After the Winton trip, which we enjoyed immensely, we
were itching to once again hit the road. Having seen a nice chunk of the Qld
Outback, Greg suggested we take a break in the Big Smoke for a few weeks. First
stop the bright lights, sun, surf and sand of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore
to be precise.
As we left home on a Monday, and due to a relatively
short drive, we were able to squeeze in a bike ride (Greg MTB Wens road bike)
before we deapparted. To Greg’s surprise Mac rode this morning, despite his
little health episode on the Biggenden ride last Saturday. You can’t hold a
good man down. Glen was there too, with no affects from the long ride.
After the ride we finished off the lockdown of the house and waved
goodbye to the roos, guinea fowl and birdies. The birds will miss their twice
daily feeds from us, but they have plenty of other people to choose from and
besides the bush is full of flowers at the moment.
We were tempted to stop at Gympie for lunch but decided
that it’s one of the most RV unfriendly places in the country. Absolutely
nowhere to park easily with a van so we drove straight through to the
Maroochydore Beach Holiday Park, our home for four nights. As it was 1:30pm, and
the worms were biting, we did a quick set-up and went for a walk in search of
lunch. We realised it wasn’t a Thursday or Saturday (our normal eat-out nights)
but as we are on “holidays” we lashed out. Being in the big smoke we had more
choices than you could poke a skewer at. As we walked towards the main
restaurant area, we saw a Sizzlers. As they’re closing up shop soon and we hadn’t
been to one for donkeys ages, we thought we’d give them one last go.
Unfortunately we found out why they’re closing down, the salads were nice but
everything else was pretty terrible. They’ve been around for about 50 years,
you’d think they would have worked out how to cook a steak and chips over all
those years. We won’t miss them when they close.
We then walked to Sunshine Plaza to have a wander around
the shops. It was all fairly quiet. Back to the van, via Cotton Tree, to finish
setting up, exercises and admin.
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