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Brisbane & Yeppoon – Queensland – Australia – May 2022

21 Saturday May 2022

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Australia, Brisbane, Emporium Hotel, Lunch with friends, Queensland, Storey Bridge, Yeppoon

This month I travelled out of Canberra to Queensland a state in northern Australia. I travelled to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland for three days and then flew further north onto Yeppoon which is a town on the coast of Queensland. The reason for my visit was to see friends and have time away from the cold of Canberra so I hopped on a plane and an hour and a half later landed in Brisbane but to make the trip more comfortable, I used my Qantas Frequent Flyer points and travelled in Business Class!

A couple of my friends had recently moved to Brisbane from Canberra so once I was picked up from the airport I went to their home where Vanessa and I enjoyed a glass of champagne overlooking the Brisbane River; the river unfortunately being very brown from the recent torrential rain, but still a stunning view.

On one of my days, my friends and I went to a rather new hotel in Brisbane called The Emporium located on the South Bank river and parklands precinct. Our lunch was at the rooftop bar and restaurant and as the rain had stopped we had lovely blue skies and great views of the city skyline.

Sharon chose our beverage and we started off with a very tasty champagne (feeling there is a theme to this visit) and then we all enjoyed a leisurely lunch. My four friends shared two seafood platters and I ordered spring rolls and a tomato salad. It was a lovely way to catch up with great friends I had not seen for some time. And at the same time enjoying those outside views and also the interior of the bar which is very modern and quite glamorous.

Whilst I was in Brisbane it was National Volunteers Week being Australia’s largest celebration of volunteering. One evening my friend Sandy and I walked home from dinner over The Storey Bridge a steel cantilever bridge that spans the Brisbane River, which was lit red to support National Volunteers Week to commemorate the work carried out by volunteers. And wow…it was so beautiful! And whilst the bridge is very lovely during the day, when it was lit red it was spectacular.

After three days it was time to leave Brisbane for Yeppoon. I had to take a plane to Rockhampton which is about a trip of just over an hour then my friend of 45 years came to collect me. I hadn’t been up to Rockhampton nor Yeppoon before and I hadn’t seen Tracey for quite some years so it was going to be a lovely few days visiting in her new home.

Our first day we went for a leisurely walk with her two beautiful dogs along one of the dog friendly beaches. We had woken early and the sun was just rising with a forecast for the day of mid twenties (degrees) so lovely weather to walk early.

That day we also took advantage of the blue skies and weather and walked along the promenade in town. So glad we did as the next two days the rain has not stopped and it’s become torrential.

Today, we did drive down to the beach with the dogs to see if the rain would stop as yesterday we were fortunate to be able to walk for half an hour; today not so. So we took a long drive for me to see some of Yeppoon; what a pretty place with lovely countryside and beautiful beaches. Beaches look so different without sun and blue skies; but still lovely.

One sight Tracey showed me was of a luxury boat (said to be worth $2m AUD) that had smashed into rocks after wild seas at Statue Bay, taken on water and eventually ripped its anchor resulting in it landing at Lammermoore Beach. I was told the owner of the boat does not have insurance!!! (big mistake) and it was his friend who was bringing the boat to Yeppoon on his behalf. There is a moral to this story and it’s something about if you have multi million dollar luxury boat – buy insurance!!

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And locals are said to be angry about the environmental issues (plastics and foam being consumed by turtles/fish), the time the owner is taking to remove the boat and about the amount of rubbish from the boat that is in the water and on the beach – don’t blame them!

So this has been my lovely trip away, one more day to go then back to Canberra where it’s temperature is in the low teens; chilly!

Madame Fu Modern Asian restaurant – Isle of Capri – Surfers Paradise – Queensland – May 2021

18 Tuesday May 2021

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Isle of Capri, Lunch with friends, Madame Fu Modern Asian, Queensland, Surfers Paradise

I am currently staying on the Gold Coast in Queensland visiting my family and before I arrived I decided to book an Airbnb with four bedrooms so my family and friends could stay. This worked out well as two of my friends came and stayed the first week I arrived. It was a great opportunity for us all to see the beautiful sunrise each morning from the verandah out the back of the property; so different every morning.

And beautiful views of the city at night…

It was one of my friend’s birthday and we wanted to go to lunch, so we chose Madame Fu Modern Asian about a five minute drive away from the Airbnb which had very good reviews on-line. There is both outdoor and indoor seating and we were seated inside. Outdoors has water views so I guess if we went again we would book outdoors as long as the weather is nice.

There were so many great sounding dishes on offer so whilst we were deciding my friends ordered cocktails and I ordered a glass of wine.

We were then ready to order our dishes, I chose the steamed bao with smoked soy mushroom, pickled radish, tempura vegetables and coriander – absolutely delicious. I also ordered the chilli caramel crispy eggplant with toasted peanuts, fresh chilli and shallots – wow this was definitely my favourite dish.

My friends were mainly sharing dishes so they chose a few, being the hand folded dumplings with spanner crab and prawn in a ginger broth with bonito flakes as well as the crispy wonton tacos with smoked ocean trout, pickled fennel and a wasabi mayonnaise and dill. All arrived very nicely presented on their plates and service was excellent.

Of course that was not enough food for the four of us, so the girls ordered a kingfish dish with ginger dressing, green apple and nasturtium and also two noodle dishes, which proved too much food for us all so we took most of the noodles home. I did enjoy my dish though which was stir fried sesame soy tofu with soba noodles, broccolini, green beans and crispy garlic and the other dish was similar but included teriyaki beef.

And whilst we were now very full, the girls could not go past sharing a couple of desserts so more wine was ordered whilst waiting for the desserts to arrive. Both desserts were finished pretty quickly with nothing left on the plates; that’s how good they were!

One was a mascarpone cream cheesecake with passionfruit gel, mango sorbet, fresh passionfruit and butternut cookie crumbs and the other was a peanut banoffee sundae with salted miso caramel, peanut butter ice-cream, banana whip and peanut praline…huge portions, very rich and rather decadent!

A great afternoon with friends!

Noosa Waterfront Restaurant – Noosa – Queensland – Australia – February 2021

13 Saturday Mar 2021

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cauliflower steak, Moreton Bay fig, Noosa, Noosa Waterfront Restaurant, Queensland, risotto, Vegan wine

Noosa is located in northern Queensland which means from Canberra I take a flight for an hour and a half then a bus for about two hours. The trip is definitely worth it as this is a beautiful part of Australia.

Prior to travelling, I looked up Noosa’s best restaurants and found the Noosa Waterfront Restaurant voted on some sites as #1. I knew I had to go there! I booked for Saturday lunch and with my book, I took an Uber to the restaurant which was about ten minutes from my apartment where I arrived to a beautiful location on the river.

The entry foyer is gorgeous, actually so is the rest of the interior.

I was met at the front door by the most lovely staff and after scanning in (yep Covid!) I was taken to my table; white tablecloths and beautiful scenery – overlooking the river and walkway and amazing Moreton Bay fig trees. These are one of my most favourite trees, they are known as the Australian Banyan and native to eastern Australia.

I must say the service in this restaurant is fantastic; not overwhelming as I really don’t like staff who need to come to you every five minutes and ask you how your meal is!! Maybe once but that is enough. I looked at the menu and there was a couple of vegan wines to choose from so I ordered an Australian Riesling. Then I asked about the vegan dishes and the waitress advised me that the chef would be making me an entree and main dish which was not on the menu. Very special!!

My entree arrived which was a cauliflower ‘steak’ with macadamia nuts, a tahini dressing and greens. Delicious!

I asked the waitress for a delay in the arrival of my main dish as I wanted to enjoy the scenery and continue reading my book. About twenty minutes later my risotto arrived and that was also delicious. Ingredients for both dishes were so fresh and both dishes were cooked to perfection.

I ordered another glass of wine and continued to enjoy my afternoon. I was asked about dessert and advised the chef would make me a vegan sorbet but I really was too full so decided not to order anything. Time for a bit of people watching around the restaurant; always fun I think. After having spent two hours enjoying my lunch, it was time to depart. I decided to walk back to my apartment as the weather was lovely and the route was an easy one to remember. What a fabulous experience!

Coolangatta – Gold Coast – Queensland – Australia – December 2020

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Australia, Australian beaches, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Koala, Queensland

I was so fortunate to be able to travel to the Gold Coast to see my family for Christmas as I know many other people both in Australia in other states and around the world cannot travel at all. I flew from Canberra to Coolangatta Airport where one of my best friends picked me up. I booked accomodation in Coolangatta overlooking the beach and ocean and it was lovely to walk inside and see the fabulous views especially at dusk.

On the day I arrived, my friend Sandy and I met up with another friend who I have not seen for over three years so he took us to Kirra Beach Surf Club; interior is rather old but a couple of vegan options on the menu so I ordered a pasta arrabbiata which was very good. Best part were the views!

I got up early nearly every morning and took a walk along the beachfront; one one occasion for over two hours. You had to get up early as the sun was very warm, actually starting just before 8am. But this meant skies were usually a vibrant blue well apart from one day when it was very overcast but that afforded me the opportunity to walk a little later.

I had breakfast out a couple of times at various cafes but I think my favourite was the cafe under my apartment block which served a very nice mushrooms on toast and great fruit juices.

I think my lasting impression of Coolangatta will be the beautiful beaches and fabulous ocean.

But an interesting impression will always be of a local home that has both the animals from our coat of arms guarding the entrance; they must be about six foot high (180cms)!

Hope everyone was safe and well over the Christmas period and I wish you all a very happy 2021 (and please let it be better than 2020).

Main Beach – Gold Coast – Queensland – Australia – October 2020

06 Sunday Dec 2020

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Australia, beach walks, Gold Coast, Main Beach, Queensland, Sheraton Mirage

A couple of months I was finally able to visit my family at the Gold Coast in Queensland. It was my first trip on a plane since the beginning of the year so it was very welcome. I hadn’t visited the Gold Coast for over a year and on my last visit stayed with a friend so this time I opted for a little more luxury and booked a three night stay at the Sheraton Mirage which is located on Main Beach. It really is a beautiful beachfront 5-Star resort. I was greeted with a huge bright foyer with floor to ceiling glass windows which afforded me views of the grounds including the luxurious pool area and the magnificent ocean.

As my brother wasn’t due to arrive at the hotel until after 4pm, I decided to sit outside in the shade under an umbrella and order lunch. The chef made me a lovely vegan salad and the only vegan wine available was French champagne so I thought ‘why not…I am on holidays?’ (I didn’t drink the whole bottle, I took it back to my room for later!!) and of course my obligatory bowl of chips which in the end were taken by a couple of birds who clearly knew where the food was.

The Gold Coast is a renowned holiday destination here in Australia, south of Brisbane, about an hour plane ride away from Canberra with lovely beaches; waves which are great for surfing, theme parks, inland canals and lovely weather. Every morning I would wake up very early and go for a ninety-minute walk along the beach front…which was a wonderful way to start the day.

I wanted to show my brother and nephew the Versace Hotel which was over the road from our hotel, so we walked over one afternoon for a drink and something to eat. It’s quite a lovely hotel with a spectacular entrance including an incredible chandelier then you have stunning floor tiles and when your eyes move outside you have beautiful pools and lovely gardens. I ordered a gin and tonic (my new drink if there isn’t any vegan wine) and my brother and nephew ordered scones, jam and cream. A really nice hour or so just enjoying opulence!

On our last evening my brother, nephew and I had dinner at the hotel which was a seafood banquet and I invited my Godson and his mum who live on the Gold Coast…everyone enjoyed the buffet and the chef made me a delicious vegan risotto. Can’t fault the hotel I must say.

So…for me a lovely three days seeing my family and enjoying what the Gold Coast has to offer…great that I will be returning over Christmas.

Biggera Waters – Gold Coast – Queensland – July 2019

09 Friday Aug 2019

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Australia, Biggera Waters, Gold Coast, Movie World, Queensland, Sanctuary Cove, travelling with family

A long weekend with family and friends

fullsizeoutput_842Canberra is pretty cold in the winter so it’s always nice to travel interstate mainly north to Queensland for a few days of warmth.  That is what I decided to do last month and took my brother and nephew along too.  I booked an Airbnb home at a suburb called Biggera Waters which is about an hour’s drive from Gold Coast (Coolangatta) Airport.

It was really nice to see the home was exactly as stated and had a fabulous outdoors area with views across the river; lovely during the day and equally as nice when the sun was setting.fullsizeoutput_837fullsizeoutput_835It was too cool to swim in the pool so we spent many an hour on the patio reading and  just watching the swans and ducks swim by.  The swans would arrive at 8.30am every morning; you really could set your clock by them.fullsizeoutput_838fullsizeoutput_833fullsizeoutput_845I had made plans to catch up with friends who have a holiday home at Sanctuary Cove and my friend Steve kindly offered to come and pick us up in their boat so we could sail along the river to their home.  How lucky were we!!  So Steve and his son Ryan arrived on our private mooring and off we went…fullsizeoutput_868fullsizeoutput_867.jpegfullsizeoutput_870Until we reached the open waters the boat is legally only able to travel at six knots (no wake allowed) so this afforded me to time to check out houses and gardens that back onto the river…wow some people have gorgeous homes! Once away from residences we could go a little faster which was really nice with the wake behind us.fullsizeoutput_86dAlso nice to see the Gold Coast skyline behind us as well as views along the shore.fullsizeoutput_86efullsizeoutput_869After a glass of wine at my friend’s home we took their golf carts and drove to Sanctuary Cove restaurant area where we had a wonderful lunch at a local Italian restaurant which had a lovely wine bar and to enter you walk through a huge wine barrel. Definitely my sort of place. fullsizeoutput_83cAlong the way we drove through the golf course and were fortunate enough to see a mob of kangaroos and one mum with her baby!fullsizeoutput_839fullsizeoutput_83dAfter lunch we returned to my friend’s home to watch the sunset – I never grow tired of watching either a sunrise or sunset…beautiful anywhere around the world.fullsizeoutput_83efullsizeoutput_840fullsizeoutput_843And I love it when the sky changes colour whilst the sun is setting…fullsizeoutput_850fullsizeoutput_84eOne other day we took my nephew and godson to MovieWorld on the Gold Coast.  Rather expensive and really not what I like to do but I hope my nephew and godson enjoyed themselves.  It was my godson’s first time to eat a snow cone; he loved it and enjoyed some rides.fullsizeoutput_849fullsizeoutput_846And the sweetest thing about the trip was my godson absolutely loved my nephew (they had met some three years ago) so followed him around all weekend and just wouldn’t let him out of his sight…very lovely and my nephew even though he is seven years older, was incredibly patient and loving!fullsizeoutput_830We also had a meal at a local Chinese restaurant on our last night with another friend (my godson’s mum) and as usual I enjoyed an eggplant dish and some dumplings…delicious.  A great long weekend away!

 

 

 

 

 

Noosa – Queensland – Australia – May 2019

02 Sunday Jun 2019

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Australia, Bistro C, Lunch with friends, Noosa, Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Queensland, RACV Noosa Resort, travelling with friends

A long weekend away with friends

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Friends of mine travel from Canberra to Noosa every year to escape the cold.  This year they invited me as it was our friend Mandy’s 55th birthday.  Noosa is an Australian resort area on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. It is known for its lovely weather (21 degrees in winter), sand and surf as well as its main street (Hastings Street) with cafes, restaurants and overpriced boutiques.  hastings-st-noosafullsizeoutput_7d9I travelled by plane to Brisbane with a short stop-over in Sydney and took the two hour shuttle to Noosa.  Initially my friends and I were going to meet at Brisbane Airport and hire two cars to drive to Noosa.  But…my friends were unfortunately stuck in Canberra Airport for seven hours due to an issue with their plane.  They didn’t arrive in Noosa until just after midnight so luckily there was a shuttle to drop me off right outside my accomodation!!

I arrived around 5pm at the  RACV Noosa Resort.  A really lovely place with several swimming pools, a tennis court, restaurant and bar and small shop.  I stayed in a good sized apartment with a small balcony which had views of ducks in the pond. Very noisy in the mornings but I guess that’s nature and I really didn’t mind.

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fullsizeoutput_7e5I decided to go for a walk to familiarise myself with the area and walked to the main shopping street which took about thirty-minutes.  It was lovely how lush and green the vegetation was along the way.  When I returned to the resort, my friend Mandy and her partner came over for a glass of wine before I retired to my room for an early night.fullsizeoutput_7e6IMG_5927Early the next morning I did the same walk down to the beach and then met up with Mandy for breakfast at a cafe overlooking the beach called Bistro C.  fullsizeoutput_7e0Lots of people out and about swimming or surfing or just relaxing like us enjoying breakfast.fullsizeoutput_7e8fullsizeoutput_7e7fullsizeoutput_7e9It turned out that this was not the only time I was to eat at Bistro C.  One of the girls who had arrived late from Canberra messaged me to say that a birthday lunch had been organised that day for Mandy and it was at Bistro C!!

Mandy and I then took the six-kilometre round walk to Dolphin Point – a lovely walk with beautiful views.  We started off along the beachfront then took some stairs up to a pathway within the national park where koala bears live but as much as I looked I could not see any.IMG_5937fullsizeoutput_7edfullsizeoutput_7ecI decided to take the shuttle bus back to the resort as I was a bit weary after my walks…and a couple of hours later, it was time to return to Bistro C for lunch.  One of the girls and I chose the roasted beetroot, feta and legume salad with fig, spiced pumpkin, radish, pomegranate and pea hummus.  I opted for no cheese and mayonnaise and it really was absolutely delicious.  Coupled with a glass of champagne it was a great way to spend a couple of hours!!photo0jpgfullsizeoutput_7efNow I know there are many wonderful restaurants in Noosa but I had seen something else delicious on the menu.  The next day I walked back into town and stopped off for lunch at Bistro C...the dish I wanted to try was the fried shiitake mushroom, water chestnut and spinach dumplings with Sichuan eggplant, sesame broccoli, snow peas, green onion and ginger broth.  Unfortunately I was very disappointed with this dish.  The dumplings tasted like they had been sitting around for a while and there was no Sichuan eggplant or ginger broth on the dish.F4ED0F02-6107-4758-8991-CC5B36805C63At the time of our visit the Noosa Food and Wine Festival was on so we had tickets for a four course dinner at Peppers Resort with a few guest Aussie chefs.  Matt Moran whose restaurant is Aria overlooking Sydney Harbour and Matt Preston from Australian Masterchef were two I saw and had photos with.  Nice to spend time with the girls but the vegan food was incredibly disappointing; so much I didn’t even stay for dessert!fullsizeoutput_7de

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The girls have kindly invited me back next year…no more formal functions at the festival though just time with friends and long walks!fullsizeoutput_7df

Warwick – Queensland – Australia – November 2017

17 Sunday Dec 2017

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Australia, Australian Federal Police, Centenary of Commonwealth Policing, Prime Minister Billy Hughes, Queensland, Warwick

The Centenary of Commonwealth Policing in Australia

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Last month marked the centenary of Commonwealth policing in Australia and to commemorate the occasion, many of us in the Australian Federal Police travelled to Warwick in Queensland – the location of where Commonwealth policing began – to reflect on how and why the AFP came into existence.Image 23Warwick is significant in the establishment of the Australian Federal Police as its the location of an assault of the then Prime Minister who was in Warwick giving a speech at the local railway station when an egg was thrown in his direction, knocking off his hat.  The Prime Minister asked the local police sergeant to arrest the offender but  interestingly, the sergeant refused, saying it was not in his jurisdiction to take action.

Angered by this, the Prime Minister said he intended to create his own police force – and so he did; the Commonwealth Police was formed which in 1979 became the Australian Federal Police.

So enough history lessons.  We arrived in Warwick and stayed at The Abbey of the Roses, a beautiful heritage listed country house manor.  Such a beautiful building with gorgeous gardens although my photo below does not do them any justice.Image 14We walked in through huge wooden doors with stained glass windows and were taken to our rooms – there are thirteen in total; all very lovely and some with beautiful stained windows similar to those above the front entry doors.  Image 12Image 1_2Image 10Image 2The manor also has a guest lounge room with open fire for the cold winter evenings and a dining room with gorgeous velvet covered chairs.Image 11Our first official event was to view the re-enactment of the famous egg throwing incident at the train station.  Really well put together by the Warwick community.  Image 21As we were representing the AFP, we all wore our uniforms and three of us had a quick photo opportunity outside the main doors of the manor and a larger group photo outside the train station after the re-inactment.Image 15Image 38A commemorative plaque was unveiled by our Commissioner and the local Member of Parliament followed by our Commissioner doing some quick media interviews.Image 28Image 30Image 33Our next official function was a dinner so we went back to the manor and changed into our Mess uniforms and again had some photos taken, but this time on the stairs in the manor.  My friend Jane and I had a couple more photos taken along with a few of me and the Commissioner as this was the last time I was to wear my Mess uniform as a member of the AFP; I have since retired – 30 November after thirty-four and a half years!Image 51Image 6Image 40And finally a photograph of all of us at our dinner function; a great weekend representing the AFP.Image 1

 

A little getaway – Gold Coast – Queensland – Australia – February 2017

19 Wednesday Apr 2017

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Australia, Beijing Palace Restaurant, Brunch, Casino, Chinese restaruant, Coco Cabano restaurant, Cuban Street Food, Gold Coast, Queensland

Visiting friends with my brother and nephew

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My lovely Taiwanese/Aussie friend and her son, my godson, now live at the Gold Coast.  My brother and nephew had met them whilst I lived in Beijing so I thought since it was about four years since they had seen each other we should visit.

I used my frequent flyer points to book us all flights and one Wednesday in February we departed.  We arrived late in the afternoon and my Godson took an instant like to my nephew and for the next three days didn’t let him out of his sight.

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On our first night my friend Evonne took us out to a local Chinese restaurant where I was able to practice my Chinese and also enjoy some good food and meet another of Evonne’s friends who also lived on the Gold Coast.

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We ordered a range of dishes including the obligatory eggplant for me and my brother ordered a couple of typical Aussie/Chinese dishes which he and his son enjoyed.

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Over the next couple of days we enjoyed some shopping and one afternoon went to a friend’s of Evonne’s who lived in a beautiful home overlooking the river.  I enjoyed some great tasting Chinese tea and afternoon tea snacks whilst my brother and nephew enjoyed time in the lap pool.

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That evening we had another great meal at the Garden Restaurant within the Casino.

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This restaurant has an indoor and outdoor area with a grass area for the kids, an outdoor bar and decking to sit on a Sunday listening to a local band but this evening we sat inside.

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I ordered the risotto and Evonne, my brother and the kids had meat dishes.

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Us adults ordered a share dessert called the Garden Chocolate Patch which came out on a huge plate with chocolate soil, chocolate mushrooms, iced milk chocolate truffles, flour less chocolate cake with salted caramel white chocolate ganache.  Unbelievably good!!  And the kids had a selection of house made ice-cream.

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Such a lot of food so the next morning I took myself out for a long walk.  Whilst the weather was not great; a little overcast, it was still a lovely time out in the fresh air.

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And as for the juices, well they were truly amazing. My brother and I ordered the Passionfruit Granita which was a mixture of passionfruit and lime blended with ice with mixed berries and mint leaves – it looked amazing and was absolutely delicious and so refreshing!!  My nephew who had a caramel milkshake – told me it was also great.

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Then after a relax back at Evonne’s, we departed for the airport to take our plane home.  Great few days!!

 

Noosa – Queensland – Australia – @ 2009

21 Tuesday Jun 2016

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Australia, Friends, Noosa, Queensland

A weekend away with my girlfriends

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A few years ago a group of my lovely friends and I travelled to Queensland which is the northern part of Australia for a long weekend in a beach side town called Noosa.  We used to try and meet up once a year to catch up as we all live in different parts of Australia and it was a good reason to spend some times together.  Tracey, one of my friends leased a beautiful home on the canals of Noosa.

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We all arrived on a Friday and I flew in from Canberra and drove up with my friend Sandy who lives about an hour away.

The home we stayed in was absolutely beautiful and we spent most of our time on the back patio which has a huge and comfortable lounge, BBQ and large table and chairs for us to eat our meals.

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View from the rear of the house

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It even had a lap pool, but none of were swimming that weekend; too much food and wine and gossiping to be had.

The views at sunset were even more spectacular…

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Evening views along the canal

Several of my friends are crazy for golf and one day we went to the golf course and whilst my friends played nine holes I walked around with them; never will I do that again…what was I thinking it was so boring…imagine watching someone hitting a ball with a stick for over an hour and half…and not only that but I forgot it takes time to get the ball ready for hitting into that small hole..so time consuming…I left them and ended up walking back to the clubhouse…

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(Sandy my friend who is a very passionate golfer)

But I must say whilst it was incredibly boring walking around with the girls, there were very lovely views across the course with blossoming trees and ponds with lilies.

 

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Back at the house, my friends made lovely food over the weekend; mostly on the BBQ with salads and fresh breads and lovely cheese and biscuits.

And Noosa not only has lovely canals but some very lovely beaches which we walked along one morning.

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A wonderful time away with friends!!

 

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