Mooloolaba

Upon making our way down the Brisbane River to the mouth, we spent a day anchored in Morton Bay for Paul to scrape the hull of all the growth we'd acquired during our stay up the river. After a couple of hours at this, with him still not feeling his best, he took a break announcing that it was going to need a lot more work to see it right but that was not going to happen now.

Wishing to press on, we left in the morning to head up the dredged channel towards Mooloolaba, a residential/marina area full of canals with megabuck homes and megabuck boats. The entrance to the channel into the canals is extremely shallow for a keel boat so we were forced to sit outside waiting for the incoming tide later that evening. Timing was such that we managed to get inside on a rising tide just before the sun set with still enough light to find ourselves a spot to drop the anchor that wasn't too too shallow at low tide. What a pretty spot. The canals are lined with beautiful waterfront homes each, seemingly, with their own jetties and expensive power or sail boat. 

One of our main reasons for stopping there was to meet up with an old friend and work colleague from South Africa who had moved to Australia over 25 years ago. It was great to touch sides again Neville, you have chosen a beautiful part of the world to settle in. In hindsight, we should have followed in your footsteps.

 

We also met up with some good friends of our Cooee friends and spent a pleasant evening with them at one of the many BBQ facilities Queensland offers throughout. They have also chosen to settle in Australia.

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