Month: March 2026

A beautiful time on the coast!

What a wonderful place we picked for a time of relaxation. The resort was perfect. Having an end suite, meant we had 4 sliding doors in our living/dining area and another two in our bedroom. It also allowed for lots of cross ventilation in the suite. We rarely turned on the AC since it was always windy.

We did have some rain on Sunday, the day after we arrived. However, we needed a break from driving and had laundry to do as well. It was nice to have laundry for free right in our suite. We also had to pick up more groceries. I planned on doing a bit more food prep since we had a full kitchen to work in.

On Tuesday we headed out on a day trip to Mt. Tamborine. We had some pretty significant steep roads to traverse on our way up. Once we got to the top, we had an amazing view.

We could see for a long way once we reached the top.

We made a quick stop on the edge of town and then headed for a short nature walk along Cedar Creek.

We started the walk along the top of a gorge. We could see a number of pools down in the river below.
It was a good trail. The first half was paved and wheelchair accessible.
The trail gradually took us down to the level of the river where a number of people were enjoying the water.
There were some nice still pools of water for some people to enjoy. We hadn’t brought our bathing suits along for the day so we just enjoyed the walk and then stopped at the picnic area on the way back to eat our lunch.
We saw this wallaby when we headed back to the car.

After a drive through town, we determined there really wasn’t much to see in town. We thought it would be a larger tourist town, full of little shops, but mostly it was just eating establishments or distilleries/wineries.

We did make a stop before we came down the mountain at a sky walk. There were some sections in the rain forest that were 50m off the ground. I stayed in the car while Paul made the circuit since I don’t do heights very well!

Walking through the tree tops.
This is an Eastern Water Dragon Paul saw. Although it spends much of its time lazing on rocks, logs and tree branches overhanging or alongside creeks and rivers, it will dive into the water at the first sign of danger. It is a good tree climber and a powerful swimmer. It can grow up to 1 m long.

On Wednesday morning, Paul woke very early and saw it was beginning to get light out. He was able to capture some gorgeous sunrise pictures – a sight we don’t often see since neither of us are early risers generally.

Wednesday, we also made the decision to extend our stay an extra day. We were fortunate they were able to accommodate us. We went down to the pool and hot tub most evenings but did attempt a swim in the ocean on Wednesday. However, although we got wet, we ended up falling down in the water because the waves were so strong. We ended up going over to the pool instead.

Thursday we both got haircuts since it be another 6 weeks until we arrive home. We refreshed all our laundry and packed our bags so we were ready to head out Friday morning. There was rain that moved through on Thursday night, but Friday morning it was done as we started our way south towards Sydney. We have one more area of sightseeing left – the Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney. We have a couple of days of driving to get there.