We woke up in Karen’s showroom overlooking the street, listening to the inhabitants of the house getting ready for the day and leaving the house. Made a cup of tea with frozen milk (thought it was off first!) and the remains of sugar from the cupboard while Tom was still sleeping on the sofa bed – open planning; and Louise looking for accommodation on the sunshine coast. We decided to rent a car on-line to be more independent.
After Karen arrived back from her school run and dog walk, we set off for a tour of the area and a coffee. Our tour took us along winded roads up and down hills to Montville. The coffee shop (www.mayfieldonmontville.com.au) had the most amazing hilltop view of the area all the way to the coast. And Montville had an endless number of little shops for Karen and Louise to explore.We bought a new memeber of the family Gertie a chicken to indulge Karen’s chook obsession!
Luckily even Karen and Louise needed a drink after all that shopping and we had a beer (shandy for the girls) in a pub (not hotel!) just as the dark storm clouds drew closer.
On our way back, we stopped at Bunning’s warehouse to get the parts to fix the toilet and a couple of mugs to remember Peter (nowadays Bunning’s power tool specialist – I think). We arrived at Karen’s just as the sky darkened and the flood gates opened. I fixed the loo while Karen was rushing through the house, closing windows, mopping up water and trying to stop Becky from running out into the thunderstorm. Nat was on the internet and Tom racing on his xbox.
After the storm calmed down, Tom spotted three kangaroos coming up the road (How did he do it while playing on his xbox?) and running past our bedroom window (Great close view). We had a drink and snack on the veranda as the rain stopped and it got light again.
In the evening we met Louie for a meal at Augello’s (www.augellos.com.au) the beach front in Mooloolaba and drinks at the surf club (www.thesurfclub.com.au) afterwards.
When we got back, Tom was still paying on the xbox.
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