Day 58 – 61 Maroochydore

After crossing the river at Tewantin we dove to Noosa and had a quick look at Hastings St. Pointed out to the girls the place that we stayed on our Honeymoon back in ’89 and all the restaurants and shops there as well. Then we made our way back down the coast towards Coolum and on to Maroochydore to stay at the CottonTree C.P. for a “surprise” visit to Mick and Cath Vear, who were there for a week with Mairead and “Pooky”.
Rain bucketed down whilst there (23 mm overnight), and once again all our roof luggage got wet, so we spent the best part of Fri. cleaning and drying it all at the Vear’s apartment. Never the less it was great to catch up with them after a 2 month absence. I thought that both Andy and Cath were going to have a melt down when they saw each other!!!
We made an attempt to go out for dinner whilst there. Headed out at about 8.30 down towards Mooloolaba to see what we could find. Do you reckon that there was a place open after 8.45 pm? No way. It seems that once again the grey nomads had trumped us and all the food places had catered for them for early dinners. Of course they’re all finished and ready to go to bed by 8.15 pm, so all the eateries shut up shop by about 9.00 pm. We ended up heading back to Maroochydore and purchasing the last 4 kebabs available at any type of eatery anywhere on that particular coast!!!!
Sat 24th dawned bright and beautiful because it was Jazzy’s birthday. We had decided that we had spent enough time on the east coast and that time was slipping away from us. Therefore it was decided that this day we would begin the trek westward across Qld. towards the N.T.
Dalby on the Darling Downs was picked as the next port of call.We packed rather slowly, said our farewells to Mick Cath and Mairead and were ready to go by about 11.00 am.