Buderim Ginger Factory

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

We left Brisbane yesterday morning – after receiving a friendly reminder from the Brisbane Holiday Village that we were to be gone by 10.00 am – for the relatively short drive to Maroochydore.  Being a public holiday, traffic was fairly light for the first half of the journey and then thickened considerably.  No doubt the sunny, warm weather was encouraging people to head for the beach.  We are staying at Maroochy Palms Caravan Park and were surprised to find only about twelve caravans here; the property is rapidly being converted to a “lifestyle residential complex” and caravan sites have been reduced in number and the camping area is non-existent.  Apart from a quick trip to Sunshine Plaza, the remainder of the afternoon was spent replacing the winter clothes with the summer clothes and enjoying the warmth and sunshine.

Today and it was time for some “me time,” with one settling down with the newspaper and the other heading to Sunshine Plaza for a bit of maintenance.  With the temperature hovering around 25 degrees, we decided to head to the Buderim Ginger Factory at Yandina (a favourite of Cat) and the macadamia factory opposite.

With over 70 television channels, and two remote controls, Himself is in seventh heaven!  Someone has also declared that our bathroom scales, which have just been resurrected from the cupboard, are in serious need of adjustment.