Tewantin, Qld 15-21 July 2026

 Tewantin, Qld 15-21 July 2026

Oh my, that drive for 2hours 45 minutes from Tweed to Tewantin. Just full on. Motorbikes seemed intent on committing kamikaze under or front wheels, one truck literally fell apart in front of us… A van and car on their sides in a ditch… Glad to be here. Exhausted. Stressed. Why do we do it?

Already been down to Perigean Beach, Coolum, Maroochydore or Mooloolaba or wherever.  Windy, rainy, unpleasant.

Car made a particularly weird noise when we pulled out pf the carpark. Not a grinding noise, sounded like cardboard box dragging or something. Odd. Stopped and looked all around. The noise started again as we left but not heard it since. Assume it was something stuck under the car / in the engine? Who knows. Does make you wonder just what you would do if….

Doesn’t bear thinking about.

Saturday. Up early and down to Coolum for a 7am start at Parkrun. Reasonably pleasant trail run around some duck ponds near the industrial area. Quick breakfast and then off to Eumundi for the market. Last few time I have dropped Judy off and then gone to find a car-park. She went on her way and then I spend an hour trying to park, including the pay parking areas, which are all full. They only open up when someone leaves, but just like a spot in the street, you have to be the car on the spot, or around you go again. Finally jagged a spot in the pay parking, $9.14 worth and had just backed in when Judy calls me to say she’s finished. Rats. Went and drank coffee at Berkelouw’s book shop and cafe in the main street to make it seem worthwhile. Returned to Tewantin and went straight to the marina and more or less straight onto a ferry, direct to Noosa itself. The Noosa Concours d’elegance was in full swing. Some really great cars apart from the exotica one always expects to see at these things.

Judy throwing herself into the madding crowd. Bugatti on the right. Noosa Qld July 2026

Next-gen concours judges going through their paces, looking for faults with the F40. Noosa Qld July 2026

They have this program called Next-Gen Judges, where they take young car enthusiasts and train them in the art of judging cars on their merit, not by their drool-value.

Our pick of the bunch. A 1936 Cadillac.  Noosa Qld July 2026

We lasted a couple of hours and jumped a ferry back to Tewantin Marina where it seemed only right that we should have some lunch, given that it was after three o’clock!

The weather is not great. Windy and cloudy. The wind started to alarm us so we put the awing away.

The awning. Did I mention that the remote lock for the release is broken. Didn’t worry me much as I can just as easily operate the lever by hand. Except now the blind roller isn’t under any tension. Either the spring is broke or the end cap has come away and let the spring go. We have a ‘little man’ coming to the van park tomorrow to deal with it.