Woke up at our normal time, way later than our hosts! I thought my cold was going to turn into a full blown cough like I had in S. Africa a year ago, but after a couple of bouts of coughing around 1AM I managed to fall asleep. When I woke up the cough was a minor annoyance, so I am keeping fingers crossed it’s going away!
We headed out mid morning towards Noosa, where there was yet another surfing beach. The temperature was already above 30C, but we have finally managed to gain control of the A/C in the car. The first couple of days we couldn’t get it to cool down too well. Talking of the car, it felt different to other cars when we first picked it up. It was very smooth under acceleration, finally I realised that there were no gear shifts. The transmission is CVT or Continuously Variable Transmission, which has an infinite number of gear ratios but no gears!!
Anyway, back to Noosa.
There were many 4×4’s around fitted out with snorkels and other off roading gear. The one below is an older Toyota
After a stop for coffee where we found out first filtered coffee, complete with unlimited refills, we headed out for Rainbow Beach, where as the name suggests, there should be sands of different colours. I think the advertising agency applied a little too much poetic licence in their descriptions.
After a lunch stop, I am getting quite partial to the flaky pastry meat pies they have here, we headed off to Hervey bay to organise some whale watching.
The land round here is quite hilly and extremely forested, below is a picture “from the passenger seat”, while this shows a straight stretch of road, there have been plenty of hilly twisty sections that would have been great in the MGB.
It’s certainly relaxing driving over here, the road surfaces are really smooth as there is no frost. The drivers are laid back, if the posted limit is 100, most will cruise along around 90, I don’t think I have seen any speeding yet!
Once we arrived at Hervey bay, we went about booking a whale watching tour. Well it seems like the whales finished their migration yesterday, and the tours have stopped running for the season. The tour guides indicate migration runs into the first week of November, I guess the whales didn’t get the memo. Some day, some place we’ll finally get to see them.