Final holiday photos

An afternoon walk along the board walk and for 1km past it to answer more Ad Lab questions at Coolum

Lots of bays and little beaches

Lovely trees

poems about trees

the walking track I followed - the sign is a bit weather damaged I think

great views

the sky when I got back.

Back to Mooloolabar the next day to do another two Ad Labs

the memorial to HMAS Brisbane, the ship is sunk off an island up the coast and is used for diving.

looking out to sea

a memorial to military dogs who were killed on active service

a memorial to fishermen - there was another one I didn't take a photo of, it was a memorial to a Russian explorer who rowed from South America unassisted and landed on the Sunshine Coast. Amazing feat.

views walking around the headland on the other side of the canal

looking back at Mooloolabar

the water tower at Point Cartwright

I loved the whale reflection in the bubble in the clam shell

the Woolemi pines are symbolic of this area and were included in the painting, along with turtles, whales and the osprey and other fish

view of the beach from the water tower

and so our holiday came to a finish the next day

the hire car was returned to the airport

and off we flew - there was a lot of cloud so this was the view of the coast line I saw once we were up quite a way.

A little sewing happened while we were away, not a lot but every little bit helps

some bits for a new project

and some stars of a much neglected project, that had been in a tin ignored for a very long time!!

I had planned to sew on the way home but found a book in the airport so read this

which I enjoyed very much.

Have a wonderful week.

 

Guess what? There are more holiday photos

 The next day was a free day, in that our friends were busy and so we went to Mooloolabar and I went on a whale watching trip - David stayed on dry land and had a coffee and read the paper. Blogger has decided to put the photos in reverse here.....

coming back into the wharf

there are amazing houses on the water along the canal

windblown and happy

the whales swimming away from us

the whales (3) appeared on the right side of the boat and then swam deep under the boat and appeared on the left hand side- I didn't get a first sighting photo sadly, the huge male was very close to the boat then, the photos are taken on my phone in a rocking boat, so they are not the best. There is a tail in the photo above

looking from the boat over to Coolum

boats on the way out to see along the canal

ready to go!!

the light house and painted water tower on the way back in. We were on a zodiac type boat so were able to zip along fast to try and get in front of the whales once they were sighted, the boats are not allowed to go close, but if the whales swim by you that is ok. I was excited to at least get a look at some whales, I have done these kind of trips before and not seen a thing.

Time for a break I think.

Happy stitching.