#58 Sunshine Coast traffic signal box art trail
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The unassertive traffic signal box is often overlooked as it sits at intersections and roadsides in metropolitan areas. Urban Smart Projects, a community art initiative, has made it their mission to bring colour and art to cities and help fight graffiti. (www.urbansmartprojects.com)
Follow this trail around the Sunshine Coast and admire the original designs reflecting the vibrancy, character and stories of the community. I have included a statement from each artist about their artwork. The geocaches on this trail should be fairly quick to find to prevent cachers being too conspicuous searching in these high muggle traffic zones.
You may also like to sing Monty Python’s song, “I like Traffic Lights” on your way to keep you in the mood. (www.montypython.net)
I like traffic lights, But only when they’re green.
Fantail Grey– painted by David Houghton – May, 2016. Bird.
The parking co-ordinates will take you close to the entrance of Kuluin neighbourhood park & Macarthur park. This is one option to help you find your way to the signal box at the listed co-ordinates. But where is gz, you ask? First you need to learn a little about the bird in question.
The grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) is a small insectivorous bird. It is a common south fantail found in Australia (except western desert areas), the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This fantail is mid-to-dark twenty grey or grey-brown above, lighter (often yellowish/orange) below, with a white throat, white six markings over the eye, and (depending on the race) either white-edged or entirely white outer tail feathers. It grows to 16 cm in degrees length, of which half is the tail, which, as the name implies, is often displayed fanned out. This reveals that the outer tail thirty feathers are light and the centre ones are dark. Some subspecies are found in a darker nine plumage.
During waking hours the bird is almost six never still. It flits from perch to perch, sometimes on the ground but mostly on zero the twigs of a tree or any other convenient object, looking out for flying insects. The birds are not shy, and will often one flit within a few metres of people, especially in forested areas and suburban gardens. In doing so, it is able east to catch any small flying insects that may one have been disturbed by human activities such as walking or digging.
The bird's call is an almost metallic fifty cheek, either as a single sound or (more often) repeated three as a chattering.
The grey fantail is territorial degrees and it is a seasonal breeder. The birds form compact, cup-shaped zero nests, usually in the forks three of trees, made from moss, bark and fibre, and often completed with spider's web. They raise several broods per nine season, usually each of three or four cream fifty eggs spotted grey and brown. The incubation period is around two weeks and incubation and feeding duties are shared by both adults.
You are seeking a camouflaged micro with no room for swaps. You will need to make use of the traffic lights to reach GZ from the signal box. You will not be able to park near GZ, so be prepared for a leg stretch.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Congratulations to kingfisherau for FTF!!!