Jon has had an annoying cough since Christmas and last night he was up and sitting on the balcony as he couldn't stop.
After our breakfast of fruit for me and cooked for Jon we set off to drive to Rainbow Beach which although a long way it was a place I really wanted to see. We drove for what seemed like hours but it was only two. The problem was the last hour I really needed the loo and there was nothing and I really mean nothing but trees. Some of the area had obviously had a forest fire and that must have been awful as there only seemed to be one road in and out so had you been caught up in it - I shudder to think. Makes you realise how people get caught in bush fires.
Well we eventually arrived and stopped at the first place we saw and after a visit to the loo we had coffee. Feeling much better we drove on to the beach. We stopped to look at the beach near a bbq area and while walking back to the car, Jon was ahead of me, the biggest lizard I have ever seen ran across my path! I shouted to Jon as he had the camera and he came back to take a photo. The lizard very kindly climbed a tree so we could get a good look at him and once we left he came back down again.
We found a spot to park near the beach and set off to walk along it. 4WD can actually go along the beach and where the lifeguards are and the bathing flags it was quite busy but further along it was empty and it was soooooooo beautiful. The water was a lovely blue and the sand a lovely pinkish colour, There were no shells or stones just beautiful clean sand. It is called Rainbow Beach because of the lovely different coloured sand behind the beach which is very unstable so you can't climb up it. We walked a very long way and then back again. Who would have thought 30 years ago that Jon and I would be in Australia on our anniversary!
Not sure if it was the heat or not but when we got to a bar for lunch I really didn't feel well and had a bit of a panic attack and couldn't eat my lunch. I had a drink and once we got back into the car with the AC I felt better.
We then drove back down and stopped in Noosa. We had thought we would have liked to stay in Noosa but after trying to drive through and park it was a bit of a nightmare. We did find a parking spot in the Nature Reserve and had a lovely walk through the bush once again spotting lizards, very common it seems. Noosa is pretty but very crowded.
On the way back we stopped at Noosa Marina and went into a bar for a cup of tea. Just English Breakfast tea would have been fine and what is most popular here. They had all types of tea but not that so we settled on what we thought would be the closest 'Bush tucker tea' and it was very good!
We would like to go on one of the cruises from Noosa that go up the river and into the everglades. There is an all day one with a bbq lunch or an afternoon one with 'tea' so we need to have a look at those.
Got back and had a nice cool shower. Went for drinks but still not feeling 100% so just had a lemon, lime and bitters which is very refreshing.
Went to Hot Pipis again, seems to be a very popular place to eat as it is always busy for whatever mealtime. Being on a corner it is usually quite cool, too as you get a breeze. Jon had a lovely steak and I had summer chicken which was quite light and very tasty with an orange sauce. We had a lovely chocolate pudding to share and by the end of dinner I was back to normal.
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