Looking for the sunshine

Since hitting the Sunshine Coast a few days ago the sunshine has disappeared! Our last glimpses were in a beautiful spot - along the coastal national park walk at Noosa where we watched the waves and surfers and saw a koala way up high in the treetops.

Noosa, beautiful Noosa

And its basically been drizzling since that shot. The big pineapple was wet when we visited (and leaking inside, it really is an icon whose glory days are pretty much over!) but we managed a quick bushwalk in the Glasshouse Mountains before diving back into Suzy Q just as the next shower arrived.

The umbrellas made another photo appearance at the lagoon at Southbank after we caught the River Cat down an overcast Brisbane River. Luckily babycinos are available no matter what the weather and these ones helped to brighten our day!

We've enjoyed Brisbane despite the rain. Mt Coot-tha was a highlight with a great lookout, Botanic Gardens and the bonus of a planetarium where we watched a movie semi-reclined on a dome ceiling about the planets and night sky.  

We've conquered Brisbane - our last capital city

 What next? Well I've made a promise about a theme park and the Gold Coast ... (in what was perhaps a poorly-thought-out strategy to ease the pain of driving straight past Australia Zoo because I refused to spend the day there in the pouring rain) .... let the fun begin!