Rockscape

I just love 'em, I can't help myself.  I have to get down there and step from one to the other.

Just because they are there.

Kings Beach

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Walking Home

Things always seem to be perfect when we walk home from Caloundra.

Kings Beach

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Texture

Glass screen detail.   It says "beach" to me.

I want one just like this.

Kings Beach

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Pattern

Security fence in the sun.

Lovely.

Kings Beach

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Board

It's either a surfboard sticking out or this van has a green tongue.

Kings Beach

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A tangled web

Beneath the contiguous green canopy lies a tangled web of wind blown trunks, each dancing to the beat of its own particular drum.

Shelly Beach

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The other direction

I've often photographed Moffat Headland from the north, but this time the view is from the south, at Shelly Beach.   The Norfolk Pines on the headland are a signpost.

Shelly Beach

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Living in Glass Houses

I wondered for a time about publishing this photo, but since the person is not readily identifiable decided to press on.

I often photograph reflections of buildings in the windows of other buildings, but our climate and lifestyle is such that we can see adjoining buildings THROUGH the one we are photographing.

Privacy is a secondary consideration, falling in the list of priorities well below view and breeze.

Shelly Beach

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Another why I live where I live.

There is no time limit on that piece of dappled shade on the grass.  We can sit watching and listening to the waves for as long as we want, or until we get hungry!

Moffat Headland

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Suit Handyman

The advertisement would paint pictures of potential, but the reality is that there is no saving it - one day it will be gone, asbestos cement gutters and all, and a shiny new something expensive will rise in its place.

Perhaps we should be happy about "progress", but it's OK to lament what could have been if we aren't prepared to put our wallets in the place of the lament!

Moffat Beach

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Moff e rs oo ou

Once this sign read "Moffateers Lookout".

What thrill can these miscreants possibly have derived from levering off the letters?

Let me see, they have "a t e L k"  not enough letters to spell the word I'm thinking of that describes them.

Moffat Headland

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It's all about scale really.

Neighbours, but not necessarily sympathetic to each other.

Moffat Beach

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Squares

Today the City Daily Photo theme is "squares" and many more interpretations of that theme may be found at this link.

The pedantic among you may note that I have actually chosen a cube rather than a square as the subject of today's photograph, but here it is none the less.    The "ice" in the picture is actually concrete, a substance which is pretty much guaranteed not to melt in our climate, unlike the product from the vending machine, which begins it's translation back to the stuff from which it was made the minute it is removed from the cool room.

It's interesting to note that it is more economical to buy ice and let it melt than it is to buy bottled water at the corner store!

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Another Sign!

I must admit to being perplexed at this one for a minute.  

Am I the only one to wonder what lurks inside that will curtail my day?   Is the building behind really a departure lounge of some sort?

Caloundra


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It's a Sign!

Caloundra Uniting Church uses solar panels to get it's message across!

Caloundra

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The view north

If you are swimming at Moffat Beach and you look north, this is what you see.

But really, just walk a few hundred metres around that point to the patrolled area at Dicky Beach to swim.   You will be far safer there!

Moffat Beach

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The fisherman returns

It must be embarrassing to leave on your fishing trip before daylight, only to return while a surfing contest heat is in full swing.

A manly run through the shore break will surely impress the crowd!

Moffat Beach

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Contest!

A week ago at Moffat Beach, the Ma and Pa Bendall Surf Contest was held for the forty-eighth time.

I should have mentioned it then, but I was rather engrossed in beach combing at the time.

Moffat Beach

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Freight

Paddlers, ship, not much else to add!

Pacific Ocean.

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Dump Birds

The Ibis are particularly difficult to photograph in strong light, as their bald black heads hide their eyes and any other detail.

They are in plague proportions where ever feed is plentiful, but there is a control programme in place in the Moffat Beach bushland, and eggs are often rendered infertile or removed from nests to prevent over stocking of the area.

Moffat Beach

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Looking Back

It occurred to me this morning that I've taken many shots of Tooway Creek from the bridge (that smudge of beige centre left of frame) but none looking back in the other direction.

So here I stand at low tide, back to the ocean no more than a few metres away.

Moffat Beach

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Well Duh!

Tooway Lake is a popular although apparently potentially terribly dangerous swimming spot for families with small children.

I wonder if there is any water anywhere on earth where there is no "Potential for Marine Creatures".

Tooway Lake.


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The ocean's edge

Even the tiny little waves on a calm day are enough to wear down the stones, given enough time.

For the beach it must be like living with a three year old in perpetuity.

Moffat Beach.
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No Moss

A rolling stone.

Moffat Beach

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Clearer perception

Another of my favourite things; the way the little waves at the edge of a giant ocean seem to chase their own shadows.

Moffat Beach



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Good Friday

Today on the Christian Calendar is Good Friday, the day when Christ's crucifixion is commemorated. It's a day for contemplation, or naval gazing perhaps.

No matter what your religious beliefs, it's probably worth stopping for a minute and just watching some water as it gurgles over the clean sand of a beach.  Who knows what you may see in the refractions.

Moffat Beach


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Coffee, tea or bonox?

I never know what to think when I see this illumination in the sandwich shop window.

On this particular balmy evening, I rather felt like something that wasn't steaming from the top of a cup, and if I did feel like a nice cup of coffee, would I bother with the pre-stewed product from within, or use the neon as incentive to go and find a "proper" coffee somewhere else?

Perhaps I think too much.

Caloundra

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Tactile

In the evening, the faded yellow of the tactile strip is quite mellow.  

Mellow Yellow.

Tooway Creek
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Bored.

Looking into the surf shop at night, everything seems so flat and devoid of excitement.  Rows of boards snoozing away without so much as a tele to look at.

In the daylight it's a different story, even the grey carpet seems to spring to life, but this is a night shot.

Caloundra

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Reddish

Tomorrow night the moon will be in eclipse and will appear red apparently.  A "red moon" is a reasonably rare occurrence, but if one is partial to Mexican cuisine, red decor is available every night.

A little too red to be relaxing I think, but the take-away is good!

Caloundra

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not so busy

The lights are on, but almost no-one is home.

Such are the delights of owning holiday rental property when it's not holiday time!

Caloundra

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The creek in the evening

Tooway Creek, the boardwalk, just after dusk.


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Another Sunrise at the end of our street.

Another photo to add to the ever growing collection of shots of Tooway Lake.  At the moment, recent rains have breached the dunes. so there is a rather serpentine connection to the ocean, but it will be gone tomorrow.

Moffat Beach

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Same Tree, just a bit earlier this time.

Did I mention yesterday how the rising sun's rays sparkle through those dew drops if you are in the right place at the right time?  If I had been, I would have photographed them!

Moffat Beach

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Dewdrops on roses and whiskers on kittens....

How about dew drops on whiskers?

I love the way the dew just hangs on the ends of the casuarina bracts (are they bracts or leaves?) early in the morning.

Moffat Beach

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Throwing in the towel - again.

Now it seems one must co-ordinate one's towel with the cars parked adjacent to one's own.

Moffat Beach

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Throwing in the towel.

There is no way of knowing if the towel was left on the letterbox by someone on their way home from the beach, by someone who thought it would be a handy place to retrieve it first thing in the morning, or as permanent decoration.  

Since it was gone this afternoon, I guess it wasn't the latter, but it made for a lovely piece of ad hoc street art in the meantime.

Dicky Beach

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Off-leash Area

Dogs are allowed off-leash here before eight in the morning and after four in the afternoon.

I guess its owner just got tired of pulling it along the sand... kayaking isn't as much fun as the coloured brochures suggest!

Moffat Beach

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Taking the kayak for a walk

Why not put the boat in the water and ....

Early morning fishing trip,
Moffat Beach


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Insomnia!

Back in my favourite sunrise spot for the moment, Moffat Beach.

The residents in the apartments on the headland are not awake and making their morning cups of tea with their lights blazing, but the morning sun is reflecting from it's position just below the horizon.

Soon it will be well above, burning off the low clouds to bring with it another clear blue sky.


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Triangles, a theme day puzzle!

There are triangles everywhere in this photograph, I counted more than thirty before I started to go crazy, and crazy is not a good look on Theme Day!

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Something Old, Something New.

I hope it is the cleverness of the designer of the new house to be blamed for the similarity in proportions to its neighbour, and not some happy accident.

Actually even if it's a happy accident, the two wildly contrasting styles of building sit quietly together, just the way things should in a diverse urban streetscape!

That's what the planning books say anyway, and in this case I agree with them.

Moffat Beach



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Chicken, Egg.

I smile every day as I pass this sign and the swing over the water at Tooway Lake.

The swing is difficult to see, but the stick that appears to be floating is actually a handle designed for the brave to hold onto while swinging from the bank into the water.  The swinging rope is near invisible sadly, but the one below the stick enables it to be dragged shoreward for the next "swinger".

So the question must be asked:  What came first, the sign or the swing?

Tooway Creek
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Green Bumps

In contrast to yesterday's photo of brown lumps, today they are green!

This little patch of lawn deserves watching, as it matures the thatch will join and it will turn into a lumpy, no-mow lawn.  It's a Korean species I think, but it seems to be just the thing for a small low care garden!

I shall return next year to check on progress.

Moffat Beach


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And another thing....

While I'm in the mood for peevish protest:

Council sets a high standard for private developers when it comes to landscaping and the need to incorporate indigenous species and even more importantly to maintain them to a proper standard.

Why then, does it pay enormous amounts of money to have it's own landscaped areas planted to those standards, and not educate those who must maintain them?   The planting at Tooway Creek has been decimated by over zealous use of the whipper snipper and glysophate!

The little brown clumps are native grasses, planted in a revegetation project and happily killed by the maintenance guys.  The green lumps, well they are weeds.

Why?

Tooway Creek

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How it begins....

Our Council generally does a great job, dispatching graffiti as quickly as it arrives, but every now and then expedience should not be the priority.

The polished concrete surface on the bridge for instance, is already sealed in some sort of "anti-vandal" coating, so why wouldn't "Mr Grey Paint" not think to himself that there may be a better solution - like cleaning off the mess rather than leaving one grey panel on the bridge?

I will never understand!

Tooway Creek

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Being Prepared

I am not sure if our plumber carries his surfboard with his other gear in case the waves become irresistible at lunch time, or whether he thinks he can use it as a sort of life raft if a leak gets really bad.

Somewhere on the Sunshine Coast.

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Shades of Grey

Modern beach house geometry.

Moffat Beach

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Wave Gate

It's the colour that throws me off.  Is the gate meant to evoke the movement of the ocean, ripples at sunrise perhaps, or is it just that the guy who built it didn't have straight steel (or ocean coloured paint)?

Perhaps I should just enjoy it for what it is.

Shelly Beach

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Bollards

I am not sure why someone made the decision to place a row of bollards separating the grassed nature strip from the other side of the grassed nature strip, but I'm glad that when they did, they went to some trouble to make them note/photo worthy.

Shelly Beach

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