We're off.............

Can't stay another day! This caravan park is the pits so we're off tomorrow to Biggera Waters (Gold Coast) to visit friends at Arundel. Have booked ourselves into the the Treasure Island Holiday Park at Biggera having had it recommended to us from fellow travellers. We're going to save the visit to the Eumundi Markets for another trip.

We managed to catch up with 2 out of 3 friends here in Maroochydore so decided to get out of here tomorrow to Gold Coast for 2 nights before making our way south into New South Wales. Haven't yet decided just where we'll stay but then that's the beauty of having our own bed - we just have to find somewhere to park it. Hopefully somewhere between Tweed Heads and Evans Head will have easier accommodation options as we would like to stay put for at least a week before heading back inland toward Moree and home in 2 and half weeks. If anyone has any suggestions, send us an email please.

Last night we caught up with friend S. whom we haven't seen for 27 years. Had a great meal at a nice pub with the unlikely name of Trader Dukes. It was good to see S. and we all decided that we didn't look a day older than we did 27 years ago. All lies of course, but which one of us was going to argue the truth?

This afternoon we had the pleasure of having afternoon tea and dinner with PD. and J. at their beautiful home and garden. The garden made both of us jealous to see what can be grown with a bit of warmer weather. PD. has a magnificent tall tree forest growing right outside his back door with ferns fronds so big 6 people could have a great picnic underneath them and still have room to spare. There is a veritable feast of veggies growing 2 steps outside the kitchen door, and a fruit salad growing at the side of the house. Lovely!

We also met PD. and J's beautiful 17-month-old dog - whose breed we can't recall - named Dougal. Dougal kept an eye on us the whole time just in case we might play catch with him, or even let something yummy fall his way!

We drove around this morning having another good look at the Maroochydore/Mooloolaba/Cotton Tree areas and found a caravan park at Cotton Tree which we would like to try some time in the future. The whole area is really beautiful and if it weren't for the expected influx of around another 60,000 residents, which the area simply won't be able to cater for, it would be a fantastic place to retire. No - we're not moving!