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We were having coffee at Café Vin Cino on the Noosa River, looking out at the rain, when this Brig arrived to collect someone from Noosa Marina. Makepeace Island is Richard Branson’s Australian resort hideaway on the Noosa River in Queensland. (Since 2003, when it was bought by Brett Godfrey, former CEO of Virgin Australia). The island was named after former owner, Hannah Makepeace, who inherited it from Charles Nicholas in the 1900s. It is up river from Noosa Harbour, and the Brig is used as an Island transfer boat. For more information see makepeaceisland.com/ BRIG inflatable boats are designed and built in the Ukraine by a dedicated team of specialist ex-military aeronautical engineers… The boats are hand built and finished to very high standards with each stage recorded and quality checked for total accountability… BRIG are now the biggest selling RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) brand across Europe and the number one brand in Australia, Sweden and Holland. 50/365

Stand of gum trees Panning a stationary object.

Rain this morning, and all night, so noisy. Tail end of Cyclone Marcia. Very heavy rainfall in our area, and one of the local roads into town is closed due to a flooded creek. Damage up North in the Yeppoon and Rockhampton region, roofs ripped off in the strong winds. They have a secure cyclone shelter there so about 800 people went there. We had no damage just several gullies in the backyard, probably the worst rain we have had here, though. 52/365

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These houses are on the North Shore and accessible by boat or further upstream there is a vehicular ferry. 4WD vehicles are allowed to drive up the beach to Double Island point and Rainbow Beach. 54/365 Alphabet site Q

At the Noosa Yacht Club on Wednesday. 56/365

Jungle backyard, Queensland 57/265

One of the most common symbols of Freemasonry is the crossed compass and set-square. The compass and square are architect’s tools, and symbolize God as the architect of the universe, among other things. As measuring instruments, the tools represent judgment and discernment. The compass, which is used to draw circles, represents the realm of the spiritual- eternity. It is symbolic of the defining and limiting principle, and also of infinite boundaries. The angle measures the square, the symbol of earth and the realm of the material. The square represents fairness, balance, firmness, etc., which is reflected in phrases such as “on the square” and “squared away.” Something that is squared is something that is stable, a foundation for building upon. Together, the compass and square represent the convergence of matter and spirit, and the convergence of earthly and spiritual responsibilities. The two symbols together form a hexagram, the union of earth with the heavens, matter and mind, etc. symboldictionary.net/?p=2463

Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744, which uses the opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'. The next recorded version in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'. 59/365