What a welcome!
It’s windy. The surf is pounding and making the earth tremble. People were lined up along the foreshore watching the huge unpredictable waves, and cyclone Alfred is still north of here!
Parts of Bribie Island have been washed away and so many beaches along the coast are eroding away. It can only get worse in the coming days, but selfishly, I hope it waits until our holiday is over before doing its worst.
We took the same amount of time to reach the Sunshine Coast as we always do, so the new Gympie bypass didn’t seem to make any difference to the timing. It was a good run too. Not much traffic, but gusty winds buffeted the car a bit.
It was 11am when we arrived at our destination, but our room wasn’t ready so we were given a card to access the underground parking and we walked the short distance to the beach.
The surf club is very close, so we got ourselves a drink, watched the heavy surf for a while and decided to play the pokies while we waited for a text advising that the room was available.
On the way back to our accommodation, we stopped at a Thai takeaway for some lunch. I had crispy squid with a sweet dressing and a prawn and rice dish.
It cost me $50 for our 3 containers. The squid was as tough as boot leather and there were only 4 prawns in my other dish. BGWLBH ordered Hokkein beef noodles and gobbled it up quicker than I could blink!
After lunch, we lay like broccoli (Pretty Woman reference) and watched two Pitch Perfect movies. This was necessary to recover from our buffeting car ride and unsatisfying lunch.
No dinner … and I’m feeling quite hungry now so I’m already looking forward to breakfast.
Our accommodation …
Sleep time for me because I’ve been awake since 4am.
Nite all.
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