6th Dec, Busy going nowhere..... just getting wet... Noosa

Surprisingly enough, it was a bit chilly last night, still, a blanket and a cuddle up ta Lin soon chased the chills away and as soon as the sun came up, the tents doing the cooking thing again....Seven o'clock and Lin sticks her head out the tent. We're moving on today and it was sodding hot last time we were on the road. Anyway the sky's well overcast so at least the trip should be cooler. Coffee  and tea made and drunk, the well oiled machine go's into action. Lin's packing the bedding, I've got the trailer and top box open packing away the electricals and cooking stuff. Lin says "did you feel that ?", I stop and feel a plink, plink, then whoosh, the heavens just opened up. I slam the trailer lid, close the top box and dive to join Lin in the tent. So here we sit, with half our stuff packed in the trailer and the other half stacked around us. By now the rains coming down so hard, we can just make out the caravan opposite. At this point Lin asks "where's the chairs??", in the trailer, "Ok, so lets have a cupper, wheres the kettle??", in the trailer, "Oh, never mind, I'll go on the computer" its in the top box, "I'm hungry"..... Luckily Lin's popcorn and crisps are still in here, unluckily, she don't fancy um.

The rain ain't stopping and by now the roads about four inches deep in water and its slowly creeping towards the tent. Lin keeps herself busy by calling the camp office to let them know we'll be staying another night and with nothing else to do, then starts calling the girls so they can listen to the rain. We can't even open the door flap to see whats going on cos the rain just falls through and soaks the place, so I amuse meself by peeking under the tent, making sure the trailer don't go floating by.

As he said 'just amusing himself..."

We sit here with nothing to do for over three hours, until the rain finally slow's, to a downpour, then steady rain, drizzle and at long last stops. We open the tent and with a quick look round Lin calls out she's hungry and can we go and have breakfast in town, so its eggs Benedict and fisherman's breckie all over again.

Back at the tent it feels a bit odd. We're going tomorrow and we're half packed, but we're staying tonight and need the stuff. In the end we packed all we didn't need and dug out all the bits we did, had a general tidy round and left it at that. All done, Lin wants to go for a swim. Bloody hell! if I'd have known that sooner I could have shoved her out when it was raining and she could have swam over and got the bloody kettle.
The suns back out and the sky's are once again blue. Lin's swimming in the river and I've got me book, so once more, alls right with the world and we can get back to what we've learned to do best. Bugger all......

Wet wet wet......

Just a pretty growing in the hedgerow..

Saw these while I was swimming.... they reminded me of Billee and Becky... always together.... but what were they waiting for ????

THIS ! is what they were waiting for FOOD!!!! so as I said a bit like Billee and Becky lol..

Now I said to John take a few pictures while I am swimming ... so heres what he took...

Oh you cant see nothing ???? thats because thats what he took nothing !!! lol.

We still didn't get any shopping yesterday, so theres still no milk. Once again, Lin routes around in her bag and comes up with two pots of creamer she's nicked somewhere down the line. God only knows what else she's got in that bag, when we come back, I'm making sure she go's through customs first.

Lin's decided she wants to go for another swim and guess who's the anchor man?. no use complaining the waters cold, I just get told to "man up", but its not easy to man anything when ya nuts have disappeared looking for a nice warm place to hide. Oh well, cant have more kids anyway, so suck it up and in we go. Twenty minutes of semi choking and knee knocking later and we're getting out.... (I only hope things fall back into place).

I hear the "I'm hungry" call, so it into town again, Lin's seen a board advertising Eggs Benedict, an all time favourite and nothing else will do. I order the fisherman's breakfast, which to my surprise, didn't include fish, just the basket. Got to say, one of the best brekkies I've had since we've been out here and Lin did all but lick her plate.

Eating done but by no means forgotten, Lin is in one of them "I need retail therapy moods", so by hook or by crook, we're gonna track down the shops. We ride this way and that, taking every turn off on all the roundabouts, till finally we spot a group of shops, that'll do and we pull in. We wander round for a bit, but not a lot of shops and I don't think its doing the trick. Lin asks around and finds theres more shops just across the road, so with a smile on her face and a new spring in her step, off we trot. I'm not daft, I've brought me book, so Lin goes off for a wander and I sit and read. I don't even get through a chapter and she's back. Worst shopping centre we've been in, this place is pants, ain't got nothing here worth looking at..... I'm not sure, but I'm getting the feeling this shopping trip just ain't doing it for Lin, but on the bright side, at least she's got the milk.

Back at the tent and Lin wants to go for another dip. Once a day is enough for me and I draw the line, grab me book and nail me hands to the bench were I can watch and make sure local kids don't use her as a float and row out to the sandbar. Thirty minutes of bobbing up and down, doing handstands and swimming under water and she had enough. At this rate, I'm never gonna finish me book.

The rest of the day was taken up with doing what most grey nomads do, bugger all and just enjoying the sun....

A view up the street of Noosaville... they do goooooooooood Eggs Benedict in 'Take 5'.... hahaha...

Lovely... this is view as we eat our brekkie ...

Nice little town this.. although the campsites a bit expensive for what it is... but it is clean...

Love to all... bet you are all gearing up for chrissie... well we're not cuz we ain't celebrating it!!! well not till we get home anyway xxx