Two lazy days on Thursday and Friday. The idea was to sit in the sun and just relax but the weather had other ideas. We woke up to rain showers on Thursday morning putting an end to the idea of sitting in the sun. After a leisurely breakfast, we decided to go and find the Currumbin Rock Pools – which were shown on a local map as a tourist location.
Hmmm, okay…. I guess we’re just used to rivers and pools on the river. The only animals we saw were a few cows and horses and this alpaca.
Next up was looking for a few souvenirs from this area – not a very successful mission. There doesn’t seem to be many stores with souvenir items – mostly just surf stuff. We drove up to the cliffs above Point Danger and watched the surfers for a while. They are definitely more advanced in this area than the spot where we were watching earlier in the week.
When we got back to the apartment, there was a short period where we had sun so we sat on the balcony and watched the beach (and wondered why there were 4 boats and 3 trucks parked on the edge of the water but were never used).
Friday started out nice and sunny but the clouds quickly moved in. We took the car out to get gas (it’s $1.49/litre now) and then found a fish and chip takeaway shop for lunch. You wouldn’t believe the portions! We only ate part (maybe a little more than half) of what we got and we’re still not hungry 7 hours later. The sun came out for about 1/2 hour and we enjoyed it until it started to rain so we watched Australian Rules Football on the television (and I knit while watching).
Evening sky
We’re leaving Kirra Beach a day earlier than planned so that we can make it a leisurely drive to Pokolbin Hill (it’s about a 9 hour drive). Not sure where we’re going to be tomorrow or how much internet access we’ll have at Pokolbin Hill. I’ll post when I can.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that when we were in Springbrook National Park, John saw a bandicoot peeking out from under the bushes to see if it was safe to cross the road.
Temperature: 20 C – cloudy, showery