It turns out that, contrary to popular belief, the weather is not perfect every day in paradise … Today was a case in point. While it could hardly be argued to be awful, the weather wasn’t great today with very

To the Big Banana and beyond
Sadly it was time to move on again today and it was a big day. After heading past the Big Prawn in Ballina we moved on to the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. ‘Big‘ things have become something of a

A Byron day
Actually, as we found out yesterday, Byron Bay was not named after Lord Byron the poet, but he would have fitted right in. As someone who liked a drink, he would have been able to sympathise with the surfing culture

To poets town (or not?)
We started the day with a walk which didn’t quite turn out as planned. Maps without topographical information can be annoying and the walking map of O’Reilly’s is a case in point! Actually, given that we were aiming to walk

Birdy day …
Birds apparently start early in the day ignoring the fact that Queenslanders don’t have daylight saving, so we had to start our day at 6.45am for a bird walk. This was billed by O’Reilly’s as an early morning bird walk,

Off to O’Reilly’s
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

Meandering to Mooloolaba
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

Noosa to Boreen Point
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!

The glasshouse mountains
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

Fetching up in Flaxton
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