Days 216-221 – Glass House Mountains, Qld (16-21 Apr) Week 32

Can’t believe it going into our 8 month on the road!  Time is just flying by.  It had been raining very day since we got here and some of the showers are very heavy.  It really does rain here!  It is actually lovely to see sure beats the drizzles.  Hopefully by the end of the month the rain will start to disappear and we’ll get some nice days from then on.  The days aren’t really cold, mid 20s only had one day when we had to put on our tracky daks.  There is also no or very little wind.  It is just very wet underfoot and a lot of the walks we want to do with the dogs are waterlogged. So our shoes are constantly wet or damp.  It is nice to have rain when it isn’t cold and windy though.  Even out walking we are still wearing our shorts and tshirts just have an umbrella with us.  Unlike Busso which is so miserable in the winter, cold, wet and windy.  We really want to get out and take some photos so hopefully it will stop soon!  Saw a snake the other day slithering across the driveway, don’t know what it was didn’t get too close, it was dark brown.  Cane toads are around at night time, horrible things.  The idea is to kill them – haven’t the courage to do that even though they are a huge pest.  We had a great day on the weekend, we caught up with Wendy and Rob friends of ours from WA who moved to Pomona about 75kms north of here inland of Noosa.  It was great to see them again and we’ll see them a lot more while we are in Qld.  While it has been raining, we have pretty much spent time getting organised and catching up on paperwork and fixing bits and pieces on the van and car that needed attention.  Went to Caboolture which is a bigger suburb on the way to Brisbane to organise to get the caravan serviced.  Had lunch at the RSL.  The RSL clubs here have lots of pokies, restaurants and entertainment.  The entertainment is usually free and the meals are very very reasonable.  John went to the local Rotary club – a small membership.  Also went to Caloundra which is on the coast about 30 minutes drive away.  Unfortunately it was pouring with rain while we were there so not good for sightseeing.  We will revisit on a better day.  What we saw reminded me of a mini gold coast.   A week has gone already of our housesit, 7 weeks to go, can see the time is going to go quick and there is so much to do!