Mudjimba

Finally in Queensland. We had an early start (7:30am) for the 560 kilometer trip from Arrawarra to Mudjimba, however we made surprisingly good time (Arrived at 2:20pm) The roads were very good and mostly Motorways and Highways. The Pacific Highway is undergoing extensive upgrades and that plays havoc with the GPS as we later learnt during our second day at Mudjimba.

Again we took our customary two stops for light refreshments and arrived in daylight which, although having been allocated a slightly cramped caravan spot, we soon had the caravan positioned and unhitched.

A glimpse of the coral

Time for a walk along the Beach (about 40 meters away) with Buddy and to our surprise, we encountered a lot of other travellers walking one, two or in rare cases three dogs along the sand.

We settled in for the night and watched TV which had a good reception.

Monday we took a drive to "Sealife" about 16 kilometers from the caravan park which was very good (Pictures and videos still to be added). It was our intention to also visit the "Ginger Factory" but we got hopelessly lost due to the GPS not having the latest road upgrade information. We might try again in the morning!

Never far away

Tomorrow we will most likely head off into the Hinterland for a half day tour of the sights - more later (when I can figure out how to download the photographs from my android phone to the computer.

The Ginger Factory gardens

Our second full day was spent in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. We visited the Ginger Factory at Yandina, where, there was a huge array of ginger goods on view and for sale. The factory is surrounded by a miniature train service travelling from the various internal venues within the complex (The train was out of service during our visit as it was undergoing a paint job). It was all very well run and needless to say, there was everything ginger (and a lot more) for sale.



We then pressed on to Nambour and Mapleton for general sightseeing. The views were basically that of hills, mountains and fields of what looked like sugar cane. All in all it represented quite an impressive view.

Coffee and Buddy

Next on the list was Montville where we had lunch at one cafe and coffee at another. It was a welcomed acceptance of Buddy at both venues. This location was surprisingly (to us) busy as it could hardly be said to be on the beaten track, so the locals were doing something right.

The Glass Mountains

Not stopping too long we then headed off to Maleny where there was ample opportunities to look at and photograph the "Glass Mountains" and spend a little time taking in the general view.







Next on the agenda was Palmwoods which was an approximate 7 kilometres of steep winding roads with a gradient of 10 degrees for the whole drive, Needless to say, as the driver I didn't get too much time to take my eyes off the road.

From Palmwoods we drove to Maroochydore and on to Madjimba where we did a little grocery shopping to stock up the fridge,

What's on tomorrow? No idea but it will be included in the blog

Well 'Tomorrow has arrived! We spent the morning on Mudjimba Beach with Buddy in a beautiful sunny day before heading back to the caravan for lunch. We then decided to visit Noosa Heads, about 20 kilometers North of us as we had heard glowing reports of the location.

Noosa Heads from the lookout

Frankly, it left us underwhelmed as for us, it did not have that "Sea-Side" feeling, but I guess we could have missed the best areas.

We ended up in the Noosa Heads National Park look-out and naturally took some photographs of the scenery.

Noosa Heads from the lookout

On the way back, we took the opportunity of shopping for fresh fish, chicken necks for a treat for Buddy (as we couldn't take him into the National Park) and a couple of cakes for yours truly.





On arrival back at the caravan the coffee pot was the first agenda item (and half a cream cake!).

Tomorrow we head off to our next location - Boyne Island