{"id":63,"date":"2011-02-26T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T10:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2011-02-27T21:16:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T11:16:31","slug":"i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"I Predict an Impending Sense of Deja-vu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is going to seem a bit repetitive, my little bandicoots. Problem is, we enjoyed last weekend&#8217;s tour so much we decided to do it again. In a sorry attempt to pretend we&#8217;re not merely seeking another rut to fall into, we had a Purpose. (Note the capital &#8216;P&#8217; there). Our goal was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embark on an expedition to find Ultimate North (of the cycle path)<\/li>\n<li>See if the Farmer&#8217;s Market was still there<\/li>\n<li>Go shopping at the vast shopping megalopolis we passed last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Executive Summary: Path goes 300m further than we&#8217;d already been, Market is once a month, and Hah! We suck!<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating a little, we set off for Wynnum at a reasonable hour, with <a href=\"http:\/\/fractalthoughts.com\/blog\">The Better Driver<\/a> at the controls. We identified the Enormous Shopping Center, including lane changes, traffic lights and panic navigation modes. How hard could it be to miss such a vast megaplex?<\/p>\n<p>On to Wynnum, bike out, and off to the Far North! A pleasant ride, some way inland from the sea with sports grounds to one side and mangroves to the other. After a few hundred meters the path ran out at a bird hide. The signs marked &#8220;Start of the Moreton Bay Cycle Path&#8221;. Our search for the Ultimate North had ended after four minutes. Franklin and Nansen never had that happen.<\/p>\n<p>We pottered about for a bit, and stumbled onto the boardwalk through the mangroves. Once a party of interested, intelligent and very noisy children had moved off it was amazing. It&#8217;s a raised path through the margin between a tropical bay and the land. The sheer amount of biological activity is astonishing. Things hiding, hunting, growing, eating, escaping, and becoming lunch everywhere. Pictures below.<\/p>\n<p>We pottered back past the car, along the foreshore and on to Manly, where there was no market. Oh well. We disrupted a wedding photoshoot a bit. This is a weird Australian cultural thing. On your wedding day, you exist as a prop for photography. They drive you all over the place, posing you in unlikely situations, inappropriately dressed, creating a portfolio of images for you to remember the magical day you didn&#8217;t have because you spent the entire sodding time being poked, positioned and abused by people with cameras. Smile!<\/p>\n<p>After a lovely ride of about 14kms, we headed back to the Colossal Shopolopolis. Our navigation seemed a little off when we found it 3kms from the beach, rather than the 10 we&#8217;d expected. No matter &#8211; two excellent supermarkets, many other shops, and all the facilities you&#8217;d expect. Far superior to the central city one we&#8217;re used to. Shopping complete, we headed back home. Five kilometers later, we drove past the shopping center we&#8217;d intended to go to. Damn. The navigator&#8217;s credibility will take some repairing. How was I meant to know they had *two* huge monuments to Mammon five kilometers apart on the same bloody road? Not fair.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway: Pictures.<br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-63 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1565\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1565-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Trees in a swamp\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-64\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-64'>\n\t\t\t\tSwamp. Trees.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1569\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1569-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mangrove Lagoon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65'>\n\t\t\t\tBut why should I?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1572\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1572-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Freight train\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66'>\n\t\t\t\tWe own a tiny, tiny part of that train.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1575\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1575-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mangrove swamp\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-67\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-67'>\n\t\t\t\tI keep writing &#8220;Mangrove Swamp&#8221; \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1582\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1582-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"mangroves. boardwalk.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-68\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-68'>\n\t\t\t\tWe live here. You probably don&#8217;t. Not judging. Just Saying.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1583\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1583-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mangroves\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69'>\n\t\t\t\tA million magical stories start here. Bring wellies.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1584\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1584-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heron, being naughty\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70'>\n\t\t\t\t450 milliseconds earlier, this would have been perfect\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1589\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1589-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heron\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71'>\n\t\t\t\tI welcome suggestions for improvements to the framing here. Not expecting any. Because it&#8217;s perfect.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1590\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1590-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Swamp. ibis.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72'>\n\t\t\t\t*Shloooop*\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1595\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1595-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fiddler Crab\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73'>\n\t\t\t\tWeird Sexual Selection Mechanisms\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1596\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1596-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Trees in swamp\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-74\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-74'>\n\t\t\t\tTrees. Swamp. Swamp. Trees.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1609\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1609-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Toyota Kluger. Highlander in other markets. Awesome.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-75\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-75'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is our enormous truck. We love it.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1618\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1618-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Low water. Foreshore.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-76\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-76'>\n\t\t\t\tLow water\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1632\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1632-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Manly Harbour, qld\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-77\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-77'>\n\t\t\t\tReally. Pleased with this\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1640\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Optimist fleet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78'>\n\t\t\t\tSerious sailors start here.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/dscf1650\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF1650-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"It&#039;s only mud! It&#039;ll brush off!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79'>\n\t\t\t\tIt&#8217;s only mud! It&#8217;ll brush off!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is going to seem a bit repetitive, my little bandicoots. Problem is, we enjoyed last weekend&#8217;s tour so much we decided to do it again. In a sorry attempt to pretend we&#8217;re not merely seeking another rut to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/i-predict-an-impending-sense-of-deja-vu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-brisbane","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}