On Sunday we left Brisbane and headed for the Sunshine Coast. We took a few detours on tourist drives along the way. We followed route 24 through the Glass House Mountains and then on the route 23 through the Blackall Ranges. The scenery was amazing and we both thoroughly enjoyed the detour. The scenery at the lookout for the Glass House Mountains was breathtaking, and I also enjoyed seeing the mosaics on the pathways.
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| A view of the Glass House Mountains |
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| One of the mosaics on the pathways at the lookout |
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| A closer view of part of the Glass House Mountains |
We arrived in Mooloolaba in time for lunch and checked into the motel. The afternoon was spent relaxing and going for a walk through town. Before dinner we visited a couple who make plecostomus caves and bought some for the fish tanks at home. We found a really lovely Thai restaurant only a few minutes walk from the motel where we had dinner.
Monday dawned and we headed for Underwater World in time for them opening. We spent a couple of hours there in the morning and then walked into the main street for lunch, going back to the aquarium for a few more hours in the afternoon. We took so many photos of fish and the seals were amazing as well.
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| A crocodile swimming in one of the tanks |
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| A sawfish |
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| Elaine at Underwater World |
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| One of the seals posing for photos |
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| The trainer with the smaller of the seals |
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A Weedy Sea Dragon
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On Tuesday we headed north, visiting the Big Pineapple and the Buderim Ginger Factory. We had a lovely tour of the factory then drove further north to Gympie for lunch. Afterwards we meandered our way inland and ended up in Kingaroy where we spent the night.
Wednesday saw us driving through Toowoomba, and stopping for a bit of retail therapy at 2 patchwork shops, then on to Goondiwindi for another night. On Thursday we headed through Moree, Narrabri and Coonabarabran for another drive through the Warrumbungles. They looked so different in the afternoon light. We then stopped in Gilgandra for the night.
The weather on Friday was not so nice, cool and windy. We headed through Dubbo towards the Parkes Radio Telescope for a lunch stop. Then on to Canowindra where we visited the Age of Fishes Museum. After spending over an hour doing the audio tour which was very interesting, we decided to head for home a day early as we were only just over 2 hours away and the weather forecast for Saturday was not nice.
Life is getting back to normal, lots of washing to catch up on and I've laid out all the batiks I bought on the trip on the dining room table, ready to wash and iron so that I can get started on Love Entwined.
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