Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  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. Perigian Beach Qld 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 ...

Tewantin Qld August 16th 2024 We moved down to Tewantin, our hopes high that this was going to be the relaxing, satisfying, enjoyable part of the holiday that we have both been looking forward to. But no, despite a good trip down, including getting through Gympie way more easily than last year, we ran into a bun-fight at the van park. OK, so we’ve been here maybe 10 times and are quite fussy about our site. We now want, nay, almost demand, an en-suite in “Grevillea Street”, and it has to be an even numbered site. That’s because the en-suites are in pairs and the odd numbered ones are odd (sorry), in that they are on the wrong side off the van. Which means that instead of stepping put of the van, two steps into your own private facility, you have to step out and then walk around the back or front of the van to get to that bathroom door. Ok so that’s not such a big deal, but that’s what we have come to like over the years. And as we had booked in many months ago, we were not surprised to...