A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Monday, 15 March 2010

We're two!


Unless I'm mistaken, and I know I'm not, today marks the second anniversary of this blog, and what better way to do it than with a picture of sunset on a hill near Maleny.   

This is a popular spot for paragliders, and yes in the late afternoon sun the sky had faded to almost white, the rest was the result of a slight overexposure!

The next twelve months will almost certainly bring a number of changes in our situation, including the relocation of the place we call home, but with just a little luck and a bit of energy to be expended, we'll be able to continue with a photo each day, just as we have done thus far!   It's all pretty much downhill after the first couple of years I understand.

Thank you to all who drop by and comment, your comments are greatly appreciated.  As those who follow my other blogs will realise, we are often on the road with limited internet access, which does make regular reciprocal visits quite challenging, so thank you for your patience as well!

Here's to another year, three to go and I've caught up with Eric!  ;-)


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Friday, 12 February 2010

At last! A sunset sky!



I'm not sure if this isn't my first ever Skywatch post that didn't have some sort of oblique sky reference in the corner somewhere.  If one stands on the top of Mt Coolum and looks vaguely west north-westish when the sky is strangely greeny orange, this is what one sees.

It reminds me of the sky in a painting depicting the battle of Waterloo that hung in my grandparent's house half a century ago.

We lived to fight another day though.

Coolum

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Leaving on an Airplane



If all has gone well, today we arrive back at the Sunshine Coast, probably on a plane a bit bigger than this one. It will be terrific to get back into a bit of routine after four months on the road, and we'll see what sort of a mess we've gotten into relying on remote postings for what turned out to be a rather extended period of time.

I know nought about aircraft so I know when I say here's an ultralight flying over the beach with nothing much to bump into, someone will enlighten me within minutes as to its manufacturer and probably even its date of birth!

© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

Ha! We can finally get rid of that annoying message at the foot of every post!
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Friday, 14 August 2009

Bikepath Skywatch



I ride my bicycle to the office, there's a particular path that runs through a little patch of rainforest. Sometimes I stop for a bit, just to look up into the canopy.

Buderim

Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

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Friday, 24 July 2009

Skywatch with Lighthouse



I suppose enough time has elapsed that we can continue our tour round Pt Cartwright eh?

As the waves crash on the rocks, they fall into pools of all sizes, reflecting the sky and of course the ever-present lighthouse.

Don't forget to visit Skywatch Home where you can find links to skyshots from around the world.

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Friday, 10 July 2009

... when this Spitfire......
Skywatch with aeroplane



I was just minding my own business sitting on top of the hill when this Spitfire P51 Mustang (thanks to Mick and Darren for the proper identification) came roaring past!

I know it looks as though the shot was taken from an aircraft, it wasn't, which is a bit of a comment on just how low he was flying, probably being a bit naughty I suspect.

I thought the sky made a lovely old wartime sort of picture, if there is such a thing as lovely wartime that is.

Of course it's Friday, so visit the Skywatch Home where you can find links to skyshots from around the world.

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Friday, 19 June 2009

Arkaroola Sunrise
A touring holiday Skywatch



As most regular visitors will be aware, we've been away "on the road" for almost six weeks, and have left posting to this blog pretty much on autopilot the whole time.

Of course I'd like to send a big thank you for all those who have visited and left comments in that time, and now that I'm back I'll be trying to get round the blogosphere to see what I've missed!

In the meantime, I've run out of Sunshine Coast Photos, so thought a sunrise shot from Arkaroola in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia would make a perfect skywatch. I hope no one minds this little souvenir of our holiday. The curious may see more at our Postcards Blog.

Of course it's Friday, and we're back so we can once again link to Skywatch Home where you can find links to skyshots from around the world.

Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 1 May 2009

Skywatch with Shadows
Nothing to see here move along!



I remember a time when lovers sought privacy, quiet places where they could watch the stars and moon.

There's nothing like the blare of a million halon lights to get the pulse racing, and instead of stars, why not watch the lights of the apartments on Point Cartwright.

After staring at the sky for a while, they'd see nothing but red and green spheres burned into their retinas!

I know it's the second skywatch shot this year with no actual sky visible, I promise I won't do it again, but I couldn't help myself, the fear of what lurks in the shadows beyond obviously draws them to the privacy of the floodlit beach.

Today's City Daily Photo theme is "Shadows" Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

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Mooloolaba

Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 27 March 2009

A Skywatch Puzzle
Today's Skywatch from the Sunshine Coast



Just where does the sky go to on those nights when there's no moon, and not a star to be seen?

It completely fails to reflect!

I don't think we get a better idea of the infinite nature of the universe than when we peer into inky blackness!

Sunshine Plaza at Night
Maroochydore

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Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 6 March 2009

Skywatch with Boats



It won't be long until warm sunny skies start returning to those cooler parts of the globe, so I thought I'd get in one more clear sunny sky before we all have them!

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Golden Beach

Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 27 February 2009

After the Storm
Today's Skywatch from the Sunshine Coast



Looks can be deceiving; Mid afternoon, in full sun, temperature more than 30°C.

We'd just had 40mm of rain in less than an hour and the storm was abating, soon the sky would be blue again and the lights turned off until the evening.

Nambour

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Friday, 20 February 2009

Mt Coolum SkyWatch



In the first ten minutes after the sun goes down, the world glows an eerie blue that only the camera seems to see.

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Mt Coolum
viewed from Pt Cartwright

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Friday, 13 February 2009

Bats Skywatch



Sometimes skywatching is more about what's in it than the sky itself. These flying foxes or fruit bats as they are known roost in the mangroves by day and had their sleep disturbed by something. In the evening, they can be seen heading off in their hundreds in long silent columns, towards their feeding grounds.

Ann's Sydney Meanderings featured a much closer view of a single flying fox two weeks ago, but these are over a rather wide stretch of water, so it was not quite possible to get closer!

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Mountain Creek

Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 6 February 2009

Mondrian Skywatch



I wonder if the Red and the Silver were intended as the perfect foil for a clear blue sky when viewed through the void in the building facade?

Of course on a dull day, I'm sure one could find a sky that matched the building exactly, but not today!

Skywatch through a teensy hole in the building fabric! A painting that could have been created by a descendent of Mondrian!

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University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs
Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 23 January 2009

Storm



Golden Beach narrowly misses a summer storm.

Makes a nifty Skywatch shot, a pleasant change from all that blue in the last few days pictures and proof that it doesn't happen every day, just mostly!

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Golden Beach
Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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Friday, 9 January 2009

Bustard Bay Sunset



If one was to drive a few hundred kilometres north of the Sunshine Coast during their holidays, they'd get to Bustard Bay, and once there, they'd be stunned at the resemblance of some of the geography to Noosa Heads. So stunning is the resemblance, that this is where people from the Sunshine Coast go when they go on holidays!

An orange SkyWatch viewed through the beach acacias!

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Bustard Bay Sunset.
Town of 1770
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Friday, 2 January 2009

Fishing



A holiday at the beach wouldn't be a holiday unless you'd spent too much time in the sun, and "tried your luck" with your fishing gear in the cool of the evening.

The setting sun washes out northern the sky, but reflects warmly off the sunburnt legs of the fisherman.

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Southern Breakwater
Pt Cartwright
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Friday, 12 December 2008

Norfolk Pine Sky



Norfolk Island Pines are endemic strangely enough, to Norfolk Island, but many years ago someone decided quite correctly that they were a hardy beachfront plant, and so most of the beaches on the east coast of Australia feature them.

Of course at Christmas time they are a sitter for a setting the scene for the season.

When I took this photograph yesterday, the temperature was once again 30°C(86°F) yet if you look ever so carefully in the centre left, you'll see a snowman! We do try ever so hard to get into that northern hemisphere season thing!

For the Skywatch Fans, our skies are devoid of cloud for much of the day in summer but the air is full of humidity (81% yesterday), after a few days of that sort of weather, clouds begin to build in the evening and a thunderstorm will roll through, and the whole cycle begins afresh!

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