Sadly we had to leave Flaxton this morning and move on. On our way we stopped for coffee and a croissant at the lovely local French restaurant. The proprietor is friends of Dene and David’s and we had a lovely
Mooloolaba seafront was very neat. Even the ibises are very well trained and only cross the road at pedestrian crossings. The ibis was historically rare in urban areas, but since the 1970s has decided that it would like the better
When we were here 28 years ago, Noosa was a relatively sleepy town. Lovely beaches and a beautiful national park, we would struggle to have called it up market. Now we would have to describe it as up something else!
After a rain storm last night, the weather still couldn’t be described as a classic Queensland spring day – grey and cloudy – but it did keep the temperature down and made it quite a comfortable day. We started with
The forecast wasn’t a classic this morning, but we should know never to trust forecasts. It dawned hot and sunny … So, we headed off to catch the Cityhopper again, only to find that we had just missed one. Given
A slightly quieter day today. We started by catching the free Cityhopper ferry from Dockside (right by the hotel) across the river to Sydney Street. From there we walked along the riverside path to New Farm Park. This is a
If I have a superpower (and clearly I don’t!), then it would be finding boats and maritime museums wherever we go. Today was no exception. We started on a boat …. the free Cityhopper ferry along the Brisbane River. This
Another day of driving today. We headed off early from Nambucca Heads and got a send off from a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch who was having breakfast in the garden of the B&B. Apparently the word kangaroo
A driving day today. We picked up a car first thing from the Hertz office in Downtown Sydney and then made our way north. Around six and a half hours later (after a lunch stop at a very nice ‘sustainable
Today was our last full day in Sydney, so we decided to fill some gaps in what we had done previously. We started by walking over (via a wool shop) to Darling Harbour and the Maritime Museum. There were a