Sunshine Coast Daily Photo

Sunday, 11 November 2018

Ever Changing.

It has a. name, this little creek at Dicky Beach, and I can't think of it to save myself! It doesn't appear on any of the internet maps which makes me think it was bestowed in recent times.

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

Having bitten off more than I could chew in the early part of this year, I was unable to produce the catalogue which enables me to post daily on this blog while on our annual migration to the other side of the world.

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Wave Form

It's a pet peeve of mine, buildings that try to look like waves. But from this angle, at this time of day, I'm not peeved at all.

Moffat Headland.

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Top of the hill, late afternoon.

Well no, actually it's still early morning - the shadow on the western side of the trees is a dead giveaway. My bad,,,

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Moffat Headland
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Wish I was there!

There's nothing like it, but with my abilities or lack thereof, if I was the only other surfer out, I'd accidentally drop in on him and ruin his wave!

Moffat Headland

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Wiggly lines

I wonder what the surfing term for a wiggly line of waves is?

Whatever it is, it's swell! 😂

Moffat Headline?

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Buying a consonant.

Senseless destruction. We need an MoffATeEr'S LooKouT.

I hope their Mum's are very proud of them.... maybe she's even gone all crafty and made fridge magnets from her idiot children's handiwork. At least if she has, someone is benefitting from the thought.

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Rocks and Waves

Nothing to see here folks - move along. ....or stay a while and just watch if you like.

Moffat Headland

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Sunrise on a Headland

A nice place to sit and not think.

Moffat Headland

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Sunrise under bridge.

This photograph is notable only for the fact that I was there when the sun was barely above the horizon. I wonder why I couldn't sleep that day?

Tooway Creek

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Tip Turkey

The poor old white ibis is much maligned - it's hard to believe that it's not got something to do with it's general lack of attractiveness. There's no doubt the species does breed well when there's ample food (but which species doesn't?). But really, does it really deserve monikers like "Bin Bird", "Dumpster Diver", Flying Rat.... and I could go on?

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

She sells seashells.

Nothing but blue skies.

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

PIneapple? Nope!

A week out of sequence, but here we see the fruit of the pandanus. On the left the hard green bit impersonating a pineapple, on the right the ripe orange one, with fruit segments already fallen. For a peek at what those bits look like, go back one week! (perhaps that's only one post?)

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Nuts!

Technically these are the fruit of the pandanus, not the nuts but they are the size of a child's fist, hard, and heavy and they give a fair old bonk if they hit you on the head.

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Beach Graphics

And the shady bits move too!

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

SUP

Once upon a time "SUP" was a contraction for the greeting "What's up?" Now of course it's "Stand Up Paddleboard". A year or two ago, some visiting friends from Europe were astonished to see them being ridden in the surf - we on the other hand were astonished that anyone would contemplate using them in still water!

Moffat Headland

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Winter.

This photograph was actually taken in May, which technically is in Autumn, and the giveaway is that there is just a touch too much cloud about, but it's still quite reminiscent of a winter's day at Moffat Headland.

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Headland Forms

Curving the balcony face is not something that's difficult to do in construction terms, but it does make a huge difference to the street. Imagine if these buildings were all big square boxes lined in one plane....

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Pointless destruction

Our Council has an interesting dynamic. The planners plan, and someone pays vast sums of money for designers to design, and landscapers to landscape. Then, the maintenance guys come along, and don't like maintaining anything that can't be trimmed with a mower, so out it all comes and off to the tip.

This, at the end of our street was once a nice hedge of native grasses less than a metre high. Perhaps it will be lawn by the time I get back.

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Winter 2

Moffat Headland, Winter 2018

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Winter

There are definitely days when one thinks there's nothing wrong with spending winter at home.

Tooway Creek

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Another experiment

Still experimenting with that phone. Still a little amazed, but then my last one was pretty much from the clockwork era.

Moffat Beach.

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Dune Grass

I am surprised at how many places in the world I have visited where the dune grasses look just like this.

Holland, Belgium, Canada, USA,

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Tracks

Only rescue vehicles are allowed on the beach, and it's not hard to see where they've been. Still playing with the iPhone.

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

A huddle of Lifesavers

It's Sunday, the weather is terrible and there's no one on the beach, let alone in the water yet they huddle together ever vigilant, always at the ready.

Lifesavers

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Overcast

An ordinary day for a walk, but it's good to be out, and it's far from cool.

Dicky Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Sunset at Moffs

There are a few reasons why I'm chugging away with the phone. For starters, when this shot was taken my camera weight was above my surgically induced lift limit. That aside my previous phone(s) supposedly had pretty good cameras for their time, but this one has blown me away. So here I am perservering in mixed (low) light at sunset, and it's just taken control!

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Sunset on Norfolks

Oh no! There's at least a month to go at two photos per week, watching him muck around with that darned phone. Good, isn't it?

Moffat Beach

POST SCRIPT:

I did manage to gather a scattering of photos over the last few weeks of my stay this year so sadly will now make this a weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November in the meantime feel free to keep up with our travels on our other daily blog, Fading Memories.

Walking into the setting sun.

This phone can do no wrong! If only it could learn to compose a little better and perhaps send it walking by itself....

Evening at Moffat Beach.

Looking down on the neighbours.

Pandanus

Pandanus on the beach. I wonder if I start to carry my camera around again will the sun come out?

Dicky Beach

That tower

Usually when I photograph the lookout tower at Dicky Beach, I have to squint because of the bright sun reflected off the sand.

Dicky Beach

The deep blue sea

From phone to you - the Pacific Ocean at Moffat Beach

Blurring what a camera can be. Moffat Beach

Unable to gather sufficient photos to get me through the coming six months, this "Daily" blog will become bi-weekly for at least that time. As you read this I am already well on my way to a place far from here!

Day two of my experiments with the new phone, and I'm already beginning to wonder whether I'm game to cut down my carry-on luggage by a few more kilos!

Moffat Beach

faux long exposure - iPhone (the one with the letter for a number).

The New Phone goes to Moffat Beach

Unable to carry the weight of a camera for a time, and needing a new phone, well I went to the top shelf didn't I? Here is one of the first photos I took with it, part of a panorama in difficult light conditions. Forget the composition, I was really just trying to get bits of light and shadow into the shot. I'm not a new phone kind of guy, but let's just say I'm impressed.

Broke, but impressed.

A Night in Hospital

It's been a while, and perhaps some will be relieved to discover it may be a while longer until normal posting resumes. I do want to apologise for the concern I caused some by allowing this blog to go "dark" immediately following the publishing of the hospital carpark photo in March, and thank you to all who contacted me to enquire as to my well being. The photo was an unintentional portent of things that were to come.

I am indeed quite well after a lengthy but perfectly normal recovery from a bit of surgical correction which has left me rather without photographs to share.

To make matters worse it's left me without my usual catalogue which enables me to post daily while on our annual migration to the other side of the world.

I have gathered a scattering of photos over the past few weeks as mobility has improved, and if I eke them out we may well have a bi-weekly blog until our return from places other than this one.

Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we'll resume full transmission some time in November.

Well that's the plan!

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www.citydailyphoto.org