366 January 2020

1/366 2020 We normally take the ferry into Noosa on New Year's Day, but have decided to break with tradition, have a quiet day, and do the ferry trip tomorrow when it will be less busy, theoretically. Happy New Year!! Can never resist this hibiscus in our garden which is producing new flowers daily...

2/366 2020 Noosa Main Beach, Queensland We took the ferry from Tewantin to Noosa Heads, had brunch at Bistro C, and wandered along the boardwalk and Hastings Street. The beach was busy!

3/366 2020 A mere seven years or so after Captain Cook travelled to the antipodes and took a look at the east coast of Australia, Richard Brinsley Sheridan shocked and delighted his 18th century audience with the staging of this work. Considered by many as his best, it builds on his earlier successes which deal with a variety of situations and complexities brought about by society gossip mongers. Directed by Judy Davis, starring Colin Friels and Essie Davis. When we were living in Sydney in 2001, we saw this play at the Sydney Opera House. Taken for TSC Scavenger Hunt 35 Ticket stub

4/366 2020

5/366 2020 Lamp 120 pictures in 2020/4 Antique Hot and humid Sunday in Queensland. Gardening in the morning, mulching about 20 sqm with hardwood chips. That was enough for the day. Fire emergency continues in New South Wales and Victoria. Cricket continued at the Sydney Cricket Ground, looks good for Australia v New Zealand.

6/366 2020 Seen in Cooroy, Queensland. The Mini is a small economy car produced by the English-based British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of 1960s British popular culture... This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in England, the Victoria Park/Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and later also in Spain (Authi), Belgium, Chile, Italy (Innocenti), Malta, Portugal, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. Wikipedia Alec Issigonis (1906 – 1988, knighted in 1969) had been born in Smyrna in present day Turkey, the son of a Bavarian mother and a Greek father who became a nationalized Briton. After the war between Greece and Turkey where Greece lost her possessions in Asia Minor, young Alec and his by then widowed mother arrived in London in 1922. Here he pursued studies of engineering and eventually began his career in the motor industry. In 1936, he joined Morris Motors at Cowley. ozcooper.com.au/A_Mini_History.htm

Sunday challenge - Words It's from the CD/ music www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiMssQFIBUI Jimmy Buffett 1995 Follow in my wake, you've not that much at stake For I have plowed the seas, and smoothed the troubled waters Come along and let's have some fun, the hard work has been done We'll barrel roll into the sun, just for starters Just for starters, barometer is my soup I'm descended from a deck hand on a sloop I travel on the song lines that only dreamers see Not known for predictability Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see Moderation seems to be the key Constantly searching Oh my eyes have seen some horizons And I've crossed the oceans For more than just thrills No I'm not the first Won't be the last You lust for the future But treasure the past

Seem to be drawn to still life

Queensland. A close choice between a Pelican and a Duck. Also have a heart of Bromeliad, quite a good sunrise, not to mention a few river shots. So much for trying to take less photos. The sunrise won :-)