Homeward Bound!

gomezhome ♦ 06/07/2022 ♦ 2 Comments

The two weeks have come and gone (Monday, 4th July, American Independence Day) and we have completed the first leg of our journey home. Only 4,176 km to go.

Stitches Out

Jeannie needed to get her stitches out, 7 to 10 days after the surgery. She tried 4 medical practices and got these excuses: 1. We’re not taking new patients; 2. We won’t finish work done by somebody else (really?!); 3. We don’t have a nurse then (if a medical centre doesn’t have a nurse, who does?); 4. You have to see a doctor first and we don’t have one available. Really Australia, you can do better! So Jeannie rocked up to the Emergency Department at Maryborough hospital. She was treated (stitches out) efficiently and courteously. 👍🏾👍🏾

The Sunshine State

Back on the Gold Coast. Hah! Queensland gets most of its rain in summer and not much winter rain. Usually. It’s Friday today. The bike is in Tank when we travel. I told Jeannie that I would take it out when it stops raining – probably next Thursday.

Above forecasts were courtesy of the Bureau of Meterology. They didn’t quite get it right as we had both cloud and sunshine on Sunday, which was very pleasant.

Gold Coast Marathon & Half Marathon

Last Saturday though, our son completed his first official Half Marathon. It was overcast and drizzled a little. He did well and finished at just over 1 hour 42 minutes. Good on ya Ry!

Coolum Beach

But I’ve jumped ahead. The last leg of our journey north, after we left the Gold Coast the first time, we went to Canungra and Yandina. After Yandina, we stayed at Coolum Beach for a couple of nights.

We were right next to the beach, so I went fishing both nights. First night, nothing. Second night a whiting, bream and a dart! Dinner for 2 nights. Yum!

Noosa

We had one night at Noosa North Shore. What we didn’t realise was that we needed to catch a ferry to and from the north shore caravan park. It was a nice spot though, next to the beach, with miles and miles of uninterrupted shoreline.

The last part of our journey north next time, where we go to Scarness Beach and do a day trip to “The Remote Fraser Island”.

Until next time…