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.
© Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
It would almost be worth paying an admission fee to get to wander round the ruin, but I suppose there are rules about that sort of thing.
The Big Pineapple has apparently been rescued and will live to fight another day, perhaps in a mere shadow of its former glorious past.
The Metal Billboard is cleverly aged and rusted and looks as though ti's been hanging in place for a hundred years, or at least ten.
When driving on the highway, one could be forgiven if one gained the impression from the billboards that the Sunshine Coast is one big playground. Of course in one view it is.....
Sunset isn't far off, and the sea mist is adding another dimension to the air over the National Park, but I can't hang around and wait to see what happens, I have a little way still to walk before dark.
