The weather continues to be great, sunny blue skies, calm seas and a light breeze to help cool things down. It has been a little bit of a food trip this time rather than wandering around looking at things.

Bacon and eggs for breaky, some left over prawns and avocado for lunch whilst looking out the window at the surf. Tempting to have a swim.

All very restful here after two or three hectic weeks of tree removal and fence building by contractors at the homestead. Now finished. Just have to clean up and re establish some gardens and lawns. Down here at Rainbow Bay this is all far from our minds!

We had planned dinner at the Rainbow Bay Surf Club last night. This is a bit of an institution here and locals are upset about the Council’s redevelopment plans for the site. Redevelopment not only leads to smarter facilities for the Club but also higher rents and then higher prices for the members etc etc. no longer that nice noisy, homely place they all love.

Anyway, we had booked and arrived a little early but eager for our table on the verandah overlooking the beach with the Gold Coast City lights in the background. The young lady advised us though that there was no booking recorded, the place was pretty full. Allthego started to get slightly agitated saying that he had booked by phone the night before. But no, there was no booking in the booking book. We got an inside table instead, which was ok but no view and plenty of noise. At the table Allthego checked his phone for the booking confirmation, found it and went back to the young lady to see if anything could be done for us. She said no and in any case the booking was for the Rainbow BEACH Surf Life Saving Club, which is well north of Noosa. A couple of bystanders thought this confusion was amusing, Allthego slinked sheepishly back to the table. Never done that before…..

In any case the Rainbow BAY chicken schnitzel and parmi were excellent and it was pleasant evening at the Club.

We awoke the next morning to another clear sunny day, this was our big day fifty years ago. Thirty degrees promised today. I don’t remember what it was like fifty years ago, but it would certainly have been chillier in Orange. A slow morning before lunch looking out the windows.

Lunch today was some slow cooked lamb and chicken baguettes at the Black Dingo Cafe on Pt Danger, overlooking Duranbah Beach and the mouth of the Tweed River. Very pretty spot, lots of people enjoying the views.

Back to the unit for some more feet up time and afternoon tea. The sea proved irresistible to Allthego and it was off to the beach for a swim. Homealone remained behind to view from the balcony. The water was warm but the surf scrappy with a very strong sweep down the beach. A good time though.

We head off tonight to the Casino for dinner and then an Elvis tribute show in the theatre. Haven’t seen Elvis for a while.