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.

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.