The weather over the Easter weekend was absolutely perfect. Calm winds and flat water. We should have been making northward tracks, and we thought we were, stopping in Manly for two nights then heading up to Mooloolaba for our next stop. Except that the winds and water changed while we were there and we got stuck for 5 days. Oh, well, time to go see what's great about Mooloolaba. We rented a car from 1/2 price rentals, this funny little box that we don't even know the company of manufacture. It can park where ever you can park a bicycle! Too easy! Off we head to Eumundi Markets, about an hour away. What a pleasant suprise, it was like stepping off of the boat in Ganges harbour on SaltSpring Island. All kinds of people gather with their home made everything - jewelry, food items, clothing, things, you name it. It was a lot of fun. We came away with some beautiful soap, some great sented insense sticks and a metal twirly thing for the back yard at home (it is too windy on the boat).
Another day's exploring had us heading up to Noosa Heads and joining up with the Discover Everglades Noosa Tour. Ten of us are on a tour boat heading out across a couple of fresh water lakes up to the Noosa River in the Great Sandy National Park. This tour is one of the best values that we have come across in Australia. We had a lovely boat ride, morning tea with cakes, more boat ride, because somebody stole all of the canoe paddles and we had to go back and get some more, then a 1 hour canoe trip - 8 of us canoed, we then had a lovely steak lunch with many salads and refreshments, we canoed back to point B and fianlly a boat ride back to the start. All for $119.00 per person. You can hardly eat dinner out for that amount here and look at all of the stuff we got to do. The canoe trip was through the everglades, lovely calm water, with overhanging trees and birds. We really enjoyed the whole deal. Might have to get a canoe for the boat or home or something!
So we've been in Mooloolaba that we have met some fellows Canadians on the sidewalk and invited them down for a visit to the boat - sometimes you just need some outside conversation. Nice people, they are in Australia on a house exchange. And also, we have been here long enough that Oso Blanco has caught up with us. The weather is changing to the better and we will be headed out again. We had a really good visit with Anne and Eric and Bear, so much that each side had to tell as we haven't seen them since last Nov.
Another day's exploring had us heading up to Noosa Heads and joining up with the Discover Everglades Noosa Tour. Ten of us are on a tour boat heading out across a couple of fresh water lakes up to the Noosa River in the Great Sandy National Park. This tour is one of the best values that we have come across in Australia. We had a lovely boat ride, morning tea with cakes, more boat ride, because somebody stole all of the canoe paddles and we had to go back and get some more, then a 1 hour canoe trip - 8 of us canoed, we then had a lovely steak lunch with many salads and refreshments, we canoed back to point B and fianlly a boat ride back to the start. All for $119.00 per person. You can hardly eat dinner out for that amount here and look at all of the stuff we got to do. The canoe trip was through the everglades, lovely calm water, with overhanging trees and birds. We really enjoyed the whole deal. Might have to get a canoe for the boat or home or something!
So we've been in Mooloolaba that we have met some fellows Canadians on the sidewalk and invited them down for a visit to the boat - sometimes you just need some outside conversation. Nice people, they are in Australia on a house exchange. And also, we have been here long enough that Oso Blanco has caught up with us. The weather is changing to the better and we will be headed out again. We had a really good visit with Anne and Eric and Bear, so much that each side had to tell as we haven't seen them since last Nov.
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