Sunshine Coast

11月 2023

A Mid November 📅 Pre Silly 🙃 Season 🎄escape 🌊 to consistent weather ☀️ & kindred spirits 💚🤍❤️ もっと詳しく

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- 2023/11/17 16:53
- ☁️ 22 °C
- 海抜: 413 m
- オーストラリア State of Queensland Sunshine Coast Montville -26.690512, 152.89332626°41’26” S 152°53’36” E
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Magical Montville ☀️
2023年11月17日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
It is always such a buzz at the airport! ✈️🕺🏼…Seriously, no other place gives me such a sense of freedom and adventure… it is exceptionally atmospheric at the moment due to the Christmas 🎄 vibe! I can only imagine the exhilarating feeling of travelling 🧭 overseas (…to London perhaps 😉) for the festive season.

It is so nice to know I am heading out of Melbourne‘s unpredictable weather to, what I hope 🤞 will be plenty of sunshine ☀️ and consistent temperatures! Melbourne weather has been exasperating lately. The wind 🌬️ was freezing 🥶 on the tarmac! 😳

Arrived at the ‘International’ terminal of Maroochydore Airport to be greeted by cloudy skies, and 73% humidity and Robyn and Mike greeted me & we headed to the Surf 🏄‍♂️ club at Bob Downe’s old stomping ground: Mooloolaba for a refreshing XXXX 🍺 then continued on to the hills to Montville, where they are now residing. It’s a great little village with a Dandenong Ranges Sassafras-type feel & vibe. Their apartment sits atop a coffee shop and a bakery; both owned by a friendly local who greeted us on arrival. Robyn has the fairy lights twinkling ✨ on a balcony overlooking the village with the Italian 🇮🇹 bunting flapping in the breeze 💚🤍❤️

Robyn prepared a delicious spread of typical Italian meats, cheeses 🧀 olives 🫒 and scrumptious pickled cauliflower with olive bread 🥖 Such a great treat which inevitably led to much talk about Italy & sharing photos of past trips.

We walked along the main street of Montville as the wind 🌬️ rustled through the trees 🌳 and Christmas 🎄 lights adorned the buildings. We even saw a kookaburra sitting quietly on an art installation looking a bit lost…

Back at the apartment we had some delicious poached pears that tasted of red wine, cloves, cinnamon and sugar with marscapone cheese. A perfect way to finish a delightful day 🥰もっと詳しく
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旅行者 wow Troy here we go again Robyn and Mike sure have with that great treat taken you all back to when you were all in Italy together xx Christmas is looking great there xxx
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旅行者 Well it looks like you are enjoying your time away what yummy food and the guitar player was really good sounded fab loved the tone. I’ve been chasing Candy to try and give her a bath but she’s a little to quick for me.
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旅行者 Ha ha ha! Candy probably knows that you have trouble and enjoys the “game”!
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旅行者 Sunshine Coast
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- 2023/11/18 12:12
- ☁️ 24 °C
- 海抜: 25 m
- オーストラリア State of Queensland Sunshine Coast Eumundi Eumundi Markets -26.476422, 152.95254526°28’35” S 152°57’9” E
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Eumundi Market
2023年11月18日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
One of the best markets that I have ever been to! It is full of delicious food and amazing handicrafts and unique and quality. One off treasures! I have been here before and Amaze me, how extensive and interesting it is…

Robyn and I enjoyed some delicious street food from Hungary 🇭🇺 and Italy 🇮🇹 (Wow 🤩…just realised their flags are the same colours, but just different direction of stripes!) We had the best tiramisu from the sexy Venezuelan, who features in the photos 😉😝😘

I was drawn to a hand painted stone necklace with a Koi fish on it and was tempted to buy it but left it there. As we were driving out of the town we took a wrong turn and ended up back there. I told Robyn it was obviously destiny to go back and buy the necklace. The Koi fish represents prosperity and good fortune and perseverance in the face of adversity! Very apt! Seems like fate drew me back into the town so I could have it! 🐠

Six years ago today Leanne and I were at Stevie Nicks’ concert out at Rochford Winery and today at the market a pink Kimono 👘 with ‘Stevie sleeves’ with a ripper quote on the back: “Don’t be a lady…Be a legend” …knew I had to let LT know and, sure enough, she wanted it and has even given me permission to do some ‘Stevie twirls’ later today after a few vinos 🍷 if I feel like it 😜😜💃🏼💃🏼

Great part of a relaxing 🐌
short break is just to drop anchor ⚓️ lay down, turn the fan on for a cool, refreshing breeze while the birds 🐦 chirp in the trees 🌳 and have a nap 😴 for an hour before surfacing and enjoying some adult libations before dinner 🍽️ 🐌

Speaking of dinner: take a look at the ribs!
…Flintstones, meet the Flintstones!
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旅行者 haha Flintstones for sure , lots of swimming and walks when you get home ha xx
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旅行者 You got that right 🤦🏻‍♂️😜😉x
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- 2023/11/19 12:49
- ☁️ 26 °C
- 海抜: 8 m
- オーストラリア State of Queensland Sunshine Coast Cotton Tree Goat Island -26.651762, 153.09162926°39’6” S 153°5’30” E
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Lilianas Italian 🇮🇹 Lunch
2023年11月19日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
A very leisurely morning strolling around the local Montville shops and then dropped by the Big Pineapple 🍍 for the obligatory photo (…reminded me of day We stopped in Pisa, just to take a photo with the leaning tower… then continued on…) then we went into Maroochydore to Liliana’s Italian Trattoria 🍽️

We shared a delicious platter of fresh soft cheese 🧀 prosciutto which had been aged for 12 months, grilled tomatoes 🍅 bursting with flavour, herbed olives 🫒 Nonna’s delectable meatballs and zesty balsamic vinegar served on rocket salad with an Italian oil dressing. It was served with a warm home-made focaccia 🤤
We also had Sicilian cheesy arancini balls served with a rich meat Bolognese sauce. They were delicious 😋

Main course: Linguine with seafood 🦐 with a zingy lemon 🍋 flavour. This was washed down with a crisp Pinot Grigio with faint notes of citrus fruit, apples and a hint of spice.

After lunch, we dropped in on Robyn‘s Mum Dallas to say hello. We were all so full we just wanted to get back to the apartment and have a lie down… That satisfied feeling when you know you have had sufficient food for the rest of the day!

Mike has been really getting into The Crown 👑 and in down time I’m also enjoying becoming reacquainted with its’ brilliant acting 🎭 style & attention to detail…もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Sounds delicious!
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旅行者 I’m still full: 5 hours on 😝
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旅行者 Sunshine Coast
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- 2023/11/20 13:44
- 🌧 22 °C
- 海抜: 43 m
- オーストラリア State of Queensland Sunshine Coast Palmwoods -26.68667, 152.95808426°41’12” S 152°57’29” E
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Misty Montville 🌧️
2023年11月20日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Birds 🐦 chirping in the trees 🌲 which are covered with thick, mysterious and mystifying fog… Rain 🌧️ lightly falling through the pale purple jacaranda trees. Christmas 🎄 lights twinkling ✨ on shopfronts in the misty mountain air…

Temperatures still at 21° so shorts are still appropriate. Umbrella 🌂 in hand, I meandered along the historic and atmospheric Montville shopping strip. There are many antique, unique gift, cafes, restaurants & even a small clock 🕰️ shop… it was actually very pleasant wandering around with few people to contend with.

Settlers arrived to 'Razorback'in 1887, the town was later named 'Montville' by Henry Smith after his childhood memories of Montville in the USA. Montville was predominantly a logging then farming community until a tourism boom which commenced during the 1970s.

We also went to the Buderim Ginger factory and to Ricks diner where we had American diner style burgers 🍔 and fries 🍟

A very welcome and enjoyable, leisurely day 🥰🫶🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🐦‍⬛🌧️☔️✨もっと詳しく
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旅行者 All Good Troy👀-- We went there on one of our bike trips.✔👌
2023/11/20返信する翻訳する
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日5
Home Again!
2023年11月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Robyn and I ventured back into Maroochydore this morning and after some shopping 🛍️ we went to a local hotel 🏨 and had a delicious roast 🐑 lunch.

The flight home was seamless after a delay of an hour. Travelling is always tiring so I’m looking forward to a good nights’ sleep 😴

It has been lovely to catch up with Robyn & Mike in their cute apartment overlooking the quaint village of Montville.もっと詳しく
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Sunshine Coast

Magical Montville ☀️

Eumundi Market

Lilianas Italian 🇮🇹 Lunch

Misty Montville 🌧️

Home Again!