Sunshine Coast Daily Photo

Friday, 19 October 2012

Dingly Danglies

This, sadly, is what life has come to.

No longer do we have time to wander aimlessly along the shore beach combing, gathering up our small collection of worthless mementos to be left in an ever growing pile on a step or window sill, until someone takes it upon themselves to dispose of them.

But we needn't fret. Somewhere in a land a long way to the north, there are people in factories manufacturing driftwood and threading it on strings for us to purchase in order to satiate our need for souvenirs.

Perhaps they should be renamed, they are not mementos, they are forgettos.

Caloundra Markets

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Market Day

Every now and then I like to publish a photo of Bulcock Street Caloundra, with its giant Moreton Bay figs lining the streets, or in this case some sunshine where one fell down, but in any case on a Sunday the cars are sent away, and tourist markets appear as if by magic.

This is not the place to come if you are keen to fill your larder, as fresh food vendors are few and far between, but if you want to have your aura tanned, or eat something fried in fat, dipped in sugar and served with with barbecue sauce, this is the place to be!

Caloundra

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Let's Dance!

If your budget doesn't stretch to an Air Guitar, perhaps sir would be interested in one of our foam rubber filled cushion ukuleles?

Guaranteed never to play out of tune.

Caloundra Markets

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Light at the end of the tunnel

Sunset, the day the new City Daily Photo portal went live.
Now I can sleep! ;-)

Moffat Beach.

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Scaffold

I love a bit of scaffold in the sunset.

Despite what the press would have one believe, there is still some building work happening, even if it's not at it's old frenetic pace.

Meanwhile, construction of the new City Daily Photo portal is at a stage where the scaffolding might just come down tonight!

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Something to Ponder

If a driver doesn't have the where-with-all to work out that he (or she) should really park between the lines, is he (or she) really going to check the sign to make sure?

Or s the sign a indicator of where one must park depending on the colour of one's car?

Yes, we like things orderly in Moffat Beach.

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I've been burning the candle at both ends for a time, working on a secret City Daily Photo project, and now I can't even hold my camera steady! Actully I was trying to blur everything but the cable ties on the helmet and nearly did it, but not quite.

The cable ties are there to distract marauding magpies, which get terribly aggressive around this time of year. Some get quite specific in who they attack too; only small children or postmen or women on bikes, but to most for some reason, cyclists seem to cop the full force of their fury.

I am not sure if the cable ties do much, but I'd rather have a cable tie snapped at than my ear.

Dicky Beach

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A Shocker

Today was not the sort of day that gave the town its name.

The thermometer barely made it to twenty-five, the wind was about the same (in knots), and those little dots above the horizon left of screen which look like dust on my lens but which are actually kite sails with boards attached.

Who knows what the owners were thinking but as we sat watching the whales on their migratory run, I couldn't help thinking that it would be far more pleasant inside with a cup of coffee in hand, and I wasn't getting wet!

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Moving on..

It's time to leave the beach for a bit I think, the lifeguards have everything under control.

Nothing to see here, move along.

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Water's Edge?

Next month's theme day title has been decided, but I'm not sure how I'm going to cope finding something to do with water or its edge.

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Cranes

The Premier of our state many years ago, used to gauge the state of the economy by the number of cranes on the skyline. Looks like we're at one crane to a full blown recession at the moment, or perhaps it's one crane to a full blown recovery.

Who can tell?

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Protection

It would be interesting to wonder where the Maroochy River mouth would be if it weren't for the erosion controls in place. I also wonder how long the giant sacks of sand are expected to survive, and what will happen when they've gone.

Maroochydore

Collision course

Everyone has their own idea of how to have fun at the beach, for me, there's nothing wrong with sitting quietly in the dune with a camera in hand waiting for the moment of impact!

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and tomorrow.....

According to the forecast, the weather tomorrow will be much nicer!

Maroochydore looking at Alexandra Headland

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Running into Summer

Summer is on its way, time to leave the wetsuit at home and just get out there!

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Cold Shower

Save water, shower with a surfboard.

Maroochydore

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Flood Debris

Still quite jetlagged and with a now heavy cold picked up from one of the grandchildren, I sat on the beach for a few minutes today and felt like a pile of flood debris!

Where old meets new

Back "live" on the coast after six months in a place where things aren't old until they have been around from more than a couple of centuries, it's difficult to explain that here, if it's been built in the 80's it's pretty much due for replacement.

There must be a better way forward!

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Blowout

The standard footwear on the coast is known as the "thong", I have no idea why. In other parts of the world it's called he flip flop, and in New Zealand it's a Jandal.

There is a basic design fault shared by all, however, and that is that when a little bit of wear occurs around the sole, the holes enlarge and the strap just pops out. This gave rise to the super model with duplicate "plugs" which is known simply as "the double plugger".

This one is a single plugger, abandoned now, its owner no doubt half limping across the road on the way home in that funny walk we get when we stand on sharp stones, as though walking funny will make it hurt less. If only he'd known that there is a simple temporary repair:

A bread bag clip - those funny "c" shaped bits of plastic, work as a perfect washer over the plug, enough to get one home at any rate.

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Can you tell who is the Council Officer suggesting that perhaps both dogs should be on a leash?

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Campsite

Cotton Tree
Maroochy River

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Dunes, no daisy

No Singapore daisy, thankfully!

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Singapore Daisy

Some weeding needed.

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Dunes, intruder

This particular flower is known as Singapore Daisy, clearly not a native. A virulent interloper that escapes and wreaks havoc, even on the dunes.

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Dunes, clouds

Sometimes there is no need for an explanation!

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Till tomorrow

A "tinny" sits under the trees waiting for tomorrow's tide, or perhaps this evening's sunset, when its owners will be out, fishing rods in hand.

Maroochy River
Cotton Tree

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Trying their luck

Sometimes we sit and wait,
sometimes, we just sit.

Maroochy River
Cotton Tree
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Paradise almost lost

Were it not for the anti-erosion work, the river may well have consumed the caravan park by now.

Cotton Tree

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Buildings

Cotton Tree

Fishin'

There's the sort of fishing where you hold your rod and flick lures, and there's the sort where the rod sits in a stand and you sort of hang around hoping something will bite.

Maroochy River

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Mt Coolum

Over the Garden Fence

Bus Shelter

We could plant a tree and have lovely dappled shade over those waiting for the bus, or we could build a shelter in glass and paint it to make the shadows look like leaves....... they'd get wet in the rain if it was a tree!

Cotton Tree

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Happiness is not...

Arcade Games in 3D

At first I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It looked for all the world like one of those early electronic arcade games and the yellow team seemed to outnumber the orange team by a few men as well.

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Little Boxes

I really should stop publishing photos like these, they provide a dreadfully exaggerated view of the density of the coast. Before you know it people will be taking them seriously, and there is precious little development happening as it is.

Maroochydore

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