RETURN TO CORAL COVE FOR THREE WEEKS

It is almost like coming home when we pull up at Tracey's place.  Once we have got our stuff we need, we parked the rig up at Betty's spare block of land and so, as usual, I have my gardening fix here.  Wayne gurneyed the flower bed blocks for her and I planted out some petunias for colour in the garden.  Got my exercise bending to get all the weeds from the lawns.  Whew!!

Went to the Sunday Session at Riverfeast with Lynne, Vic, Rhonda, Jenny and Marg with Tracey while Wayne stayed home and watched his TV to his hearts content.

As Tracey is working longer hours in her new job we replaced the old curtains in the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms with new wooden blinds.  Much easier for Wayne to do the drilling and screwing than Tracey by herself.

Once again on the last Sunday, Tracey and I drove over to Childers Festival and strolled the stalls and had some lunch before heading back to Wayne watching the V8 Super Cars at Willowbank.

Our retail therapy was spend here today!!!!!  Hat for Wayne, smaller handbag for me, crystals for Tracey

Monday 31st we had an early start to get Duz Us into Talkalvans to get our awning replaced at last. Great service and out of their service area before 11am and back to Tracey's to load back up ready leave tomorrow to head north for our next adventures.

JAYDEN AND MADI TIME

Jayden and Madi arrived from Victoria Point for they annual touch tournament in Hervey Bay for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week to stay with us on Wednesday night and we got them up to start their first day's games.  So excited to have them stay with us in Duz Us at Cheery Nomad RV Farmstay where we love and this is our second time here.  Only 30 minutes up to the grounds and is so much easier and relaxing here.

The farm workers were working the cattle into the yards for branding and dehorning them so the children found this very fascinating.

Happy hour so Jayden and Madi had a game of table tennis in the camp kitchen area 

No sleep-in for us as we had to be at the grounds for the first game for Jayden at 8am.

Pour guy, he has a very badly infected elbow but still played his games and when he and Madi had finished all their games for the day we took him to the Hervey Bay Hospital as the doctor from Madi's team advised us to get it drained.  Sure enough, that was the case so after four hours with Wayne waiting with him while Madi and I raced back to Maryborough to pick up all the kids gear and back to pick up the keys for Kylie's unit as she had only just left home at 4pm to drive up to join us, he finally got relief so that he could play the next couple of days games.

Yes, he had a mate to wait with - she broke her arm playing/swinging on some steel at the grounds!!!!!

Jayden's team did not do so well and were out on Friday afternoon but Madi's team got through to the semi-finals.  Craig drove all the way up to watch her game and Matt and Karen had come up to stay the night at the Cheery Nomad RV Park with us before we head further north.
Tracey came down from Bundy Friday to watch also, so it was a great catchup with three of our kids for the weekend.

MARY POPPINS TOWN

Yes, here we are in Maryborough strolling the streets to find Mary Poppins corner as we have heard that they have placed special traffic lights at this corner.  A great idea to promote this story trail of Mary Poppins.

The building behind the statue is currently being restored and made into a museum is where the author of Mary Poppins was born.  We also came across this unusual contraption on the next street corner.

Yes, that apparatus was this one above and no, Wayne is not waiting for his date!!!!!!

COOLOOLA COAST

Yes, here we are at Tin Can Bay where we have put the newly purchased Striker rubber duckie and outboard.  Chose a sunny day without any wind to try our hand at catching a crab in the pot or fish.  I caught a bream and no crab for our supper!!

This place is so much a "fisherman's paradise" as it sits behind Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island.  We called into the seafood outlet and got ourselves a feed of fresh prawns one day.

Fits in it's own bag and sits behind the hitch while we travel and the outboard motor inside the white storage.

We decided we had fed the dolphins over in WA at Monkey Mia so did not get up at some ungodly hour
of 7am to do this here.  Will leave it to the children that are on school holidays at the moment.

We had to travel around to Rainbow Beach for the day so strolled the shops to see a whole corner block of shops has closed down, others are being refurbished, even the fish and chip shop at the end where we had shared a couple of meals while up here with Pat, Glenn and their neighbours (cannot remember their names).  Must be getting old!!!???

Lunched overlooking this beautiful beach at the surf club and remembered family times further up the beach and crossing through other roads while camping.  Oh what great times we have had over the years up here.

We then drove on up to Inskip Point, parked the car and took a stroll through the trees to the ocean side beach where heaps of folk camped, swam and fished before watching the holiday makers make their way down Fraser Island beach to catch the Manta Ray Ferry back to the mainland.

Walking on around the point to the inlet side we took the path through the bush where we stopped and admired these wildlife that habitate this area.

The whole area has allowed Wayne and I to walk or ride our bikes around Tin Can Bay where the pathways along the foreshore abounds with birds in the trees.  Great to hear the kookaburra's at different times of the day.  Monday we make our way to Maryborough to our favourite Cheery Nomad RV Park & Farmstay and travel up to Hervey Bay from there for Jayden and Madison's Touch Tournament Thursday thru to Saturday.  Catchup with family and friends again.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AT LAST

Yes, we are now experiencing some lovely fine days even though there is a huge swell blowing in and the waves are pounding it is still great to feel the sand between ones toes, sun soaking into ones back and a breeze blowing.

We explored the walkway up to the top for a view of all the surfers trying to catch a wave on our bikes and then around the shopping district of Coolum.

We took a drive up to Noosa Heads, Tewantin then up to Boreen Point where we discovered a lovely spot but the camping ground was closed for the week.  Having a break before the school holidays I suppose.

What a busy place this is now.  I guess we are used to wide open spaces these days so walked from the inlet car park and looked back along the beach to the main beach and shops.  We did not even stop and stroll the shopping precinct before driving on up to Tewantin and beyond.

Boreen Point Foreshore Park Area

We stopped off at Noosa Marina and strolled around there before having a feast of scallops, calamari and prawns for lunch. Yum!

Another day we decided to drive down and reminisce of the times we took a weekend break up at Twin Waters Resort.  Like everywhere up here on the Sunshine Coast, the suburbs have multiplied and all run into each other.  Drove around to the beach side of the Resort only to find Sebel Twin Waters built and looking very busy.  Decided to take a walk out to the beach starting on the inlet side.  Lots of folk fishing and walking their dogs so found our way through the mangroves and sandhills over to the ocean beach.  Spectacular.  Sat and watched the day go bye before trudging back to the car and home.

Looking south to Cotton Tree, Alexandra Headland and Mooloolaba.

Saturday got ourselves out of bed a little earlier to get up to the Eumundi Markets.  Wow - how they have grown in size.  Plenty to look at, eat and listen to entertainment.  Well worth a visit if you find yourself up this way on a Saturday or Wednesday (I think it is).  The sights, sounds and smells strolling around here just enrich you as all sorts of stalls beckon you to buy.   No, No says Wayne - but.........  yes I did get a couple of tops to wear.

How on Earth can a person stand like this for so long and only mimic as people pass bye?!

I love taking sunset shots as I do not manage to get myself out of bed early enough to get a sunrise so here are a couple of shots from Coolum Beach.

  

HEADING NORTH AT LAST - FOUR DAYS LATE!

Thursday we managed to get our truck back from the doctors late yesterday and thankfully the rain has eased for us to pack up our home for the last two months at Loretta's and Steve's and head up to Cotton Tree Tourist Park where we will be until next Monday when we travel up to Coolum for a week.

From Cotton Tree Camp Ground looking towards Maroochydore inlet as the sun sets.

In time to meet Kylie and Madi for her Oz Tag Tri Series up here at the Sunshine Stadium over the weekend. (Madi only played Saturday as she then had to get to a Touch Tri Series down at the Gold Coast for Sunday).  Whew, they certainly live a hectic life with Jayden playing league and touch and Madi with all her touch and oztag!

Held and opening ceremony on the Friday evening. City, Country and Barbarians teams.
This shows the Barbarian Team members.

Got there just in time to capture this team photo from above Under 14 girls.

Madison played very well considering she hasn't played with these girls before and their second game showed all improved in their individual game.  We love watching their games and marvel at the improvement over the years as their develop their own skills.  Considering Madi has only just got the plaster off her broken wrist a couple of weeks ago, she is very brave to be out there on the field.

Madi taking the ball up but Don't dive Mad's - look after your wrist!!!!!!!!