After our Doctor visit and corresponding visit to the pharmacy on the 7th we rewarded ourselves with a nice walk to Cotton park on the 8th. We passed the caravan park and headed up to Cotton park and then a bit past there to Ocean Avenue. There was a huge aquatic center with pools and lane swimming. We also passed numerous picnics as well as folks laying out on the beach. This is the Maroochy River delta area and there are sandy banks and large sand bars out in the river. Lots of folks were enjoying the river in kayaks and motorboats. We followed one of the river branches until we could see the mall and then we crossed over to walk back along Ocean Avenue. This is the entertainment hub of town with many bars and restaurants advertising live music.
We have seen only one other Australian doctor in our visits, Dr. Ross Taylor in Brisbane.
So on the 7th we visited the Bundilla clinic for yet another smooth and easy medical system interaction
Put a bird on it!
Avoid the swoop
The ibis in both beautiful and ugly
An Australian Brushturkey
The Maroochy River
A very large swimming complex
Slow lane, medium lane and fast lane
A very informative plaque in Cotton Park. The original inhabitants were people from the Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi language group. Their name for the Maroochy river was Mooroo-kutchi which means red beak. Red beak was the name of the black swans that live in the river.
Volcanic plugs are tallest geographic landmarks. They include Mt. Eerwah, Mt. Ninderry, Mt. Cooroy and Mt. Coolum
Cotton Park is very nice
Paddle in if you like
Or motor boat
The river delta gets wide and shallow
We have a runner
Running out of sand to run on
Mount Ninderry to the right and Mount Eerwah to the left
A memorial to all the peacekeepers
The "flame" is a flickering orange light and was hard to capture as a photo
Etched into black granite
The memorial continues
Encouraging words
I liked this one
What it takes to be a service man
What was given up
We are here
Another memorial
Cliff's Butt is something around these parts
The bus terminal
The Maroochy river
Nice decor at a local restaurant
We have turned around and are heading back, so too are the kayakers
Pink llama!
This is brilliant, leave the cans and bottles here so no one has to dig through the trash bag to find them
Professional grade boats
Rainbow lorikeet peeking out
A three mile loop
