It's nearly a week since we arrived in Australia, the time is going so quickly and the weather has been perfect but we won 't mention weather as we have heard that the UK is being battered.We left lovely Noosa getting lost again, but eventually reached the highway.We headed north to Hervey Bay a coastal town only famous for its whale watching. The humpback whales come to Hervey Bay with their young between July and November, as it is a large sheltered bay...

An early morning run was not so early. We diverted through a local farmers market which was in full swing by 8pm. It was full of lovely local produce, unfortunately we hadn't carried any money.We planned walking up at the Noosa Natioanal Parks,which was quite a way from the apartment so didn't consider that would be a parking problem but it was like Waitrose on a Saturday morning with people driving around trying to park. Next weekend it will be even bu...

In England our Parkrun starts at 9am . In Brisbane it was 7am, we had to allow 30 minutes to get there so an early start. However not so early as Tammy and Dave Swann friends from Witney Road runners who have been travelling for 9 months and have now settled for a while near Brisbane, they got up at 4.30 to meet us for the parkrun! It was lovely to see them again and here their news. The organisers of these runs always ask if there are any newcomers and where the...

We left sunny Sydney and made use of the free internet at the airport. The quick flight to Brisbane wasn't as quick as we thought as Queensland don't change their clocks so we gained an hour flying north, how weird is that. Brisbane has a pleasant riverside and all the attractions of a big city, we found a couple of geocaches and checked out the route for the Saturday morning Parkrun. For the non runner readers of this blog, Parkruns are international Sat...