Walking through the wetlands.

Pelican Waters has a network of parks and wetlands which I fully intend to explore in greater detail in the coming year, even at the risk of publishing a thousand "this is another boardwalk" photographs.

For now, "this is another boardwalk".

Pelican Waters.

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Suburban Blues

Well who wouldn't get just a teensy bit depressed at the thought of living here in the 'burbs?

Pelican Waters.

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Queensland Air Museum

One day I'm going to hand over the admission fee and visit the Queensland Air Museum at the Caloundra Aerodrome.   I should have done it long ago, but I will shortly and perhaps next year's photos will be littered with aeroplane shots!

Caloundra

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Parking

There is quite a diverse industry around the aerodrome at Caloundra.  In one small street there are hangars for aircraft repair, flying lessons, sky diving, helicopter services and an air museum.

Caloundra

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I love living in a place with an Aerodrome.

The very name harks back to times of bravado and leather flying helmets and fur lined boots.

The Caloundra Aerodrome is one of those places that was once in the middle of nowhere but is now surrounded by houses, the occupants of which complain about noise and flight paths and so on.   Why do people do that?  Why move under a flight path or to the end of a runway and complain about the noise?

It provides a great facility for light aircraft and adds a bit of colour to boot, long may it make noise over our houses!

Caloundra

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How many words big words does it take to say "Dump".

Five.

Twelve syllables.

Thirty-seven letters.

I could have done it with one, one, three:  "Tip".

Someone got paid to think that up.

Caloundra

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Security

I guess if the bad guys don't have a pair of pliers to undo the shackle, they won't have a knife to cut the rope, so it's best to lock the joint.

But what if they break the lock with a big rock or something?  Best to leave it unlocked and that way we won't have any damage.

Pelican Waters.

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The colours of construction.

Sometimes there are so many colourful warning signs and hazard markers it gets quite hard to find the road.

Caloundra

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Am I being over sensitive?

Now let me see... I suspect there's nothing else left to watch, as someone else has taken care of all the things that I could hurt myself on.

Goodness me, do I really have to be told what to do at every corner?

Caloundra.

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Home sweet home.

I had an office once that was suspended under the canopy of a large poinciana tree.  Well actually it was a huge poinciana tree and the office wasn't much bigger than this bird house, but it was my place of work for the best part of ten years and I miss it!

Caloundra

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Out of Focus

Taking photographs out of focus, or perhaps just not sharp is something at which I excel.  Unfortunately when one has to do it deliberately it all gets a bit hard.   Today's City Daily Photo theme day is "Out of Focus", for a gallery of interpretations of this theme, click on this link.

If this shot succeeds I won't have to say that I did try to capture that deceptive softness that is the sea at dusk, that reassurance that everything will be OK.  Isn't that why we all gravitate to sit by it as the sun goes down?

Pacific Ocean viewed from Moffat Beach.

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Looking South to Caloundra

On days like this the weather looks ominous, but it's not, and I can never get used to how little impact an entire city has on its coastline.   Behind those dunes there are houses.  Lots of them, but not so many that the beaches ever feel like thoroughfares, in fact one can often find oneself alone with ones thoughts.

I wonder how the next decade of growth will impact.

Kawana

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Art.

I can see a fish, a nautilus shell, ohh another fish and some waves.....

Well it's art, see in it what you will.

Point Cartwright.

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Viewing Platform

What a lovely thing council has done, providing a platform for people to stand or sit under while they contemplate the beach, the ocean, their navels.

Point Cartwright.

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Glimpses

One of my favourite things in all the world:  the little glimpses of light you see through the trees as you get closer to the beach.

Point Cartwright

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At ride's end.

Well it's not actually the end.

He has to go home again now, but it's a satisfying thing being at the top of the hill and looking back at where you've come from.

Point Cartwright.

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Racing in a monochrome world

Before yachts had black sails, they were pretty much invisible in this sort of light.

Off Mooloolaba

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It's the simple thinks that make it all worthwhile.

There's nothing like sitting on cliff top and watching the waves roll by.  One at a time.

Point Cartwright.

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and now a message from the Brain Dead.

The New Zealanders have a word for idiots who do stuff like this.  There's a bit of a story explaining that here.  In the meantime I hope that someone collects every possession of the perpetrator of this, and destroys them in the name of self expression.

Point Cartwright.

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Watertank, disguised as a Norfolk PIne with a really big butterfly on it.

I need to see what Dr Google says about butterflies that are as big as whale's dorsal fins before I make further comment.

Point Cartwright.

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