Noosa

16 September – Tuesday

The visiting family members left bright and early this morning for Coolangatta Airport and home. After a quick telephone call to Ashmore Palms on the Gold Coast, they decided to make the small detour to collect a couple of items which had been left behind when they moved to Maroochydore.

Today was much hotter than previous days, definitely a day for sitting in the shade. We decided that we really should make the effort and drive to Noosa and see how the other half spend holidays. Very swish place, lots of upmarket shops, very posh looking accommodation places and absolutely no where we could park the car and not have to walk a couple of miles to buy an ice cream. So we drove up the main street, looked at the river heads and drove down the main street. Not long after we left Maroochydore, we did see a huge snake (dead fortunately) on the road – this made four dead snakes we have seen so far.

We drove back from Noosa to Maroochydore along the coast – there are some very nice houses in the area.

Today it was my turn to check out the medical facilities in the area, owing to a rather sore ear, and Emma gently explained to me the necessity of allowing the doctor to look in my ear. We made a deal that I would let the doctor look in my ear and she would let her doctor look in her injured ear when she returned home.