More holiday photos

 From the Botanic gardens we continued on to Eudlo

I spotted this fern in the park

and loved this bonsai tree, maybe a frangipani?

From here we went to Palmwoods

the pub on the corner

we had lunch in a converted garage which is now and American themed diner - the garage was the original one in the town - lunch was loaded chips, something I had not had before - it was much enjoyed!!!

this notice told us the history of the building and the current owners - it was available on a T-shirt but I wasn't prepared to pay $55 to advertise their business!! The Morris 8 mentioned on the sign was in the restaurant on the second outdoor level.

We moved on to Woombye to do an Ad Lab there and learned about the history of the town, we couldn't complete this one as a sign at the church was missing, we are still wondering who lived to 103 years of age?? Not even google has helped me!!

We had a rest day which turned out to be a rainy day, we still walked the board walk

and enjoyed the views

The next day was fine and sunny, Sue and I completed part of an Ad Lab I had started

Stumers Creek, the local dog walking beach, there were many happy dogs here with their owners

then we went to the David Low lookout

wonderful views both ways, between the houses

this one makes me think of Greece

this was part of the sign at Mt Coolum, the question we had to answer was the welcome in Aboriginal, it took us ages to work out the letters!!

then we went to Beewah - these amazing lights were along the main street

and this machine was from a drawing of a local years ago who always got his pineapple crop to market earlier than everyone else - no one could work out how he did it, This machine was supposed to be a pineapple picker (one of his drawings). The man vanished in 1957 without a trace and has never been seen or heard of since! There are theories that he came from outer space 😶 and so much have gone back there.

more lights

loved these ferns up in the trees

I think this was a light, I am not sure.

Then we went to Montville, a lovely town we did an Ad Lab and then had lunch at the Waffle shop

a gluten free waffle with apple, sultanas, cinnamon and cream! Yum!!

Time for a little break I think,

Happy stitching.

Back from holidays - photo heavy

 We have spent the last 10 days at Coolum Beach in Qld, a very nice change from the cold weather we had been having here at home. 

Our first afternoon/evening we had a walk along the beach

There were beautiful colours in the sky and on the beach as the sun went down

and the moon appeared

We had a lovely dinner at the Surf Club to cap off a very pleasant although tiring  day.

The next morning saw an 8.30 beach walk

Lots of people were out walking

This group of people had been swimming

Later in the day we met some friends from Perigian Springs and Sue and I went to find an Adventure Lab

One answer we needed was by the water tower, the views were wonderful

then we went down to the beach, I had an unsuccessful attempt at finding a cache and hot my feet full of thorns - note to self no stomping around in the bush in bare feet!

I did manage to find this cache after standing under it for a while 😀

View as we left this part of the beach.

another late afternoon/evening walk along the boardwalk above the beach at Coolum.

It was very peaceful watching the waves roll in.

After a rest day Sue and I were off following Adventure Labs again, this was at a war memorial at Buderim

This was one of the original houses in the town, closed when we were there sadly but it has been well looked after

Then we went on to the Maroochydore Botanic Gardens - more of a native gardens

with interesting sculptures

this was in the sculpture garden area

as was this snake sculpture

it was a beautiful pace to wander around in, so many beautiful trees

I didn't take photos of every sculpture although it was tempting!

I liked this little guy

and this area was beautiful, so peaceful

this gate was something we needed to find to answer a question in the Adventure Lab there.

Are you still awake and with me?

I think I had better stop there for now

Happy stitching.