Surf, Sand and Sunsets

Monday Feb. 28

What a wonderful day to end our stay in Queensland.  Carol started at 6am with a walk along Greenmount Beach carefully dodging the blue bottle jellyfish lying on the hard sand.  It was super to start the morning not having to worry about being sunburned as most of the area was still in the stage.  Back to the room to pick up Pam and head for the third floor of our hotel for breakfast.

Breakfast was a hot, buffet featuring potato patties, scrambled eggs, frittata, poached eggs, bacon, sausages, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, fresh fruit and juice, toast and cereal, plus coffee/tea.  Quite a change from our regular fare for the trip and it was included in the cost of the room--bonus!!!

We were on our way walking by 8am.  The waves did not cooperate, so the surfing was postponed for the day.  But the merchandise tents were still open and today there were no lineups!!  Checked them out and continued on to the rocks where we knew there was a cache but were unable to get near it for people yesterday!! Success!

Came back and walked along Greenmount beach to the Coolangatta city limits.  Continued on through Tweed Heads to a small park with another cache and then slowly made our way, on the shady sides of the street back to our hotel.  Promptly entered the pool to cool off. 

After a lunch on our lanai, the beach was beckoning us.  Found a spot under two trees at Rainbow Beach and watched and listened to the surf.  We knew the blue bottles were present, but after watching many people enter the water and swim around, decided to brave the waves.  The beach is very shallow so couldn't get in deeper than our thighs.  Dunked ourselves and paddled around for a few minutes and then came out to spend the rest of the afternoon sitting on the beach observing and reading.  The wind was blowing steadily which made it a pleasant stay as the temperature was 31C.

Another short walk around Snapper rocks back to the hotel for dinner.  Finished up our BBQ chicken and salads and decided on a last walk before dark.  The clouds made for a gorgeous sunset photo, but we don't have the adapter with us right now to post it--check the blog tomorrow.  Hopefully, this is the last time we need to visit our favourite restaurant for internet!!  We fly out for Sydney tomorrow morning at 10am.