We drove through teeming rain yesterday to get to our home for the next week. We took a brief detour from the freeway to investigate a side road tourist route, but the rain was coming down so hard that it was difficult to see out of the windscreen. We discovered that that part of the coastline is made up of mangroves, and that even if you live on the edge of the coast you can't necessarily see the water (so what is the point?). I had great intentions of taking scenic photos on the way, but the only one I took was from the car (with the window down and the rain pouring in) of the pelicans who looked very unhappy about the situation. That is an island across the water that you can't really see in the picture.
Next detour was to shop for enough groceries to get us through the initial couple of days since we had no idea about what cooking resources we would have available to us. As it turns out we could have chosen anything since we have an oven, grill, hotplates, electric fry pan, sandwich maker and microwave at our disposal.
Our unit was ready, so we moved in a little earlier than expected and proceeded to have a nanna nap for the rest of the afternoon (justified by the fact that neither of us had slept much the night before as we had to be at the airport by 5.30 and thus were up at 4.15 am or thereabouts. Ben kindly dropped us at the airport (he is a great and kind son) after a late night -which was much appreciated. )
Today the weather forecast is just as bad, and we woke to rainy skies. I have enjoyed watching the ducks enjoying the rain as they waddle around outside of our window, and there was a brief lifting of weather, so we took the chance and walked across to the main admin block so that someone could cook us lunch and we could check out the pool etc. They have canoes and paddle boats which we can take out on the lake if we wish, but it is cold walking next to the lake, so for the moment I'm wimping out and giving that a miss in favor of reading my book and watching the wetness from a dry spot.
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| That is our little apartment at the other end of the lake at the foot of the hill. |
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| That is our kayaks just waiting for us...they can wait for the moment. |
Tomorrow we have plans to catch up with the rellies. We will head up to Brisbane to see some of my family and then a little further on to share a meal with some of Trev's family. We are looking forward to that, as they are all people that we like and see too rarely.
By Monday maybe the weatherman will be kinder and we can start investigating the many geocaches hidden around the area, and the scenic beauties of the Gold Coast hinterland. If not it won't matter - after all I could happily read and practice my crochet all week.
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