Fishing Tinnie

"Tinnie" is the name given to all aluminium fishing boats, and there are lots of them!.

Mooloolah River
Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

Rowboat

Another of the dying breed, a "bondwood" fishing boat, held together by a few decades of paint.

Pumicestone Passage,
Caloundra
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Helmet

There's no point having a vintage motorcycle if you don't have a matching stack hat. Yes, helmets are compulsory in Australia!

Mooloolaba
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Great Day at the Beach

When the temperature hits the mid 30's (high 80's F) there's nothing better than a shady hat and a day at the beach.

Mooloolaba
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After Dusk

Pt Cartwright, below the lighthouse, with the evening sky like a pastel sketch.

Links to lots more Skywatch images can be found at the Skywatch Site


After Dusk.
Pt Cartwright
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Palm Shadows

One of the lovely things about the rainforest is the way the sunlight and palms conspire to provide an ever changing lattice.

Kenilworth
Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

Fig

In some parts of the forest the light almost disappears, but the occasional searchlight beam blinks through the canopy of leaves above.


Kenilworth

Clearing

It's almost half way through the month. Time I thought to leave the beach for a time and visit the rainforest!

It's easy to see why forests were often seen as enchanted, although so far I have to report that in my experience, trees don't ever say no when you ask them if they'd mind if you took a photo or two.

Kenilworth

Shooting Fish in a Barrel

In the rainforest, the overlapping Alexander Palm fronds compose themselves so readily that posting photos of them should be considered cheating!

Kenilworth

Body Boards

A thief stealing away into the sunset? A professional bodyboarder taking his quiver home?

Possibly not. More likely a grandparent acting as a packhorse trudging home in the evening light!

Mooloolaba

The Code

The Code specifically states:

"At the boat ramp, the female of the species shall hold the boat, and generally remain wet, while the male parks the car and trailer".

Even if there really isn't a code, it is the way it invariably happens.

Golden Beach,
Caloundra

Bustard Bay Sunset

If one was to drive a few hundred kilometres north of the Sunshine Coast during their holidays, they'd get to Bustard Bay, and once there, they'd be stunned at the resemblance of some of the geography to Noosa Heads. So stunning is the resemblance, that this is where people from the Sunshine Coast go when they go on holidays!

An orange SkyWatch viewed through the beach acacias!

Links to lots more Skywatch images can be found at the Skywatch Site

Bustard Bay Sunset.
Town of 1770

Indian

Not the world's fastest, but perhaps the most perfect restoration. A nice side benefit from living in a resort town is that people arrive here riding their collectables!

Mooloolaba

Rock Pools

A family of ghosts watches the waves as evening descends on the rock pools at Pt Cartwright.

Pt Cartwright

Lifesavers

No, it's not cold enough to wear a sweater. The long sleeves are there for sun protection.

LIfesavers
Mooloolaba

Outdoors

One of the nice things about holiday times is doing things you haven't done in years, like cycling on the esplanade pathways.

There are more older people in our community than there are strapping sun-bronzed youths!

Mooloolaba

Thongs

No not an item of underwear, the humble rubber thong is also known as the scuff, the flipflop (the jandal in New Zealand) and by a host of other names.

Whatever it's called near you, we know it's summer when it becomes the ubiquitous footwear for supermarket patrons, (those that have any footwear that is), and the floors start to become unmistakably gritty as half of the beach is brought in on the suntanned feet of convenience shoppers.

Coles Mooloolaba

Mooloolaba by Night

Part of the beach at Mooloolaba is floodlit at night, allowing an extension of the days activities, and it looks pretty to boot, specially when viewed from Point Cartwright.

Mooloolaba

Fishing

A holiday at the beach wouldn't be a holiday unless you'd spent too much time in the sun, and "tried your luck" with your fishing gear in the cool of the evening.

The setting sun washes out northern the sky, but reflects warmly off the sunburnt legs of the fisherman.

Links to lots more Skywatch images can be found at the Skywatch Site


Southern Breakwater
Pt Cartwright

Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

May 2009 bring you whatever you seek, and with a little luck, another 365 pictures from the Sunshine Coast.

As I was flicking through the photos posted here to date, I was quite surprised to see the large number of shots featuring water.

This shouldn't have been too much of a surprise I suppose, given that our entire city is built along the water's edge, but I have certainly not consciously set out to depict that. In another year, I'll be interested to look back at what sort of a picture it is that I've painted of our town.

I found it impossible to choose my best picture of 2008, but I know a few people were taken by my young fisherman, and if I look hard enough I can see quite a lot of new year symbolism in it; from the sun setting on the old year, to the boundless optimism of youth - I'm sure we'll have a great time in 2009.

Today, many members of the City Daily Photo Portal have elected to post their "Best photograph from 2008".
Click here to view thumbnails for all participants