I CAN'T BUY A NEW APARTMENT

Reading what's for sale and havin' the blues. I can't buy a new apartment!.....Dabbling with the November Photo theme.

OCTOBER THEMES. ROADSIDE MEMORIAL

Perhaps young drivers take undue risk on the roads. It makes good sense that adolescents take up demanding and challenging interests to test out their skills and their love of action and their level of responsibility before they jump headlong into driving a car or road bike on the highway.

It must be counterproductive to protect kids from all risk and for them to have none other than a super comfortable existence, at least in our society, competitive as it is.

As for small children there are responsibilities that small children can start to take up and have time enough to develope imagination and good things long before they engage in big kids stuff. As well, road and off-road safety surely relies on a little maturity.

OCTOBER THEME REVISITED. ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS

The headstones are in the grounds of the cathedral. This cemetery was in disarray until these very old monuments were nicely arranged and a park took shape.
It wasn't too bad the way it was where mysterious sepulchres lay half-open and overgrown with vines and shrubs. The cathedral choir-master was Bach-like and his family lived in a big old house at the end of a path. Views out over the town and harbour remain worthy.

CLUBLAND

No smoking in hotels and clubs has led to outdoor areas becoming the norm. In New Lambton, the West Leagues Club has cool waters and a fake rockface beside which to relax! Accommodation surrounds the 'headwaters' in the tropical wonderland on the top level! The gym is another interest.
Phoenix Club in Mayfield is about to build a hotel to add to the new swimming pool and fitness facilities. Are the poker machines and Keno losing ground?
So, now, the staff will escape the risks of passive smoking and when we leave the club our clothing won't reek of cigarettes.

INTERSTATE

Muted early morn in remote hills in Queensland
Lower: Pandanus and the Sunshine Coast with Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Noosa and the ten Glasshouse monoliths in the distance.

CORNER SHOP IN ADAMSTOWN

This corner shop has survived due to a 'change in lifestyle' from groceries to the lunch trade for workers.

LOCAL CHURCH

Ukrainian Catholic Church in Adamstown, an Eastern Rite church.
All the wood work is carved in a delicate style in this small building dating from about 1950s. Are all Christian calendars marked with the days this week from which Halloween originated?