Thursday, 31 December 2015
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
One I prepared earlier.
It's hard to imagine as one stands near the beach playgound at the moment, with it's seething masses of miniature people intent on getting every waking hour's worth of value from their holiday, that there were times barely two weeks ago, when there was not a soul in sight.
This is to remind us that they will all go home one day soon, and normal transmission will resume!
Dicky Beach
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Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Former glory.
This was never one of those chain wire clad post and rail fences mentioned a few days ago. This was the real deal, five rails of solid timber white washed as a grand statement, clearly defining the street boundary.
It's possible that not everyone sees it in such a noteworthy light these days.
Dicky Beach.
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Monday, 28 December 2015
In days of old.
In days of old, plants were not a high priority in garden landscape. There was an adage that went "if you can't mow it, don't grow it".
Often a garden would consist of plants which had seen better days as pot plants indoors, and were simply stuck in the ground to see if they'd survive.
Dicky Beach.
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Sunday, 27 December 2015
Super Six.
The roof sheeting contains asbestos sadly, because the profile, known as "super six" was a caricature of the standard corrugated iron pattern, exaggerated with a much larger corrugation. It gave many buildings a quite distinct texture which will be lost as asbestos removal programmes make their steady way through the suburbs.
Dicky Beach.
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Saturday, 26 December 2015
Hiding
There's not much not to like about the vista created by the old poinciana tree.
Dicky Beach.
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Friday, 25 December 2015
Star of Wonder!
If the wise men of old, the Magi, had followed this particular star they would have ended up sitting on Dicky Beach on that first Christmas, no doubt wondering where things went wrong, and how they had accidentally ended up in heaven.
Had that had actually occurred, no doubt a council officer would be on the spot in not time flat, issuing them a ticket for having unlicensed camels on the beach, just before some over enthusiastic immigration officer carted them off to a detention centre for illegal immigrants, and I can only begin to wonder if that had happened what Christmas Card motifs might have been.
Whatever your personal beliefs may be, I hope you you get a chance to reflect on the true message of the season and have a very Merry Christmas!
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Thursday, 24 December 2015
Last chance for a chook on Christmas Day.
It's not too late.
If you have forgotten that pretty much every shop in the country except for the Foodworks at Moffat Beach will be closed tomorrow, and you've forgotten to get anything in to eat, which by the way, possibly makes you the only person in the galaxy who hasn't been to the supermarket today judging by the cars that were out and about, never fear! You can get a hot chook, but it might pay to order yours now.
Ahh... for the benefit of my friends from other corners of the globe, a "Chook" is what others might call a "chicken". It goes without saying that these will be served hot, from a rotisserie, in one of those little foil bags with paper insulation, filled with dripping fatty goodness.
Moffat Beach
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Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Time to get the wax on.
Many people will have started their holidays last weekend, the caravan park is starting to show signs of life already, but for many more today will be the last day of work before the "Christmas shutdown".
Most businesses will be closed now until at least the fourth, or even the eleventh of January, and with a fine and warm spell of weather forecast, we could expect bumper crowds at the beach. I suspect there will be a shortage of second hand surfboards on these racks within a few short days.
Dicky Beach.
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Last minute gift ideas.
Perhaps sir would like something a little more formal for those times when bare feet just won't do.
A pair of black "wedding thongs" maybe?
Dicky Beach.
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Monday, 21 December 2015
Being there.
If you were walking down Beerburrum Street you could be forgiven for thinking you were at the beach a block or two early.
There is one slight divergence from reality though. The wreck of the Dicky has been removed from the beach "for preservation". I suspect that preserving it in a painting such as this will in the end, bring its history to the attention of a good many passers by.
It makes me want to go and sit on the beach, and that's exactly what I think I'll do now.
Wall Mural by Steven Bordonaro
Dicky Beach
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There is one slight divergence from reality though. The wreck of the Dicky has been removed from the beach "for preservation". I suspect that preserving it in a painting such as this will in the end, bring its history to the attention of a good many passers by.
It makes me want to go and sit on the beach, and that's exactly what I think I'll do now.
Wall Mural by Steven Bordonaro
Dicky Beach
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Sunday, 20 December 2015
Work In Progress.
There's a mural being painted on a garden wall a street or so from where I live, by Steven Bordonaro who has been responsible for a couple of other landmark pieces.
In a realistic style, it's a pretty fair rendition of our bay I have to say, so let this shot serve as a teaser for when I post a shot of it completed!
@Steven Bordonaro
Dicky Beach
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Saturday, 19 December 2015
Fence
Once upon a time, all neighbourhood fences were made of chain-wire and stood no more than three feet (because we didn't have metric dimensions back then) high. Most were simple post and rail timber with the wire simply stapled to the face of the rails, and they have all but disappeared with the ravages of sixy years of weather taking its toll.
Those with "more money than sense" as my mother would describe them, spent a small fortune on fencing with a galvanised pipe frame. Some of those still exist, not quite old enough to be cool, but almost.
Dicky Beach
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Friday, 18 December 2015
Of simpler times.
After the "fibro" beach shack, came concrete blocks. In the early sixties through the seventies a new form of minimalist architecture came into being. It wasn't a deliberate movement, just a neat collection of standard modular building components. The objective was to enclose space (and usually a minimal amount( by the cheapest possible means,. With the benefit of fifty years of hindsight, perhaps there is some merit in the result.
This house though will soon be gone, its owners planning to replace it in the near future with something that provides a little more space for their growing family.
Dicky Beach.
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Thursday, 17 December 2015
Rain Lilies
Our back yard is small and somewhat chaotic, but under the mess there is always a surprise lurking. These zephyranthes for instance, are one of the few existing plants that were worth keeping, when we started to sort it all out a few years ago.
They've been largely ignored so have just sat like limp clumps of overgrown grass for years, but now that I've planted a few (hundred) plants around them, they get watered from time to time, and look what happens when they are happy!
Dicky Beach
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Holiday illuminations.
I was walking through a little patch of forest near where I live at sunset yesterday with my youngest grandson. He's only ten week's old, so I suspect that when I pointed out how the setting sun made the palm seeds glow orange above the understory canopy as though someone had strung a set of Christmas lights through the treetops, he didn't really get it.
So I took this photo to remind him in a year or two.
Moffat Beach.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Neighbours.
There are three houses in this photograph if you count our verandah balustrade in the foreground.
I was just sitting there today eating a sandwich, thinking of not much at all other than the next barrow load of concrete that needed mixing when I realised that we probably have a fairly unique (some may say stupid) approach to living on narrow allotments.
Our street is an old subdivision from a time when 400 square metre lots with 10 metre frontages were the norm. Strangely though, houses were not allowed to be built against the alignment. No terrace houses here, instead we all live on our north-south axes, with the long walls exposed to the western sun for much of the day, and windows located so we can share in a quasi communal way, our neighbour's music (and dare I say it, arguments) and they ours.
Is it just as well we all get along, or do we get along because we must?
Dicky Beach.
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Monday, 14 December 2015
Sunset Barbecue
I know that I do whinge from time to time about the lack of infrastructure and services provided by council, but barbecue facilities are not on my hit list!
Free barbecues dot our parklands, kept immaculately clean by a team of workers with all the right equipment who materialise just after sunrise.
Mostly they aren't actually ON the beach, and this one wasn't either originally, but a few storms have claimed the lawn surrounding it.
Moffat Beach.
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Sunday, 13 December 2015
What will become of them?
It was a stay at home kind of Sunday today, raining at first, odd jobs all day.
The zucchini's have seen better days, so got the chop. Where will the little yellow lady beetles go now? We tried to save as many as we could, but no doubt some are en route to land fill as we speak.
We never seem to worry about saving aphids.
Dicky Beach
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Saturday, 12 December 2015
Tip Jar Cuddles
Two photos in two months from the Hug a Mug Cafe would give the impression that we frequent the place, and by our own standards, I suppose we do. We really aren't the "go out every afternoon" kind of people, so when we do we like places with great food and coffee and nice people!
Perhaps it was the distraction of taking photographs and talking about the "tip jars" that they didn't get a work-out on this occasion I'm afraid, so if you happen to be going past one day, perhaps you could do the honours on our behalf?
The one with the pink cheeks gets the most tips apparently, perhaps because she is the cutest, or perhaps it's that most people are right-handed and she is on the right?
Hug a Mug Cafe
Woombye
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Friday, 11 December 2015
Five things to think about while waiting for a train.:-5
What do the blue and white lines mean?
Why is it so important to have the diagonal running this way, and did the guy that painted the original ones the other way get fired, or was he just subjected to "workplace counselling"?
Landsborough
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Thursday, 10 December 2015
Five things to think about while waiting for a train.:- 4
Will it be crowded?
Will the air conditioning be working?
Why is there a concrete pad under the seat when everything else is hot-mix?
Landsborough.
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Five things to think about while waiting for a train.:- 3
The temperature is already 35° in the shade. Those beautiful seats are not in the shade though, and will therefore soon be getting dangerously hot.
Why don't they make the urban designers sit on them, preferably naked, before telling us why no-one is using them? There's nothing like a bit of user experience to challenge aesthetic perception.
Landsborough.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Five things to think about while waiting for a train.:- 2
If sitting in the shade of a tree on the grass is so fantastic, why do they build shelters instead of planting more trees?
(This is a rhetorical question by the way - the purpose of the shelters is obvious, so no correspondence on that one eh?)
Landsborough
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Monday, 7 December 2015
Five things to think about while waiting for a train.:- 1
Why does playground equipment reflect its location? Why does it have to be shaped like ships when by the sea, or like helicopters when by an airport.
What would YOU do if you were designing a playground by a railway station?
Landsborough
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Sunday, 6 December 2015
Waiting for a train.
The first warm day of summer brings 35° and no-one waiting in the sun.
Landsborough.
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Saturday, 5 December 2015
Questions about Word Connections.
Why is the word "Diner" synonymous with Junk food, when a diner is someone who "dines"?
Why is it that one sees the word "diner" in a business name, one will find a shiny classic car nearby?
Why does plastic Nev have such a smug little smirk under that broad moustache? Does he know what's in those pies and hot dogs?
Nevi's Diner (not it's real name).
Landsborough.
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Friday, 4 December 2015
Slow, but not romantic.
There she goes, the 12:30 crawler to Brisbane. It's Saturday so there's not much traffic to delay.
I wonder what this photo will look like in ten years' time? Perhaps another lane or two on the road, and more cars, but the same old intersection!
Landsborough.
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Thursday, 3 December 2015
IARKETSIN TH HALL TODAY
I arrived in Landsborough well before midday, just in time to take in the last hour or so of the Saturday market.
That was my mistake apparently, as by then despite all the signage to the contrary, packing up was well underway. There'll be photos another time I'm sure!
Landsborough.
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
The colours of summer
We are fond of telling all who will listen that we don't have seasons that are visible. We may be a exaggerating a little though because if we care to open our eyes, there is a changing of the guard that occurs from sometime in September when the Jacaranda flower, throughout summer as each tree takes it's own time to make its mark.
Sometimes the change is visible as the tree comes into flower, sometimes it's the colour of the new foliage, but there is a change. Mostly though, it's a subtle thing, not at all like what is happening this park in Lanesborough!
Lanesborough
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Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Shop Window.
Until not long ago there was a butcher's shop in this very spot. They'd been there forever, but clearly our teeny bit of custom wasn't enough to withstand the march of the supermarkets, and the owner retired, selling his property in the process.
The new owners kept the street awning to preserve just a little of the "old" building which was in poor condition, demolished the rest (there was nothing worth salvageable in the structure) and before long we will see a real estate agent ensconced where the mincer once stood.
If the new shop is as tastefully detailed as the gallery next door it will be a fine addition to the rapidly gentrifying street scape of Moffat Beach, but for a few minutes we will lament the passing of another small piece of the old fabric of the town.
This is just one of dozens of photos posted today around the world interpreting the theme "Shop Window", for more please don't forget to check out the City Daily Photo Theme Day Gallery.
Moffat Beach.
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The new owners kept the street awning to preserve just a little of the "old" building which was in poor condition, demolished the rest (there was nothing worth salvageable in the structure) and before long we will see a real estate agent ensconced where the mincer once stood.
If the new shop is as tastefully detailed as the gallery next door it will be a fine addition to the rapidly gentrifying street scape of Moffat Beach, but for a few minutes we will lament the passing of another small piece of the old fabric of the town.
This is just one of dozens of photos posted today around the world interpreting the theme "Shop Window", for more please don't forget to check out the City Daily Photo Theme Day Gallery.
Moffat Beach.
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