Sunshine Coast Daily Photo

Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Ripple iron with Strelitzia

Perhaps one could be forgiven for thinking I took hours to set up this shot. Rest assured, I don't have that in me. I do love "ripple iron", that small profile version of the corrugated stuff that pops up from time to time in walls and window hoods. I specially like it when it's been patched and painted green.

Maleny

Curious Snail

"The Curious Snail" was a term of affection perhaps for our state newspaper, the "Courier Mail" in the days when one had affection for newspapers. I'm a bit bemused by the banner proudly proclaiming the "Sydney Morning Herald" is sold at the Maleny Newsagency though, there must be more migrants from south of the border than I thought.

Maleny

Fern

It's a version of what's called 'fishbone' fern, a pretty one that one often finds in old fernhouses (or just in older house gardens) it probably came from some exotic place originally, via England where it was exported with a load of Parlour Palms in the days when one had a parlour.

There again, it could just be a mutant form of the Australian native one, and the romance of tales of it's travels will be lost, replaced by another kind of excitement I guess.

Montville

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Well that makes sense.

Here we have a new estate the size of a small country, yet with apparently room for just a basketball half-court. On the other hand, with 200 kilometres of dedicated bikeways to be built, I suppose I can see the need to take up valuable playground space with a bike track.

Aura.

Fundamentally Flawed.

Note to file: it's fine to use planning buzzwords when you are trying to impress planners, but if the punters don't know what a "veloway" is, perhaps an explanation is necessary on the advertising sign.

Note to whoever thinks that note makes sense: Wouldn't it just be smarter to call them "bikeways" and end the confusion?

Aura

Yellow.

Those bits of yellow? They're an effort to appease some bloke who sits in an office and comes up with good ideas to make building just little more expensive.

Sometimes they work, they are temporary downpipes, in place until the real ones get here. If they aren't connected to anything at the bottom though, well perhaps they serve no purpose other than to add to the colour of the suburb.

Aura

Going....

It's a huge development, and there are some nice bits, some very nice bits, and some puzzling ones. Only time will tell if the very nice bits prevail, or if they've just been added as a cynical marketing exercise until the place gets a bit of sales momentum.

Aura.

Coming

Aura is a very confusing place. Statistically it will be a suburb bigger than one of the larger cities in our state, and even more confusing its precincts are divided into what the developers call "suburbs".

I can't wait to see what the Post Office makes of that. For the time being, it's part of the Sunshine Coast - don't believe the publicity people!

But it does have some colourful spots.

Aura

Walking to Kings.

It's a bit warm, but what a gorgeous day for a stroll around the boardwalk.

Or lying on the beach.

Or going for a swim.

Caloundra

Plenty of spaces.

On a Sunday afternoon, parking is easy enough to come by in Caloundra.

Caloundra

Eclectic, some might say "messy".

One thing Mooloolaba could never be accused of, is being bland, and this is a view from the rear of the buildings.

Mooloolaba.

Zanzibar in Monochrome.

Because it looked interesting at the time.

Mooloolaba

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Nice.

You can search here for other photos of 77 The Esplanade, ones from the front with the Norfolk pines reflected in the glass. The rear of the building has no redeeming feature as far as I can tell.

Well there is that little bit of hedge just below the air conditioning unit, but it's got a long way to grow if it's going to improve things.

Mooloolaba

Signature?

Is this one of my signature shots? A building leaning into the sky, proudly proclaiming itself to be somewhere else. Or is that how one would spell "Mooloolaba" were one dyslectic?

Mooloolaba

Like the artist's rendering.

Deep shadows late in the afternoon could drown First Avenue, but thanks to the modern world of digital photography, we can find the detail and in the process the photograph gives us something that the real scene didn't.

Mooloolaba

Being in more than one place at the same time.

At first glance, the arcade seemed crowded.
One man in three places.

Mooloolaba

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Pool Fence

Technically the fence is there to stop children getting into the pool. The irony of having an entire ocean on the other side of it is apparently lost on those who seek to protect us from the slightest risk.

It does make a nice place to hang the towel though.

Kings Beach

Wet

This month's theme is "wet" and while we had a whole summer where the sort of wet one gets from rain was in very short supply, the pool at Kings Beach was always there to keep anyone that wanted to be wet in a suitable state of just that.

Of course, right now we have an over abundance of the wet stuff, but hopefully the storm will pass and everyone will get back to the pool in a very quick time.

To see more interpretations of this theme visit this link.

Kings Beach

Greenfields

When developers march in and take over vast tracts of land, the result is referred to as "green fields" development. I have no idea why.

Aura

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City of Colour

It's a new estate which pretty much closes the gap between the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane and it's seemingly endless.

The developers have completed a promising if not impressive amount of infrastructure, and the landscaping at the moment needs just a bit of time, but the bones of something very civilised are certainly there.

It's the marketing though: "City of Colour" which it is while the houses are clad in blue building paper, but once the drab grey modern donkey colours go on the walls they tell a different story.

Here's hoping the real colour will come when the residents arrive!

Aura

Sunshine Coast.

Magic Carpets

The Persian carpet place hasn't fared too badly. I think if we find the photo from a few years ago, we'd see a bit of maintenance has been done and the sign seems to have got to the point where it isn't going to fade anymore. It's quite nice and understated like that.

Birtinya

Hanging Tree

No not that kind of hanging, the kind you use to dry your beach towel while you barbecue your breakfast.

Moffat Beach

Lake's end

The cut in the dune only lasts a few days after the lake has emptied itself, soon no one will know the scar existed. Then it will rain again and the process will start all over again, with or without the man in the orange digger.

Tooway Creek Moffat Beach

Waterhole

We could be at any inland waterhole in Australia, except for that sliver of blue screaming "ocean" in the background.

We are actually standing at the bank of Tooway Creek.

Moffat Beach

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Glasshouse Mountains one day four photos 4 of 4

Time to concentrate on the aperitifs now I think and put the camera away for another day.

Maleny

Glasshouse Mountains one day four photos - 3 of 4

When all else fails, switch to black and white and tell Ansel you liked his work.

Maleny

Glasshouse Mountains one day four photos - 2 of 4

A little later darkness begins to envelope us.

Maleny

One evening above the glasshouses - 1 of 4

Not much to say here really, we had friends staying from overseas, they were having a good time in the water at the beach, which meant by the time we got to the top of the hill we'd missed the sunset.

Just.

Maleny

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Van Life

On any Sunday.

Caloundra

How it begins.

I wonder how many great cricketing careers have begun at the beach, on the sand or among the Norfolk leaf litter.

Caloundra

The photographer's shadow

I suspect I could have avoided it, but for once I thought my shadow may tell part of the story.

Just what that story is I will leave to the beholder.

Caloundra

The musicians meet.

My friend Manu is a French musician who speaks little English, but he speaks music, and was so taken by the sounds of an accordion being played in the streets of Australia that he just had to say "thanks"!

Caloundra

Vintage.

It's the roof rack which captured my imagination. We used to use them before board racks and gutter fixings were invented. Originally they had big rubber suction caps to keep them neatly on the roof, clamped down to the gutters and of course if they were overloaded resulted in four neat dents in the roof.

Oh for the good old days!

Orange

While rummaging through the ladies' clothing in the Bulcock Street Markets... don't ask!!

Caloundra

and now we are NINE!

Hat's off to all who've been following this blog for nine years today!

It's been an interesting time, and I am no closer to discovering why or what it's about, but I can say with certainty that it's a photoblog not a photography one, and despite some misgivings from time to time, here's to making it ten!

I would have liked to have posted a shot of exploding fireworks or a birthday candle or something, but all I had that came close was this collection of hats at the Caloundra markets.

Caloundra

Beach Beetle

To my great shame I don't have a link to the photographer who sells these super surf shots at the Bulcock Street markets, perhaps I'll find it later, but none the less he knows, as we all do, that old VW's and surf photos go hand in glove.

Just why that is for others I'm not sure, but I know I certainly had one, admittedly older than this example to carry my surfboards.

Caloundra

A lot of bikes

At two hundred dollars a pop and destined never to be recycled - no pun intended, there is evidently no shortage of customers!

Birtinya

From China With Love.

I went into the bike shop this afternoon to buy a couple of tyres and some brake parts for my wife's vintage roadster.

That sounds a bit hipster I suppose, but we bought it more than forty years ago, which must make it genuine vintage!

The trouble is, for the price of the parts, we could buy one of these colourful beasts that have a little less rust showing, but will have been landfill for thirty-nine years in forty years time!

It has to stop, the "everything is disposable" mentality.

99 Bikes
Bertinya

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Shoot a gun down the street

It's a "Way" apparently, not a street, but that doesn't mean I'm at risk of being hit by a car when I stop to take a photograph. It's a scary thought, the prospect of these four lanes being filled with traffic at some time in the future. Hopefully that will be after my time!

Kawana Way

Birtinya

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For Marjan

Thanks for reminding me of things I used to photograph!

Birtinya

Where we shop

Honestly, it's hard to come to terms with the lack of people sometimes. We have friends from Asia who feel unsettled walking our streets because they are spookily deserted to them. How would you like to own a business here, where palm trees outnumber customers?

It's different in holiday times of course, and it's pleasant as a customer, but hopefully as our population grows it will bring more people and therefore more security for the traders.

Birtinya

Banners no more

Again, without searching these pages, I do recall a photograph of a series of banners on this shop, remarking that they may not be there forever. Well they weren't. The poles are there should someone feel generous once more, but I suspect that the maintenance of those strong colours is stretching the budget as it is.

Birtinya

The end of the world is nigh.

Actually it's just a bit jaded and faded, the Workout World building facade in that Home Centre that's featured here many times. When times get tough, just pop up and see how the buildings are maturing.

Birtinya

Red body board

Had enough, walking home.

Caloundra

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An explanation

When Tooway Lake fills to overflowing, it bursts out into the ocean where ever it feels like it. It appears that someone in council doesn't like that happening, so when he moon is just right and the water just so, a digger arrives to create a lake-emptying channel in a spot where council wants it to be.

Then, in the dead of night, the creek sneaks back where it was going to go anyway.

It's a fascinating battle to watch.

Moffat Beach

Never bring a knife to a gunfight.

So you have that little yellow plastic spade to build your sandcastles with eh?

Bah!!

Moffat Beach

Repurposing

I wonder if at sometime this old outboard motor, disguised as a letterbox will be discovered by someone who restores old outboard motors?

Dicky Beach

Left over almost black and white

It's funny how some things stick with one. In one of my first ever art classes, I was harangued or perhaps berated by my teacher for a poster design which featured lettering that dropped vertically down the page.

"Your eyes are side by side" she said " if we were meant to read like that we'd have them one above the other". A lot more than half a century later, it is a rare sign in that format that meets my approval.

I wonder if the residents at number five under two have thought about that.

Moffat Beach

Black and white in colour.

This Month's City Daily Photo Theme day is "Black and White in Colour", which gave me just the excuse I needed to hang around a public toilet in a park. Of course I carefully modified my exposure so that other lingerers would dissolve into the photograph, as the dissolving feet on the left of the shot bear witness.

When I found this place a year ago, I didn't consider the possibility that someone might have gone to a lot of trouble with the lighting to ensure that it would be even more spectacular at night!

Change Rooms at

Bulcock Beach

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Sometimes I could drink it.

I've been a bit of a dull boy of late, in the sense of all work and no play. My head's been buried in our little construction project for weeks with no respite, so today I decided to walk to the Post Office.

It was on the way home I noticed the greens were too green, the blues were too blue, the beach was too fantastic, and altogether I just wanted to eat it, and drink the wet bits. And yes I have tweaked the colour a little, but only to show you what it really looked like!

A timely reminder of why I live where I live, and of how much I've missed over these last few weeks!

Moffat Beach

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