We finished our trip with a few days in Brisbane staying with Sarah & Chris again. As always it was delightful to be in their home & have their company - thanks guys! We visited my cousins Phil & Maxine & it was a special honor to have them welcome us in this very difficult time. At Phil's suggestion we had fish & chips at Sandgate with fond memories of doing that 4 years ago with them. That afternoon we also caught up with Jan, a friend from ...

The rest of our stay in Noosa was filled with a great catch-up dinner with friends Maureen & Bruce, a kayak on the river, drives about the place to explore, coffee with my cousins Lindsay & Lyn, runs & walks along the shore of lake, river & ocean, sunset drinks each afternoon & a swim in the pool. The constantly changing parade of water craft & traffic on the river included ferries, kayaks, outrigger canoes, fishing boats, standup paddle b...

After a drive from Fraser Island via Maryborough & several detours around road works we arrived at Noosa Shores Resort for a 6 night stay. In possibly the best apartment in the complex we had views both east towards Hastings Street area for sunrises & west towards Noosaville for sunsets - perfect water views of the river. Friday brought rainy weather so we wandered around shops & cafes till Sarah & Chris arrived for the weekend. The weather foreca...

Arriving on Fraser Island after dark meant we didn't have an overview of the resort until the next day when we woke to find our room overlooking a lagoon & most of the buildings raised on stilts. Spending most of the next day on a ranger guided 4wheel drive bus tour of some of this huge sand island was filled with lots to learn & enjoy. It was quite a surprise to me that there's so much forest over the sand with a few freshwater lakes, sand blows & of...

Another installment from Lady Elliot Island to accommodate some more photos because as usual I took so many...... We continued with another glassy water sunrise over the lagoon, great buffet breakfast, snorkeling in the underwater world, iced coffee at the cafe, lounging in the sun & some more reading. We borrowed some full face snorkels from a very generous English couple for a session in the lagoon & found them to be really great - weird to look at but ...