-six degree (that's 80 f) temperature in summer, so there's no shock to be felt on entering it.

I'd miss the odd swim too, but there's something special about just standing on those rocks.

Dicky Beach

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