Sunshine Coast Daily Photo

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Sneak Peek

Peering in through the lattice that encloses our library forecourt, I thought a sneak preview of what might be inside might whet a few appetites for tomorrow's theme day.

Pop back then and see what lies on the other side of the lattice.

Caloundra

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Committee Meeting

Pelicans having a chat.

Mooloolaba

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South to Point Cartwright

Point Cartwright, from exactly where I stood yesterday.

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North to Maroochy

The Maroochydore skyline viewed from Mooloolaba

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Facilities

We are often quite justly critical of facilities provided by our local authority and state government, but I don't think anyone can complain about an all-weather boat ramp equipped with pontoon and fish cleaning tables complete with running water.

Mooloolaba

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Trailers

It's a sure sign that the fish are biting when there are this many trailers still in the boat ramp park mid-morining on a working day.

Mooloolaba

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Protection, Rubber, Call them what you will.

Old car tyres do a sterling job of keeping boats off the concrete, even if they do put black marks on white hulls.

Mooloolaba

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Marinas

While wandering round the waterfront, it would be remiss not to add a photo of the pleasure boat fleet. This one at the Mooloolaba Yacht Club Marina. There is a small industry built around servicing pleasure boats as this is a rare safe port of call for those migrating to the experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef to our north.

Mooloolaba

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Wharves

When the fleet come in, that's where they unload their catch, right at the door of the fish market.

Neat!

Mooloolaba

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Trawlers

We have a small but quite active fishing fleet based in Mooloolaba. These are prawn trawlers mostly fishing relatively close to shore, already in bed after a what was no doubt a long night.

The tuna fleet are out at the moment, far from shore.

Mooloolaba

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At rest

I am such a lazy cynical photographer. On days like today when the colour is all washed out and the subject matter fills he frame with a lifeless grey, I hit a button at random until I find a mix I like.

In this case it was called "Bleach Bypass".

Golden Bleach...err Beach.

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Mangrove roots and shoots.

Sea Grass

When the conditions are right the seagrass "clippings" was ashore. Some say that they are a sign that the dugong have been active and are happily feeding in the beds, others say propellors cut up the grass and endanger the dugongs.

I say both could have an inkling of truth and I hope the former is the cause.

Golden Beach.

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Mug!

My father may have shouted "mug" as this thoughtless person scooted by.

I'd barely noticed him being rather impolite by speeding through the moored boats until he saw me with a camera and slowed so suddenly he caught my eye.

So there guilty person, cool it in future eh?

Diamond Head

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Well it can't be called a boar walk when it's underwater can it?

There'll be rain tonight and the creek will break out into the ocean on the high tide and normal transmission will resume.

Tooway Creek

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