Sometimes it's fairly easy to guess what's going to happen.
Friday, 31 December 2021
Thursday, 30 December 2021
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Watching history disappear.
History will now, doubtless forget that the Moffateers were ever here, unless we can rally someone into action. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please do click on this link - my photo in the same spot in 2014.
http://sunshinecoast.peterhyndman.com/2014/05/moff-e-rs-oo-ou.html
<UPDATE 1 January>
I did take some action - at least I wrote to our local Councillor requesting action, and here was his response:
Thank you for your enquiry regarding the Moffateers signage on Moffat Headland,
I am aware of the history of the Moffateers and each year they are celebrated with a gathering at the Pa & Ma Bendall Memorial Surfing contest held over the Easter long weekend in April.
Their history goes right back to the early days of surfing here on the coast and many members are still very active within our community today.
I have forwarded your request onto our heritage department for their consideration and action.
Tuesday, 28 December 2021
Remember a time..
I am sure I remember a time when people working on building sites with cranes and other tall objects were able to think for themselves.
Now overhead powerlines adjacent to building sites have red flags on them, presumably so machinery operators can see what caused the flash when they hit them.
Moffat Beach, but it could be anywhere in the world where people don't take responsibility for their own actions.
Monday, 27 December 2021
Sunday, 26 December 2021
Tangled Web.
They look like Cotton wood trees to me fighting for light, if so, how they came to be on the edge of a melaleuca forest remains a mystery.
Shelly Beach
Saturday, 25 December 2021
Friday, 24 December 2021
Revegetation
I might have a bit of a whinge from time to time about our Council, but not everything it does is bad. Although it looks unkempt, each stick marks a new planting in a clearing where quite possibly an older tree has fallen.
The grasses will soon overtake the lot, but as long as no one comes in with a mower (watch this space) the planted species will grow taller before this summer is over.
Shelly Beach.
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Thursday, 23 December 2021
Environmental Weed
Gazania rigins. For years a decade and more ago I had a lovely banner featuring these on a background of clear blue sky.
Then I felt a bit guilty about it, because they are considered to be an environmental weed, even though our Council seems to plant them in great swathes in places where other species might perish. (Like my garden, although I can't blame council for those.)
But they are hardly little beggars, as the ones holding tight to the exposed headland at Moffs will attest.
Moffat Beach.
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Out to the Point
It's a gentle walk out to the point at Moffat Headland.
(at low tide!)
Moffat Beach.
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Monday, 20 December 2021
Back of house.
Sunday, 19 December 2021
Saturday, 18 December 2021
Friday, 17 December 2021
Quite Festive.
That's a bit unfair - the lighting in the trees in Downtown Caloundra are a permanent reminder that someone loves this bit of it at least, as are the beautifully maintained gardens.
Thursday, 16 December 2021
Who Cares?
It's been more than five years since electronics retailer Dick Smith went into liquidation.
Neither the owner of the building, nor it would seem the Council, cares enough about the well being of the Caloundra CBD to dust off the cobwebs.
Caloundra.
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Wednesday, 15 December 2021
All is not well
Caloundra tries hard, but one can't help but get the feeling that not all is well in the main street.
Bulcock Street
Caloundra
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Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Two kinds of litter.
One of these bits of litter is made from organic bio compostable material (at least that's what the legislation says) and the other is a leaf.
Caloundra.
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Monday, 13 December 2021
Litter imitating nature.
Ice cream wrapper exhibiting chameleon-like behaviour in the hope that it won't be seen before it can sprout. I am not sure if Ice-Cream trees grow on sandy beaches, but it's having a really good try.
Bulcock Beach.
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Sunday, 12 December 2021
Saturday, 11 December 2021
It takes a big man to own a little dog.
And no less a person to wear pink(ish) budgie smugglers. The dog is in soft focus to maintain his anonymity... or perhaps it's just a pathetic attempt to cover up the photographer's inadequacies as a street photographer.
Friday, 10 December 2021
Bulcock Beach Revisited
In the years since I last recorded this scene, some trees have grown, and the blue house has slipped closer to the edge of the redevelopment cliff.
Bulcock Beach
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Thursday, 9 December 2021
For old times' sake.
Many years ago, when we first started photo-blogging my friend Joan and I had a kind of points system going for degree of difficulty. Photographs with seagulls scored no points, because it was often easier to take them in the shot than to get a clear shot without them.
This is my zero pointer for today.
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Three out of a possible ten.
The line between street art and vandalism is a very fine one, and while I don't profess to be an expert, I am a bit of a fan of great street art.
This is not great street art.
If I was to score it out of ten, my score would be made up as follows:
Originality - 0
Clarity of message - 0
Difficulty of execution - 0
Emotional impact on the observer - 0
Appropriateness of location - 0
Artistic Value - 0
Bonus points for being outside and not having head buried in gaming computer or phone - 3
Why not go home and practice on your Mum's living room wall where your "art" will be appreciated for what it is?
Caloundra
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Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Who has one of these downtown?
I am going to hazard a guess that most towns don't have receptacles for used fishing line within a stone's throw of the city centre.
Monday, 6 December 2021
Wall of waterfront.
There are a lot of wide open spaces on the Coast and more than enough water to go round, tbut here are a few pockets of quite intensive development where planners of a few decades ago thought that a five story wall beside the water would be a good idea to stop people falling in, like a giant pool fence really.
Caloundra.
Sunday, 5 December 2021
Saturday, 4 December 2021
Balancing Act.
I never understand why they take those big ships so close to the edge of the world. What skill it must take to keep them so finely balanced.
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
www.citydailyphoto.org
Friday, 3 December 2021
Thursday, 2 December 2021
No Ogres here!
What dangers lurk below that bridge?
None at all actually, which is why when vandals destroy the light, there's no great hurry to repair it and give them more sport.
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
The Future (uh oh!) A City Daily Photo Theme Day Comment.
This blog is about good times, and happiness and not at all about making political statements.
When I saw this though, I was saddened and I suppose outraged enough to break my rule just once.
"Garbage in, garbage out", they say, so I guess it's fitting that the only place this particular right-wing conspiracy organisation can find to get its message out is on a garbage bin.
I thought deeply about whether I should even give it any oxygen, but the irony in the message repeating a lie while accusing others of doing the same was too delicious. I hope it does not cause hurt to any who have suffered through the past couple of years.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Monday, 29 November 2021
As the sun slowly sinks in the west.
I might have left my walk a little late yesterday, but it's not unpleasant in the cool of the evening.
Sunday, 28 November 2021
Our spot.
In truth we rarely sit there, but we do get jealous of anyone else who might be possessing that patch of grass under the pandanus. We claimed ownership of it years ago, but in the absence of any title deed or signs to the contrary, others think they can share it.
Saturday, 27 November 2021
Friday, 26 November 2021
Plant Identification 101
Rest assured, full details will appear miraculously in the comments of this blog within hours of it being published.
Dicky Beach.
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Might get a spot of rain soon.
Settling in for a whole summer of it apparently.
Dicky Beach.
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Everyone gets a view.
For now, everyone gets a view, and I like the way the buildings at the back seem to be standing on tippy toes to look over the ones at the front. When the house goes though, and one day it will, all that will change.
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Monday, 22 November 2021
Sunday, 21 November 2021
With a chance of a shower.
As it turns out, there was no chance of rain at all.
Shelly Beach.
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Saturday, 20 November 2021
Outfall
It's called a creek, but really these days it's just the water runoff from the 'burbs. Another reason to be super careful with our waste materials.
Shelly Beach.
Friday, 19 November 2021
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Ta
It's been a while, and I've really enjoyed the break.
I can't say at the moment if I'm back or not because one of the things I learnt to do very well over the last two years is to be unreliable, and it's delicious!
Never the less, if I was going to sticker bomb a rubbish bin, what better way than to say "thank-you" in the most economical way possible?
Thursday, 7 January 2021
A Sign of the Times?
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Well no, actually, I haven't a clue what it says, nor am I going to find out.
Perhaps it's a warning of all the dangerous creatures and activities that could put one at risk if they come ashore, a bit like the ones that warn us before we enter the water.
Kings Beach
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
Sunday, 3 January 2021
2020 Hindsight.
I posted a version of this photograph on my other blog in March. At that point we were all staring out to sea, scanning the horizon for a sign that "the pandemic" was rolling inexorably toward us.
Fortunately, the view from Moffat Beach is pretty much directly towards New Zealand, and unlike the rest of the world, we have thus far been spared that particular tsunami.
But the cracks are appearing.
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