Day 6 Tuesday

Had some good toasted fruit bread for breakfast with citrus butter.

Went to the tourist office to book the cruise from Noosa but they needed two more to be sure it would go but we didn't want to take the chance as there was one that left at 12.00 every day, just turn up. It didn't go to the everglades so wasn't quite what we wanted but it was better than not going at all.

We drove up to Noosa Marina at Tewantin and had coffee and I popped into a bar to ask if they could make us sandwiches which she said they could but it would take sometime so I chose little feta and ham tarts which she warmed and put in a takeaway box with some salad, napkins and knives and forks just in time for us to get on the boat. We were the only ones on to begin with but he picked up another 11 passengers along the way but it wasn't crowded. We could help ourselves to tea and coffee and biscuits and buy cold drinks if we wanted, all very casual.

We went down Noosa River and then onto the many canals, he said we would see lots of stingrays but what he didn't know was that the Trevennas were on board and we haven't had much luck with wildlife and it didn't change, we saw one! We saw lots of beautiful houses worth millions of dollars. They all back onto the canals and have boats moored to the jetty. You can see right into them as the backs are all glass doors that slide back so it is open. They are like something from a Hollywood film. There are some old ones but mostly they are modern with white furniture and infinity pools. However, if I paid that much for a house I would not want to feel I was living in a fishbowl! Over the Christmas period the skipper told us they rent them out at £5000 a week!

We then went out to the mouth of the river which is very shallow with lots of sandbanks and clear blue water, people just anchor their boats and sunbathe on the sandbanks. You can hire flat boats out for the day and some have a bbq on the front and there were lots of families enjoying themselves. You can also rent houseboats and there were many of them on the river, with patios and sun loungers on them. We were on the boat till 3.00 and our lunch was really good.

We got back to Mooloolaba and I went for a swim in the pool which was lovely as it was just me and two children. I then had five minutes in the hot spa by the pool.

We thought we would go to 'See' again but on our way we found a nice looking Thai restaurant and went there instead and had a really good meal, I really like Thai food.