Noosa and Bangers and Mash for Tea!

It’s a hot and humid morning again, and a drive to explore Noosa that we’ve heard about from friends and family is the plan of action. The drive is only short but past some stunning houses and views across the coastline. Noosa the town is quiet but full of both essential shops and boutique dress and home shops, a great place for me to wander around. A coffee and carrot cake in the Black Pepper café restores his good humour, but the drive down to Noosa beach area and the attempts to park a large motorhome in small car sized spaces soon evaporates both our patience, we admit defeat. Maybe a Saturday lunch lime was not the best time to explore this area but it does look amazing, we retreat back to Coolum where we can walk for hours on the endless beach.



Tandem Skydiver above Coolum Beach

During the walk we’re befriended by many enthusiastic dogs out with their owners and watch children with families playing in the sea. Part way down the beach there’s a crowd of people all gazing skywards, we can see a dot of a small plane above and finally a few faint dots appear. The tandem sky divers have jumped from the plane at 4000 ft (why would you!). They land on the beach next to their families with great whoops of joy – I just don’t think that would be my reaction, maybe it would be Dave’s.

The evening in a traditional British meal, bangers, mash and beans – well the sausages are from South Africa, the beans are from Australia, and the potatoes are given the British treatment of mash. Now that’s a multi continent meal! And to add to the homely touches it begins to rain, ahh there’s nothing like the Great British BBQ in the rain even if it is 30 degrees! P.S. Rob Happy 26^th Birthday still thinking of you down here in Oz.