Sat, 28th Oct, 2023 Ray & Carol’s place, Bribie Island to Roald & Joan’s place, Cooroibah, Qld

17 degree min. Sun out but still lots of clouds about and still very windy.

Morning tea with Ray & Carol then back on the road. Ray suggested a scenic route via Donnybrook - not the one in WA but just up the road before we get back onto the M1 to head north.

Sky has cleared. Back over the bridge. Got a photo of some nice murals I saw a chap finishing off when we drove over yesterday.

Turned onto the Old Toorbul Point Road - past acreages and pine plantations. Turned off to Toorbul where the water is right up by the road with the high tide.

Nice homes on acreage then around a bend and through low mangrove area and into Toorbul township. One household is ready for Halloween in a couple of days.

Drove along the esplanade. Only one strip of houses - their backyards face mangroves.

Stopped for a few photos. We are a bit further north along the Pumicestone Passage - north then across to Bribie Island then down to the bridge.

Headed back out then turned off to head to Donnybrook, another beach/fishing township further up the Passage. Two new housing estates here so it is going ahead!!

Drove down the north end of the Esplanade but those houses are back off the beach so around the block and back the other way. A few open areas in the trees for access to the water. We pulled up to have lunch but the wind was still blowing hard and it was quite cool so we stayed in the camper.

Headed out then turned down a road towards Beerburrum. It was bitumen but then changed to gravel as we entered pine plantations. Through that and back on bitumen and across the M1 to Steve Irwin Way then continued northward. Passed Mt Tibrogargan - part of the Glass House Mountains.

Annalise sent a link for their wedding video highlights that chap just sent through. Looks amazing.

Into Beerwah to use the dump point at the sports ground then back onto SI Way till we reached the M1 -‘Girlie’ has no idea where we are on the big interchange - lucky we do!

Exited into Cooroy then around to Cooroibah to visit Roald. Unfortunately Joan is away at the moment. Parked up in our usual spot near the shed.

Great afternoon chatting and watching the kangaroos meander across the back yard. The magpies are waiting for their dinner and as we walked out the kookaburras started flying in waiting for their dinner too.

We decided to have dinner at the Tewantin RSL Club which was very nice and very popular. They have great display of military items.

Roald told us that Tewantin was a timber town in 1869 and the Noosa River was used to transport the timber then it was a get-off spot for the gold prospectors who came up by boat from Brisbane to look for gold in Gympie rather than come overland by coach etc. Over time Noosa area was created by reclaiming land etc and the beach area became more famous so now the area is known as Noosa-Tewantin.