Saturday, July 5, 2025

3 July 2025 Maroochydore: Our Home for Two Months


We woke up at the hotel and had to get up in time for the breakfast service.  We ate and them got ready to go but it was too early.  So we took a walk around the waterway next to the hotel.  Eventually we took an Uber over to the AirBnB.  It was the drivers first ever fare and we had to look up the directions on our phones and call out the way for him to go.  After a bit he finally knew where he needed to go and we got to our new place around 1 PM.  This is a very large and well equipped place.  We settled in and took a walk for some lunch and essentials.  We found a butchers shop, a food market, several ice cream shops and a great seafood cafe with a case full of fresh fish for sale.  We had our lunch there and took local prawns away for dinner.


We took a walk after breakfast


The hotel is situated on a large waterway


Submerged suction hazards?


The adjacent houses are all very nice


Paradise indeed


Birds everywhere


Looking back at the hotel


Hopefully our driver will figure out the GPS


Sundeck Gardens is our place


A huge living - dining area


Bedroom #1


Bedroom #2


Looking to the front pool


Up to our top deck


Very large area and a hot tub


Our view


The Pacific Ocean


Looking up to our place


Surfers love it


Lawn bowling is a hit


A fish chart at the restaurant


Local prawns


Free samples


Yes we picked up a kilo


No squiggles in my calamari and Leslie's fish was great


Bugs for sale!


The "bugs" are a type of shovel nosed lobster


Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie


The bush turkey would be too big for that pie


Later in the day


The ocean behind the trees 


The life guard is putting away all the toys


The osprey is going home to it's nest


The sun is heading home too


Time to head in for dinner




It has been 3 years and 28 days since we began our Migration