We have settled into the Golden Beach Caravan Park, it is only a 2.5km walk from the centre of Caloundra.......but more importantly we are only 2km from the local Craft Centre. This is an amazing building that houses all of the local art and craft groups from the area. It has all of the facilities that all of the groups could need including a shed for the pottery kilns (though I am not doing pottery) I am now a member of the Stitchers Group (you can do any sort of stitching you want including crochet and knitting) and the Lacemaking Group. I am in seventh heaven...the ladies are all so nice and friendly and having such an awesome facility as my fingertips is brilliant. The stitching group has a bus trip organised for later this month where we will go into the city to visit a craft shop, lunch and morning tea is organised, an then there is a tour of a building....I think it is the Brisbane Council Chambers....I will confirm that later.
Les has been to the Brendale R/C racing track to race his remote control cars. They race every second Sunday and I am his pit crew...Sam is the team mascot! The track is surrounded by lots of park area for little Sam to enjoy. And they have a canteen so that everyone is well fed!
LES IN THE PITS AREA (OF THE BRENDALE R/C TRACK) WORKING ON HIS CAR BEFORE THE NEXT RACE
The weather has been gorgeous and we have been bike riding most days, walking some days and swimming lots as well. The beaches here are very good but the caravan park has a pretty pool area which we prefer to use because you don't get sand on your feet....is that being lazy?
ME IN THE POOL.
Note that I am now a brunette. I had a hair appointment booked before we even arrived here thanks to the wonders of the internet. I certainly jagged a great salon. It was fabulously decorated in black, white and crystals and I was totally spoilt.
MY SNACKS AT THE HAIR SALON, I ALSO HAD A LATTE WITH CHOCY BISCUITS....Mmmm
The bike riding is very good here as it is nice and flat, and there are bike paths going everywhere. though we tend to stick to the coastal paths because the view is sooooo good.
ONE OF CALOUNDRAS BEACHES, OUR VIEW WHILST BIKE RIDING
SAM COMES BIKE RIDING TOO....So cute!!
Because the evenings are still nice and warm we can go for evening walks along the beach. There are a lot of water sports here - not surprisingly - and it is pleasant to sit and watch everybody. The big news is that soon we will be joining those water sports people as we have just bought a 2 man kayak :) Yes you read that correctly........we will soon be paddling along with the rest of them.....not sure how that will go and suspect that my arms could need to be eased into this new activity. I will keep you updated on our progress.....unless my arms are too cramped to type ha ha !
BABY CRABS RUNNING TO SAFETY
If we time our walks right we come cross these groups of little crabs that are on the move....each group has different sized crabs and when you get too close they quickly bury themselves into the sand. They are only about 4cms big, too small to eat :(Between the craft groups, r/c racing and all of the outdoor sports we are finding ourselves quite busy. We are loving Caloundra and still have lots of the area to explore.
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