It’s raining again, or should that be
still. I rang Mum for Mother’s Day then we wondered what we could do on such a
rainy day. There are lots of tourist things to do but most cost lots of money
and we’d already spent a bit going to Movie World and Australia Zoo.
So, like the intrepid “road warriors” (or
should that read fools) that we are, we decided to go for a ride anyway. We put
a fresh coat of polish on all our leathers, donned our wet weather pants and
took off.
We thought that we’d do a tour of the Sunshine Coast, starting at Noosa and heading
down to Caloundra along the coast road.
We stopped of at the Ginger Factory at
Yandina where there were lots of little stores selling things catering tho the
tourist trade. We were able to sample produce made with ginger and macadamia
nuts. The gardens there are beautiful, with many ginger plants throughout, but
the rainy weather wasn’t ideal for a stroll in the garden. Across the road from
the Ginger Factory is a Macadamia Factory, I had a quick look there and we
headed off for the coast.
Riding through Noosa the rain eased, so we
thought we thought we’d continue on. It didn’t last long, the rain was pouring
down so much that we couldn’t see the ocean that was right beside the road. We
stopped at Peregian
Beach to get out of the
blinding rain. We went to a café and had some hot chips to warm us up, while
waiting for the rain to ease.
Continuing on down the road we spotted a
water fall gushing down the side of a mountain and stopped to photograph it.
While we were stopped a girl was there doing the same thing. She told us that
you normally wouldn’t see the water on the falls from where we were. She also
told us that it was Mount Coolum, a rock, and the second largest monolith in Australia next
to Ayers Rock.
We were absolutely saturated by this time
and looking for the most direct way to get home.
Back at our tent we had wet clothing,
jackets, helmets, boots and gloves everywhere, with not much room to move. But
we’ve got tele to watch now, so we’re happy. Tomorrow we head further north and
hopefully out of the rain. (Fingers crossed)
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