Category Queensland
The Wilder Side
When it comes to wilderness, Long Island is pretty tame, but it does look a little different away from the resort. Navigationally it’s not exactly challenging – we are in one of several saddles, and you can take a trail to the north, or a trail to the south. Both climb very gently, and contour […]
Swings and Sunsets
So the live music finished at 10pm again, but the Zumba classes took their place and started at 7am. We were up and about anyway, as we had a bus and a boat to catch. The bus was late, but we arrived at Shute Harbour in good time to check in for our short crossing […]
Thawing Out
Back in holiday mode – for Ian, it was his first flight in almost 3 years. We’ve left Pete and Ilze holding the fort back home, and headed away for some midwinter warmth and to see some of the few parts of the Queensland coast that we haven’t been to before. After hearing weeks of […]
Sprinting in the Sun
Yesterday we had rain, with short breaks of sun. Today we had sunshine, with short showers. This meant dry socks! The morning races were the Knockout Qualifiers (with a quarter final for the elite men). We were placed into random heats with 6-8 people per heat. The top three went through to the Semifinal; the […]
Sprinting in the Rain
This is what we came for – the first of two days of Sprint orienteering, with four races (or five in the highly unlikely event that I make it into the Knockout Final. Let’s assume that won’t be happening.) Unfortunately the weather turned overnight, and we have two days of showers ahead of us. The […]
Coastal Crawl
With another non-orienteering day, we decided to head south, aiming to get to Coolangatta, with some stops along the way. I dropped Pete and Ilze at the Skydeck and they went up to see the view. Afterwards we strolled along the Esplanade, up past Cavill Avenue. There has certainly been a lot of work done […]
Promenading
Photos taken along The Broadwater at sunset
Doing the Dunes
Today was a midweek social event, in the sand dunes which lie opposite Sea World. From the road, you wouldn’t even know they were there, hidden behind a veil of vegetation. It’s a small but complex area of knolls and depressions, flanked by the ocean. Apparently half of it was under water not long ago, […]
Up Up and Away
Reminder: click on any thumbnail to see the full sized images. Go on – they’re worth it! The only downside to ballooning is the ridiculously early wakeup time … you are so scared of sleeping through the alarm and blowing all that money you’ve spent, that you spend the whole night in a state of […]
From The Mountain to the Sea
After a much-needed sleep in, it was time for the Big Pack and the Grand Depart. Mist hung over our mountain as we said goodbye to Somerset Dam. The traffic grew heavier as we got closer to Brisbane and the Gold Coast. By lunchtime we were in the land of theme parks, high rises and […]
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