Coolum is not cool......it's very warm

Coolum - 4th - 18th July

By now we're getting pretty sick of cold weather so decided to try & get further north pretty quick in search of some warmth. We were hoping to stay in Noosa for a week but after calling a few caravan parks & finding they were all booked out (one of them was booked till October) we ended up at a little seaside town called Coolum.

We were originally booked for a week but as soon as we arrived we straight away booked for 2 weeks. The caravan park is right on the beach with just a few bushes between us & the water.
The town is basically 2 streets. The Main Street that the caravan park is on has cafes, surf shops a hotel & the surf club. The next street has Dan Murphys & Coles. All within walking distance. What more could you want?

We walked along the beach every day. It's a fantastic beach with 'squeaky' white sand & beautiful blue water.

Like most women, I love visiting the local markets, well, we discovered the mother of all markets at a little town 20kms away called Eumundi. This market is held every Wednesday & Saturday & with over 200 stalls is HUGE! They say it gets up to 10,000 visitors every week & after we went 3 times in two weeks I believe it. It was fantastic with everything imaginable from yummy food to eclectic stuff for the home & anything else you could imagine. We became addicted to the sugar cane juice (with ginger & lime) it was amazing!

On the Saturday & Sunday there was a 'thunder boat' racing carnival outside of the surf club. They are like the blow up dingies life savers use. One day we took our chairs down and had front row seats on the beach to watch, it was fun.

Gary's work mate from Futuris and his wife, Clayton and Bernie live in Brisbane, they came and visited us on the saturday and we had lunch at the surf club while watching the boat racing as we had a window seat. It was nice of them to come and visit us.

Coolum is now our favourite place and we have booked to come back for a month in August.

Next stop...........Noosa