Sunshine Coast Sunday

On Sunday we decided to go up to the Sunshine Coast. Four adults, one child and two dogs was a tight fit in the car to say the least.

We went up to Mooloolaba to the dog beach there and wandered up onto the rocks there, playing in the rock pools and climbing across boulders, glancing askance at the models having their photographs taken there and paying no attention to their assets whatsoever.

A paraglider climbed up the cliff and jumped off, slowly circling down beneath his parachute before settling onto the rocks. "Ooooooh!" said Eloise.

We walked further, and Eloise found a lovely warm rock pool which she repeatedly jumped into.

The paraglider set off again, and slowly circled down before landing unceremoniously in a tree. A great roar of laughter went up from the beach below.

We went across to a park on the other side of the spit of land we were on, and barbequed kebabs, some of fish, some of tempe, watching catamarans and yachts sailing gently by. Eloise made friends with dogs and children and old people playing cards. She went down with Nicole and had a paddle in the calm waters of the enclosed canal, wading out until she had to be rescued by some bathers. Nicole obviously not wanting to get wet... I was getting the car at the time! Tiny slipped her collar from where she was tied to a tree when Eloise disappeared from sight down the staircase that led into the water, and went over to keep an eye on her.

We got back home about six o'clock and drank coffee and ate ice cream before dropping the visitors back at the airport.