John from Brisbane has added a photo to the pool:
Caloundra, Queensland. This shot on the beautiful Sunshine Coast looks from the headlands that define the start of Moreton Bay to the south. On the right is Kings Beach and beyond some of the traditional older inner area of what is now the City of Caloundra although much has been redeveloped in recent years.
The Glasshouse Mountains peak through on the horizon line with Mt. Beerwah, the highest on the right. The beach on the left was once the location of the Pumicestone Passage (northern) bar and part of Bribie Island, but following storms and cyclones and being naturally infilled, is offset now by several breaks through the island further south. It is a continuous beach for a distance and part of the "mainland". The passage runs around the back of the left beach and in front of the high rise buildings right down to near Beachmere.
This week, the Queensland Government has announced funding measures to shore up and minimise the new gaps that have appeared in Bribie Island following the ocean break through which are threatening the once quiet Golden Beach (where the high rise buildings are on far left) with becoming a surf beach and subsequent damage to coastline, road and even housing if allowed to continue. The beaches that are visible here are fronted by the northern end of Moreton Bay and the Pacific Ocean and are therefore surf beaches subject to the vagaries of tide and weather.
Much further south on the Gold Coast, major work is continuing to restore severely eroded beaches following Cyclone Alfred and other bad weather earlier this year.
Things will be quiet from me for a few days while I catch up on flickr comments and other domestic duties.
