Coolum Beach Resort

... br>Today we woke up late and after a slow start set out to explore nearby Montville and the Mapleton lookout. Montville is well known for its stylish cafes and shops full of gorgeous little trinkets that no-one actually wants to buy.

After browsing through wind chimes and tie-dyed skarfs and cd's of rainforest music we were - yep you guessed it - hungry!!! lol

Deciding to skip the main thoroughfare we headed back toward Mapleton and stumbled ...

... to the shops. on monday i walked around noosa national park along the coastal track about 10km was very long and hot, spotted lots of dolphins swimming past. then on tues took the ferry along the noosa river to the marina and then walked back along the river path to my hostel stopping to see the big pelican and rest on the beaches.

... I also remember we drove back home to Melbourne. I've never been in a car so long. His dad wanted to watch the Bathurst 500, so he had his wife sit a portable TV on her lap and every few minutes he'd glance over to see if Peter Brock was winning. He hit a flock of cockatoos during one long glance and we didn't discover the dead birds wrapped around the bull bar until the next morning.

This time we were ...

... The food and wine were delicious and the service was excellent.

It was just great to catch up with them and to spend the time in such a beautiful spot. They were really enjoying the sunshine after the cold weather in Melbourne.

Thursday night we had dinner at the Club with Peter & Sue Chandler and then we headed off again the next day. Next stop South West Rocks where we stayed last year.

Kevin & Carol

... Henry (the owner) told us the strawberries are now ready for picking if we are still interested in working on the farm. It is something we had talked about doing, and thought – let's give it a go.

At about the same time, we noticed our campervan starting to be a bit stubborn again – sometimes it would not go into reverse and it got worse as the week went on. We took it to a transmission mechanic. He said the transmission looked like it was ...

... such as Peregrine Falcon and Cooper's Hawk. Other raptors may include Bald Eagle and Northern Harrier. Spend night in Vancouver. May 21 - Vancouver - White Rock and Blackie Spit - to Vancouver Island We continue our tour of the waterfront and the Fraser River estuary with visits to White Rock and Blackie Spit. Waterbirds will remain the focus. At the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal we will look for Black Turnstone, Black Oystercatcher and ...

... welcome as it was dang hot and none of us particularly wanted to do much but chill out and avoid the mosquitos. So that's what we did. Ate good food, drank lots of champagne, slummed it by the pool and made occasional trips out to local destinations such as the Ginger Factory (which I may add is in breach of the trades description act as I was the only red head there) and the dog beach. Yes, even the dogs have their own beach in Noosa. And ...

... area with a round trip of the Blackall Ranges, a coastal spur of the Great Dividing Range which runs the length of the east coast of Australia. Along the crest is a string of small picturesque rural centres, with good lookouts over the coast and Captain Cook's dramatic Glass Mountains and onto minor roads running down the deeply wooded Obi Obi valley to lunch at the dairy centre of Kenilworth on the Mary River - here farmers are up in arms over ...

... up used at the Crows Nest..........water based:-) A brill day out and a great chance to act like a big youngster for the day, grrrreat! Our great journey south started with our first surf stop at Coffs Harbour.....wow talk about a class scenic beauty of a place. It was pretty much like life in the Civil Service......................"board" meetings, surfing all day and no one worrying about the minutes ha ha ha Our next port of call was ...

... We peddelden verder de rivier op en kwamen na nogmaals 7 km aan op de plek waar we kamp zouden maken. De Everglades bestaat met name uit bos: naaldbomen, maar ook loofbomen, waaronder eucalyptus. Terwijl je je in het zweet werkt om om takken en bomen die in het water gevallen zijn heen te manouvreren, komt er soms ineens een vlaag muntgeur voorbij....hmmmm! Lekker! Het kamp stond snel en hoewel het net drie uur was, waren we alle vier helemaal op. Een beetje liggend ...