Our travels!: Heading to the tropics: Days 2-6

It’s almost a week since we left home and at the end of today we will have travelled 1300 kms.

On Day 2 we left Iluka and crossed the border into Queensland. I was born in the sunshine state and even though I have lived in NSW for most of my life it still feels like home.

The traffic through the Gold Coast and Brisbane was heavy as usual and after a long hot trip, we were pleased to arrive at Maroochydore for a 4 night stay on the river at Cotton Tree.

We were nicely positioned three sites from the river and spent our first three days chilling by the water, reading and walking. An unexpected bonus was the National Surf Life saving titles being held a few hundred metres from us. We walked around each day and watched some events.

Friday was spent at Mooloolaba Surf Club for dinner catching up with longtime friend, Sharyn. Beautiful sunset views over the sea and a bonus was the Beach Flag race finals on the sand beneath the restaurant.

Wherever we go we are sure to find an author friend, and I caught up with historical author, Suzi Love for a quick coffee.The ninth book in my Pentecost Island series was released on Saturday and I spent much of the day watching the charts. A celebratory wine was had that night when TESS reached #1 in an Amazon category and hit the top 20 charts on Apple Australia.

Catching up with Suzi.

Saturday was spent with Sharyn and her two sweet granddaughters, and another friend, Di. A fish and chip picnic on the sand at Cotton Tree and then a magnificent sunset completed a relaxing four days.

Despite the socialising and relaxation and reading. I did manage to write 4000 words of my Christmas novella during our stay on the Sunshine Coast.

Ian is reading Breaker Morant and I’ve.been

reading Kristin Hannah’s Four Winds. A fabulous read and highly recommended.

We were up with the bush turkeys before sunrise on Anzac Day and on the road to Tannum Sands by 6.30 am.

A pleasant six hour drive to this small seaside town enabled us to arrive in time for a long walk along the beautiful foreshore (6 kilometres) after sitting in the car all day.