Rainbow Beach

During the holidays I went to Rainbow Beach with my friend Nathan and Addison and another family. When we got on the beach there was nothing much to see but after 300 metres we saw massive sand dunes with red, orange, yellow, white, grey, brown, black, pink and blue sand.

We drove on the beach for about an hour, then we turned off into a bush track. On the other side there was another track up to Double Island Point, so we walked up to the top and saw dolphins, turtles, manta rays, and whales.

When we were turning into the bush track to come back our cars engine made a weird banging noise and then we got stuck in soft sand. Lola panicked and started crying, but luckily my Dads friend helped us get out and keep going.

On the way back we collected different coloured sands and when we got back to my friends house we bought some bottles and put the sand into the bottles and it looked really cool.

By Rex

Caloundra

We had been given a tip from some Caloundra locals we met in Evans Head that Dickies Beach was a good place to stay and they were right. The beach was beautiful & the bike tracks all the way along the coast both north & south were great. We rode up to Currumundi Lake most afternoons to watch the sun set and for the kids to play on the mud flats... beautiful! Lola had her first encounter with a snake on the bike track, luckily as she skidded to a stop she didn't stop right on top of it.
Tim caught up for a coffee with an old Qantas friend so gives a shout out to Fitzy!!

Toowoomba

After Evans Head we dropped in to Toowoomba for a couple of days to catch up with Hugh, Fiona, Jess, Ella & Willie. Was great timing as the garden festival was on, weather was beautiful and we spent a lovely afternoon in the gardens... I see you William!

Evans Head

We had checked out Evans Head on our way to Lismore and thought it looked really nice down by the river, hence we booked in there for 4 nights to return after Lismore. We had a great time at Evans head.
Some nice bike rides, kayaking on the river, fishing and surfing. Rex and Lola had fun catching crabs on the sand flats at low tide until Rex had a run in with an oyster shell. We caught a couple of nice bream which Jac and I had for dinner. Jac caught some nice waves in just off the break wall. Lola made a pretty pipi garden on Chinamans beach. We all had such a good time here that we booked in for an extra night before heading up to Toowoomba.

Lismore

Our next stop was Lismore. We went there to visit our good friends Cel and Graham. They have a beautiful house near the centre of town. Grahams gourmet meals and Cels gourmet coffees were to die for. While there we went to a nice local market at The Channon, up to Protesters Falls in Nightcap National Park then on to Nimbin for a late lunch. It was a lovely Sunday out and great to spend a few days catching up with Cel and Graham.

Rex's Poem, My Granny

Rex had to write, perform and publish a poem for school. We think he has done such a great job, hope you enjoy it mum! Just click on the title below:

Rex's Poem, My Granny

Lola's Project

Lola needed to create a book on how to do a new sport, she then had to publish it or share it with other people so they could learn about it. This is her book. She would love to hear from anyone on what they thought of it.