Off for a training run on the ski, through a flock of seagulls, even the most innocuous of pass times has the ability to create a disturbance!
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Art
Take a piece of frayed rope, tie it to a stick and hang it from a tree and call it art. Or call it a swing and let someone else call it art.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Washing
Somehow it wouldn't feel like camping if the towels weren't strung on a line between a few trees.
Cotton Tree
Monday, 10 May 2010
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Paddling
Shoes off, walking in water that's less than ankle deep. It's described as "going for a paddle".
Why? How did the term "paddle" become associated with idling in shallow water?
One of life's great mysteries I suppose.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Canoe
A plastic canoe waits patiently for action on the beach at Cotton Tree.
Friday, 7 May 2010
Clutter
Some apartments have rules about each having exactly the same colour curtains and identical brands of furniture on the balconies.
Others don't.
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Fenestration
I can just imagine the conversation in the "design" office when this building was being produced:
"Err boss, it really looks just like another block of brick flats from the city",
"Well bung some waves on the frieze, that'll make it look beachy."
That, and of course the fact that no one has bothered to maintain the paint on the stair well.
I have to say that the cheap "transportable" above ground pool on the roof is a nice touch, although the engineer who designed the building might well be having kittens if he knew it was there.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
New Vernacular
The new architectural vernacular has evolved through the need to shade windows. Corrugated metal and sun fins abound on new buildings, and that's not a bad thing.
Some will age better than others, and it will be interesting to see what becomes of all these bits in a few years when the ravages of salt and sunshine take their toll. Will they simply be removed to save maintenance costs, leaving bland facades exposed to heat and view?
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Conveyance
Those new fangled stand up paddle boards are so huge that they need to be wheeled to the beach.
Monday, 3 May 2010
Way Out
Call me what you will, I love this sign. I love the way it's weathered, the way the lettering is not quite centred, how the arrow is huge and the lettering out of proportion.
Mostly I love the way cars park in front of it and no one can see it.
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Shopping for kids
We went shopping yesterday, and all we came home with was this photograph of stuffed puppets hanging outside a shop in Montville.
I've been told that shopping is far more productive if I'm not there.
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Statue - young Bob
I struggled to find a statue that I hadn't covered before for today's theme, there are many pieces of sculpture, but few statues to be found. Earlier this year I published a photo another part of this statue, young Robert's father Steve Irwin.
This is part of Silvio Apponyi's marble memorial to Steve, and features father and two children holding a baby crocodile.
The photo was taken on New Year's Day, but young Robert, although "a chip off the old block" hadn't scored quite as many kisses as his dad.
Today's City Daily Photo theme is "Statues", Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
Friday, 30 April 2010
Skywatch
Beach House Iconography
They're all here, the timber battens, the "fibro" walls, the corrugated roofing, the traffic cones on the roof..... ....
They can only have fallen from the sky, there's no other explanation. To see if this theory is correct, it may pay to check out other Skywatch photos here!
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Timeless
I suspect that at one time, everything in this photo was once considered to be timeless. Conservative design is often thought to be "timeless" when it is undertaken, colours of a certain genre (beach colours!); yes - timeless as well. Blue cars? Fashionably unfashionable - a colour that will never date.
Timelessness is a state of being I think, which goes from new, through bland, before it becomes ugly, then "modern" and therefore trendy.
Where is this little lot up to?
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
The Throw
A boy casts his net in the quest for bait.
Another Watery Wednesday post!
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Monday, 26 April 2010
Pretty building site
Construction sites are so colour co-ordinated these days with their dust proof clothes and coloured scaffold accents, highlit perhaps with a matching crane.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
The Spot
I was always led to believe that "X" marked the spot, so I started a lifelong search. When I finally found it, it was just the wrong way up a carpark exit ramp.
Saturday, 24 April 2010
OOch!
Why do I get the feeling I'm being followed by a pair of "O's"?
Friday, 23 April 2010
What were they thinking?
I'm fairly sure that the designers of this building didn't set the window up to reflect the power pole opposite, but it does. It's interesting I have to admit, not pretty, but perhaps it's art!
Maroochydore
Thursday, 22 April 2010
See yourself.
Even reflections of the urban context can be quite interesting to the observant pedestrian. I love the "greenliness" in this glass, and the distortion which reminds me of fairground mirrors from a time long gone.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
A better example
Around the corner from the Police Station, a building on the Esplanade gives us an example of how reflections are supposed to look in a facade!
There are many who are detractors of reflective glass, and I suppose I have to admit it does have a few ...err... issues, but it can be quite photogenic.
Maroochydore
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Freedom
I was standing in the carpark opposite this building, focussing on the reflections when I realised the little blue sign read "Police Only".
Then it occurred to me that in many other "free" countries, I would have been at best chastised for standing and taking a photograph of Police Headquarters. Thankfully this doesn't happen in Maroochydore, and I am free to observe the drabness and general unkempt demeanour of the whole place, and feel sympathetic towards those who work within.
Even the sky and tree force their reflections (and that's not water by the way) outwards through grubby glass and a dirt stained facade. Surely a tiny budget for an annual clean isn't asking too much of the government to give those that work within a little pride in their workplace?
But for all that, I grateful that I am free to write this as well!
But for all that, I grateful that I am free to write this as well!
Monday, 19 April 2010
Clutter by Design
Viewed in isolation, one could say that someone had "a really good try" at hiding the air conditioning plant on the top of this building. Sadly when seen in the context of the whole building I think I'd prefer to see the plant room!
It does make an interesting photo though.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
More Clutter
There is no doubt that aerial transmission of power is not a beautiful thing. Some developers and building owners take it on themselves to pay the cost of running power underground and the benefit to the streetscape is enormous.
Some don't.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Clutter
Can you count the traffic lights in the picture? I can see nine, but including those out of view there are at least fourteen sets at these two intersections, including the one which suggests that headless persons should perhaps not attempt to cross.
At what point in time do the traffic people start to think about whether there's a better way?
One wonders how the planners allow it!
Friday, 16 April 2010
Texture Skywatch
I've probably milked this one sunrise a bit far, but indulge me one last time. I can't find words to describe the textures that appear only briefly, but I often stand in awe with my eye racing between the prickly water, the saw toothed horizon and the cracks in the clouds. Thank goodness for photographs so that we can hold the moment for just a little longer!
For more Skywatch photos today, don't forget to visit Skyley.com.
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Paint Job
At first glance one could be excused for thinking this truck has one of those fancy flame paint jobs favoured by the "Street Machine" crowd, but alas, it hasn't. The ravages of salt air and too much UV light have taken their toll on the clear top coat of the metallic paint. Like the rust lines creeping their way down the side of the car in the background, this is just a reminder of the harshness of the climate in which we live.
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Waiting for the rush
It's barely daylight, and the coffee shop is empty, but in just a few minutes the smell of coffee and fresh pastry will pervade, and the cyclists and joggers will arrive to mix with the sleepy ones staggering in for their "heart starter".
Mooloolaba
Monday, 12 April 2010
Keeping Fit
They are a happy crowd, this running, jumping, cycling set despite the fact that only fitness freaks and photographers are up at this hour.
Mooloolaba
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Ready for a surf, but there are no waves. Sadly for many there won't be much surf action today. Surfers don't seem to mind rising before the sun, even if there's nothing to do except watch the day begin.
Mooloolaba.
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Running with beagle.
Sunrise at Mooloolaba. If one has to run, now is a great time to do it!
Friday, 9 April 2010
Early Morning Skywatch
Point Cartwright, 6:00 am last Friday.
Mostly I like to stay in bed, but every now and then I force myself to get out and when I do I wonder why I don't do it every day!
For more Sky photographs visit the Skywatch Portal.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Seasons Greetings Revisited
Exactly two years ago I posted a photo entitled "Seasons Greetings" and while it may sound harsh of me I've staked the place out ever since to try to get a photo of the illuminations at work. Despite the lights having been permanently in position all that time, they've failed to make an appearance in the two intervening Christmas Holiday Seasons and at every other festive occasion as far as I can tell. I never gave up on them though, and just a few nights ago was rewarded with the faintest glimmer of joy from one of the stars.
If you look very very carefully, perhaps with a magnifying glass, you will see half a dozen lights struggling for life in the bottom of the star. Thank goodness the Fish Market Produce is much more reliable than its festive decoration!
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
The Loo IS the View!
Another of Mandy's murals. This time the loo IS the view. Very subtle!
Or is it a clever camouflage? On the spit at Mooloolaba.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Low Tide
I suspect that low tide was invented so people could have somewhere to stow their sailing gear when they were not actually on the water.
Monday, 5 April 2010
Off home then.
Carrying the kite upside down stops the wind from carrying one away, and it looks quite cool as well.
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Had enough.
When it's time to go home, there's no need to carry the gear if you know how to walk with the kite flying.
If you don't, it can be quite a bother really.
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Traffic
Kite boarders compete for water at the top end of the Pumicestone Passage.
Friday, 2 April 2010
Big Ship, Little Ship
A kite boarder races a ship to the turning mark at Caloundra.
The kite boarder won!
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Red
Two scooters, one with a red wheel.
Today's City Daily Photo theme is "red". Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Thistle
Occasionally when walking around cow paddocks, one comes across a Scotch Thistle. Definitely not an endemic species, and one can't help but wonder what relationship the seeds of the thistle have to the digestive system of a cow, but there's definitely a correlation.
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Autumn
We don't really have autumn, but we do have leaves falling at regular intervals throughout the year, so if we look in the right places we can pretend at least.
Monday, 29 March 2010
Mangroves
Across the river from our home. Mangroves, with their aerial roots visible at low tide, somewhat reminiscent of a bed of nails. Not pleasant to walk on, but not too nasty either, sort of soft but stiff none the less!
We're almost home, and looking forward to renewing our acquaintance!
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Going Home
The Lifeguard at Alexandra Headland packs up after another day on the beach. There are people who would kill for a collection of toys like he has!
We're packing up too after another month or more on the road, and will be back on the coast in a few days, hopefully arriving before the Easter Traffic begins, ready to see what sort of devastation has been caused by six weeks of big seas and heavy rain.
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Welcome
Now just a few friendly reminders to ensure your stay is a happy one.
Alexandra Headland
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Friday, 26 March 2010
Splash
Splashing around in the rockpools is just about the best fun anyone can have on a warm afternoon.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
The Old Caloundra Lighthouse
When I say the only thing we lack on the coast is a history, this is perhaps the best example I can give.
If you have followed the links to the Old Lighthouse web pages, you will already know that this is thought to be the oldest surviving structure in Caloundra, and I doubt that we will find evidence of an older one on the Coast. Built with a timber frame and clad in corrugated iron, it has survived (just) since 1896.
I know people who are almost that old!
One of my many projects listed for coming years is to try to track down further remnants of construction, but I suspect there will be little to find until around the 1940's and once I get to there.... well I do know people that old, lots of them.
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
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