Friday Thoughts #18

We are now on K’Gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) for a long weekend before heading down to the Gold Coast for the marathon festival. Our time in Noosa was fantastic. The weather was a bit warmer than last year and I feel like we settled in more quickly this year because we didn’t need to work out where to run, do pilates, shop etc. I plan to do a few posts on some more of the things we got up to while we were here, but for now, a Noosa rainbow grid:

Red: Hiking at Mount Tribrogargan, Orange: Jetty Noosa River, Yellow: Cocktails at Ricky’s Bar and Grill, Green, Staghorn fern and lichen at Poona Lake, Blue: Water, boats and sky at Noosa River, Purple: Bougainvillea on my run near Coolum.

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I’ve made this potato salad twice while we’ve been here. Although instead of asparagus, I used beans one time and snow peas another because that’s what was in the shops. I can highly recommend it.

Also, while we’re talking about potatoes I’ve also made San’s Bratkartoffeln. Hubby commented on how good they were, so it’s definitely a win. Cooking them was probably a bit more difficult here with the smaller stove than it will be at home, so I’m looking forward to making them again in my own kitchen.

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While we were in Noosa I wanted to see if the Eastern Osprey’s were back in their nest this year. The first time I popped past they weren’t there, but then Hubby and our daughter said they saw them when they were driving back from the airport … queue a sustained campaign to photograph them while I was here. Coming back from a walk in the National Park I asked my daughter to check whether she could see them from the bridge, when she confirmed they were there we pulled in to get a closer look. We saw one perched on the artificial nest construct, which then flew off to the nest where it’s baby was. We both counted it time well spent as we saw the parent bird (unsure whether mother or father) take off twice and also saw a baby in the nest.

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And how about some links?

“Take note of singular moments — not just the big,significant ones, but the small, incidental, seemingly everyday ones. Collect them.” – Rob Walker on the Art of Noticing, on taking note of the moments that will never happen again. and his follow-up post.

50+ Journalling Books to Inspire Your Inner Writer

We cannot help transform a world that does not know us – Milkwood

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Since she knew we were on K’gari today, my mum sent me this photo of the newspaper:

There’s been a series of dingo attacks here. Video here. I let Mum know I’m keeping my backside covered.

Seriously though … this wouldn’t be such a problem if people did the right thing. Not saying this is her fault, rather the fault of all the previous people who did the wrong thing. But maybe the people taking the video could have shouted a warning? We are staying at Kingfisher Bay resort which has a dingo fence around it. At the gates where you leave the fenced area there are large sticks to use as a last resort to fend off a dingo. This afternoon we walked along the beach which is outside the fenced area then up to the Sunset Bar on the pier. As we were watching the sunset a dingo walked up the beach, under the pier, the continued up the beach before heading into the bush. It didn’t come anywhere near any people.

I did want to see a dingo while we were here and this was a very non-threatening encounter. I wouldn’t say no to another sighting though.

That’s it from me this week. What’s on your mind today? Any exciting plans, links, grumbles or triumphs to share?