Camouflage

...when suddenly the library drove by, disguised as a tree.

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Bunyas

A small plantation of Bunya Pines farewells us from the Wappa Dam enclosure.  Not really pines, they are a Queensland Native (Araucaria bidwillii) with a timber which is similar in appearance to a North American pine, but with a much richer honey colour.

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Spillway

The spillway at Wappa Dam isn't always spilling, but it was in February when I visited it.

Waterways like this are all too rare in Australia, particularly the running over the top kind!

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Nice Spot

I thought I'd go inland to get away from all those water photos, and then I came across Wappa Dam.

Half way between Nambour and Yandina, there is just a smattering of housing hidden in the bush.

Not a bad place to be I think.

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Tadpoles

I'm hoping they aren't cane toads.   Whatever they are they'll be out and about before we know it.  I couldn't work out if the majority were hovering in the crack to try to stay in the cooler water, as far from the sun as they can, or if that's where the last of the algae is in the pond.

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Palm

Just a palm frond in the bush near Nambour

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Solar Farm

The Nambour hospital solar array is used to preheat water for the boilers.  The reflectors magically track the sun's movement during the course of the day to keep all the heat concentrated on the pipe.

Terrific, sensible stuff!  I wonder if it's an economic proposition though?

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One in Three

A staggering statistic, but none the less it makes me wonder what the other two use.

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Near Nambour Hospital

The empty carpark says it all.  This building lies new and vacant as it has done for a year.

It is the best of times, yet the worst of times in some industries.

Hard to know why really.

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Nambour Hospital 3 of 3

Concrete etching up close.  Oh dear I think I said it was a banksia yesterday, today it could be a callistemon!

It's very subtle, and rather nice.

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Nambour Hospital 2 of 3

There's a trend in modern architecture to introduce multiple textures and colours, it's almost as if there's a prize for the most bits one can fit in a given area.   Sometimes the result is quite abominable, but this seems to work for me.    I rather like all those smudges on the concrete which are actually photographically etched banksia leaves and flowers, and they should start to develop stronger contrasts as the concrete gathers dirt and mildew.  (Detail tomorrow)

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Nambour Hospital 1 of 3

Believe it or not, I detoured through Nambour just to take a few photos of the new hospital building.  I rather like it graphically, although the vertical sun blades don't actually do much at this time of day, and if the maintenance budget is the same as for the rest of the complex I don't give it a lot of hope for retaining it's freshness into the distant future.

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Ahhh... back in Nambour

Every time I visit Nambour, I get a thousand comments accusing me of showing it in an unflattering way, so I'll keep this visit brief.

See the gardens near the railway line?

That proves I'm looking for the good bits.   (Yes, OK Nambour, I AM joking.....)

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Dog Friendly

La Balsa park provides one of the largest off-leash areas for dogs around the coast, and there are no shortage of four legged critters on the pathways most afternoons.

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Why they have channel markers

Somewhere between our friend in the hat and all those boats is a deepish bit that allows safe passage.  It also is rumoured to provide something of a haven for resident bull sharks, and I'm not sure that I'd be standing out there calling my dog!

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Coming up

It's a pleasant interlude, the bit between the water and the carpark.

Buddina

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Late Afternoon

Late afternoon, Buddina.


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The last wave

One last wave before we head off for a month or so of buildings and things, surely we all need a break from the beach by now!

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CommunicationMaking the mailbox redundant.

There's a planner out there somewhere feeling immensely smug about the way we can hardly see the water tank any more.

Really all this communication stuff is making our mailboxes more and more redundant, so this is a timely reminder to send someone a postcard today while you still can.

Point Cartwright

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Same Bird Different Rock

About now he's wishing I'd just go away and let him stand there for a bit.

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Jonathan Livingstone

Seagull photos usually don't score any points, but this one is frozen in space so I thought "why not"?

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Bikes

The bike parking at Ettamogah is thoughtfully placed just a short stagger from the bar.

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Sea Spray

Capturing the elusive spray comes one step closer.

Buddina

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Time for a break

I was walking slowly round the rocks, too slowly to get tired, yet I felt compelled to just sit for a bit....

Buddina

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Wilderness

We could be anywhere on the remote coast, but just beyond those dunes lie ten thousand houses and a shopping mall.

Another illusion shattered!

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Innocuous

It looks innocuous enough, but only last year a couple of people perished after falling from a little higher up.   It gets slippery you see, and there is nowhere to arrest a fall.

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For Cliff

A piece of fallen cliff waiting to be photographed, posing in the late afternoon.

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Who makes this stuff?

The more I wander among the rocks, the more beautiful the forms become.

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Hidey Holes

Not much else to add really!

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Limpets

Actually they aren't limpets at all, but I really like the sound of that word, and they are clinging to the rocks so perhaps at a push we could pretend....

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Mountainous Waves

So this is what mountainous waves look like.

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Heading East

I guess there comes a point where there's no point in trying to keep your feet dry any more.

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Looking North

I'm a sucker for just sitting on a rock and watching the waves too.

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Sorry

I know I post pictures like this quite often, but I'm a sucker for the way the sky appears between the rocks.

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Worth it

So you arrive at the beach, and at last you are alone.

You and your dog.....

.... and some clown in the dunes pointing his camera at your alone-ness.

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Elusive

As one walks through a casuarina thicket towards the beach, there's a distinct atmosphere within the wood that I have to date been unable to capture.

Perhaps what is missing is the lack of the sound of the ocean steadily getting louder as we approach, or the soft squeak of the sand underfoot, being flicked up the back of one's legs by the heel of one's thongs, signalling it's just about time to go barefoot again.

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Red Weeds

I quite like these things, they have a touch of the poinsettia about them.  I looked up what they were once, but to my shame I have forgotten.

They don't seem quite so intent on smothering the grasses as their yellow mates from yesterday though.

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Yellow Weeds

They are in a revegetation area, so perhaps they have been planted deliberately, but they have that look about them that says they expect to dominate the ground cover no matter what.

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Weeds

The sign is a warning about something.   Perhaps it's yellow we must be afraid of, or falling into a yellow triangle, I'm not sure, I didn't see it until I got home!

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Training

Rescue board training late in the afternoon.   I've never been able to capture the subtlety of the late afternoon mist, and the faded colours it produces, but the background here comes as close as I can get!

Mooloolaba

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Way up there

 

From below they look so far away, and I suppose they are in a sense, but these apartments do command a wonderful view over the bay.

Buddina

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Japanese

It's not hard to see the inspiration for some wonderful landscape work.

Mooloola River

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Heading North

The mouth of the Mooloola River faces almost due north, away from the prevailing breezes and sea swell, making it one of the safest harbour entrances on the coast.

Late afternoon light makes it look a bit like an antique photograph too.

Mooloolaba

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Cool

Late afternoon on a hot day, and there's nothing like sitting in clear water under a shady tree.

Mooloola River

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Ettamogah

The pub that was modelled on a cartoon.

Ettamogah

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On any Sunday

The Ettamogah Pub is a terrific destination, just the right distance from anywhere to work up a thirst that needs quenching, but I worry about the trip home.

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"Eye"

The "London Ferris Wheel" just doesn't sound right any more, but the "Aussieworld Eye" isn't particularly catchy either.

Perhaps it's just a Ferris Wheel after all.

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Relic

And then I started to wonder how long it has been since Polaroid sent the bus shelter people a cheque for their advertising.

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Beer Cures Everything

Glenview

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Razor's Edge

I've often wondered how hard it must be to keep a ship right on the edge of the ocean like that.

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