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Sunday 31 December 2017

Night Beach - From May 2017



It's new year's eve, and tonight this little patch of beach and parkland adjoining it will be filled with people, ready to see the new year in.    Will we be joining them?  I suspect not, but stranger things have happened.

Yes it is inviting, but please don't swim here after dark.   The sharks might find you appetising, and if you were to get into trouble, no one else could find you at all.

Mooloolaba


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Saturday 30 December 2017

Wet - From April 2017


April's theme was "wet" and while we had a whole summer where the sort of wet one gets from rain was in very short supply, the pool at Kings Beach was always there to keep anyone that wanted to be wet in a suitable state of just that.

Of course, right now we have an over abundance of the wet stuff, but hopefully the storm will pass and everyone will get back to the pool in a very quick time.

To see more interpretations of this theme visit this link.

Kings Beach


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Friday 29 December 2017

Glasshouse Mountains from March 2017


When all else fails, switch to black and white and tell Ansel you liked his work.

Maleny


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Thursday 28 December 2017

Another view from the Loo - from February 2017


On the lower boardwalk late in the afternoon.   I'd better stop the Loo with a View series right now, before the bad puns and rhymes get out of hand.

Mooloolaba


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Wednesday 27 December 2017

Bushfire in the hinterland - from February 2017


Actually it's not the same shot as last Tuesday's, but it was taken at the same time from the same place, or nearby at least.    I liked the odd lighting enough to risk posting a second shot.

Kings Beach


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Tuesday 26 December 2017

Monday 25 December 2017

A timeless greeting - from December 25, 2016!


Well the "retrospective" is almost over - we'll soon be returning from our lengthy break and back into the swing of posting in more or less current time.   So in a move that's a bit akin to pasting a bit of paper over the greeting in last year's card and recycling it, please take the following as our heart-felt wishes for the coming year!

Santa, presents, reindeer, snowflakes and a couple of Christmas trees (sans decoration), in a summer wonderland.  It's a bit difficult to find any symbol relating to the actual reason for the celebration, well there is star in the East when viewed from a certain direction, but it's all OK.  

This is Australia, where regardless of one's personal belief, it's still called Christmas, a time for Peace on Earth and good will among men (at Christmas it's OK to refer to the human race as "men" too).    

Here's wishing one and all a very Merry Christmas from the Sunshine Coast, where the chance of snow is about the same as the chance was of a reindeer landing on my roof last night!


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Sunday 24 December 2017

Chillin' - From December 2016





We're currently doing exactly this- one of the great mysteries of life is why we have to travel 400 km to find a beach when we have a perfectly good one at home, nor why we need to live in a tent when we have a perfectly good house there, but we are.   We may or may not be posting updates on one of our other blogs depending on the vagaries of internet and energy levels, who knows!

There's probably no one at the beach right now, because they are all hanging in their hammocks, lying in the shade, relaxing perhaps after a touch of over-indulgence at the dinner table yesterday.   Yes, it's one of those oddities of life, that despite temperatures hanging in the early thirties, we still mostly cling to that old British tradition of taking part in a monster baked lunch on Christmas Day.

Why do we do that?

Probably so we can do nothing on boxing day and feel quite good about it.   "Where are the people" you ask, "Surely if things were as crowded as you suggest, there'd be people in this shot - you didn't take it earlier did you?"

Umm.. you've got me there.   I did perhaps prepare this one a day or two ago, but I can say with confidence that the scene probably looks like this today, because, well, they'd all be at the Sales wouldn't they?

Cotton Tree
Maroochydore

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Saturday 23 December 2017

Friday 22 December 2017

Felicity Park -from December 2016


A week or so ago I promised I'd be back to see what the lights looked like after dark.

They look like this, and Council's Christmas Tree is quite splendid as well, albeit a little off the beaten path at this time of the evening.

Caloundra

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Thursday 21 December 2017

A few hundred metres from home - from November 2016


I love living here.

I really do.

This is one of the world's great miracles and one that I can never fathom:  actual photographic evidence that the sun sets in the east!

Moffat Beach

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Wednesday 20 December 2017

WINTER SALE! from October 2016


A sale of winter stock here means getting rid of the pink thongs and the orange tee shirts that keep us  so warm in the dead of winter.

Mooloolaba

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Tuesday 19 December 2017

Our Library - From September 2016




The reading area in the Caloundra library has possibly the world's "noisiest" mural.  For those who don't know who Astro Boy is, he is a little humanoid robot who continually saves the world by punching well above his weight.  

He doesn't know he's small I think, and that's a bit like the Caloundra Library.   It may not have the biggest collection or the fanciest building, but it does have friendly capable librarians who can get anything from anywhere, and an enormous number of services that can be accessed online.

One can even learn a musical instrument online through it's programmes.   It's the way libraries should be I think!

And all of that from someone who isn't backwards in criticising where its due!

This is just one photograph from participants in the City Daily Photo theme day "Library".  To see more libraries around the world click this link.


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Monday 18 December 2017

Board-wade from August 2016


Well it can't be called a boar walk when it's underwater can it?

There'll be rain tonight and the creek will break out into the ocean on the high tide and normal transmission will resume.

Tooway Creek

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Sunday 17 December 2017

As you read this - from July 2016


As you read this, we should be camped at a beach some distance from where we live, perhaps I shall mention it elsewhere.  We won't be quite so stylish though.

Did the colour of the car really match the surfboard and that of the caravan in days gone by?

I'm not sure, but it makes for a happy holiday methinks.

Caloundra

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Saturday 16 December 2017

Stoney Grey - from June 2016


More grey skies I'm afraid, but I was tired of all that blue.

Moffat Beach

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Friday 15 December 2017

Out vile grass! - from May 2016


It turns out I was completely wrong about the kind of grass this was... those seeds were just about the most virulent... aaargh... I've been digging the stuff out for eighteen months and it still keeps bobbing up!

OK, I'm not rolling in it and if I did it has the look of something itchy, but here's the flower stem of one of our native grasses, this one is a lomandra, I think of the variety longifolia, but then all the folia in grass is longi, that's what makes it grass!

Dicky Beach

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Thursday 14 December 2017

Simplicity - From April 2016


It's hard to describe the feeling of solitude.

All it takes is a board, a wave and an ocean.

This is my take on today's theme "the beauty of simplicity".  To see many others, don't forget to visit http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au

Moffat Beach

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Wednesday 13 December 2017

Umbrella Trees - from March 2016


Another photograph of the umbrella tree canopy, perhaps giving just a hint as to where its name was derived.

Caloundra

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Tuesday 12 December 2017

Things haven't changed - from February 2016


I've been burning the candle from both ends and the middle as well of late, and by the time I had enough of a break to find a photo, there wasn't all that much natural light left.

Here's a pandanus tree in Eleanor Shipley Park, Moffat Beach, with just a hint of sea mist in the air.

Moffat Beach

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Monday 11 December 2017

Hanging in there - from January 2016


If only the rain would actually come instead of hanging up there looking picturesque.

Looking north toward Dicky Beach.

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Sunday 10 December 2017

The problem with being at the beach at sunset - from December 2016



The problem with being at the beach at sunset is that the photographs are just too pretty to discard.

Sigh.   Be prepared for a day or two of photographs with a lovely pink hue!

Bulcock Beach

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Saturday 9 December 2017

Star of Wonder - from December 2015


Having a cup of tea in our friend Pam's garden the other day we were reminded of this post.

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 no 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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Friday 8 December 2017

Christmas Cheer - From November 2015


Yes it's become something of a hobby-horse of mine, and I suppose if a government can't make plans to provide sufficient infrastructure for growth, how can we expect it to understand that the Christmas needs to be thought about every year!

And so it begins.

Don't get me wrong, I am grateful that the Sunshine Coast Council actually acknowledges the coming "holiday" season by its proper name, but once again in a city, no, a REGION which relies on tourism for its principal income, surely this effort at street decoration could be described as paltry!

To be fair, there is a matching sign on the other side of the street, (which has a more generic wish, no doubt to appease those who would wince at the use of the word "Christmas" while happily buying their cards with snow-scenes on them....) .  Seriously, do two little flags in the main street of a major suburb send an adequate message that we are grateful for your tourism dollar and will do what we can to make your stay a joyous and festive one?

Thank goodness for the good will of the traders in town.

Merry Shopping under Christmas skies!
Woombye



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Thursday 7 December 2017

Lorikeet interrupting my morning coffee - from October 2015








October 2015 brought a change in format to the blog, which those who only view on Facebook or who have never clicked on the "home" button will not have seen, and it also brought this photo, one of my favourites from our own house.

For some it is hard to believe, but unlike kangaroos, parrots do visit many backyards in Australia.   (To be fair, kangaroos do too, but perhaps not quite so many in the urban areas!)

The only problem with having a flowering tree near our front verandah is that we are tempted to waste a bit more time than perhaps we should just watching.   Usually by the time I think to get my camera, the light has gone, or the parrots have.

Dicky Beach



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Wednesday 6 December 2017

Serenity - From September 2015


Since this photo was taken, the pole has been replaced with a new, green treated timber one, but still;

There's nothing more serene than looking out at a power pole at dawn.

Dicky Beach

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Tuesday 5 December 2017

The Photographer - From August 2015


Surf photographer waiting for the semi-final heat to begin.

Moffat Beach

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Monday 4 December 2017

Sunday Driver - from July 2015


Surfer watching the view go by, Mooloolaba in the background.

Moffat Beach

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Sunday 3 December 2017

Complete with wonky horizon! (Real time!)


iPhone panorama while lying on the beach - there's a limit to how steady one can hold it!

On a more serious note for my friends experiencing their first snowfall of winter, we are a little envious but this is a small consoloation;  25°, summer is on the way.

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Saturday 2 December 2017

Malibu - from June 2015


We are a long way from Malibu, but not far at all.... I remain fascinated by our need to be somewhere else or someone else!

Maroochydore.

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Friday 1 December 2017

The gift that keeps on giving - from December 2010




I can't imagine that Seligs Jewellers would have thought they'd be getting mileage out of their little parking promotion seven years later, but I'm pleased to help out!

Today's City Daily Photo theme day is "gift" and I'm glad I remembered this post!

See more "Gifts" at this link.


Today I walked the length of Caloundra's main street looking for a sign or even the merest hint of any forthcoming festivity.   Apart from the odd shop interior, the place was entirely bereft of decoration or anything that hinted at just a little more cheeriness than usual for that matter.   I was hoping for a shot of someone in a fur trimmed hat so I could make the obvious bitingly witty commentary, but no one obliged.

Just as all hope was lost, I saw a present sitting on a post.   On investigation the post usually held up a parking meter, and the present in fact completely enveloped it.

Good on you Seligs Jewellers.  Sure there's a bit of commercial intent behind all this, but in a desert of Christmas Spirit it sticks out a mile!

Caloundra


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