Gismo Queen and her King

Day 20 - Burpengary East (Caboolture)

Groundhog Day! Up early to take the van to Sunland to fix the axle issue! We were even earlier today, dropping the van off just before 7:30am. Then we headed to TripAdvisor’s 2nd best rated cafe for breakfast in Caboolture (obviously, we tried the best on Tuesday!) Indeed, the food was excellent today (possibly even better than #1) but the coffee wasn’t  as good. We killed as much time as we could there, and then because it was such a clear sunny morning (they keep forecasting rain), we went to Wild Horse Mountain so I could climb to the viewing platform. It was a steepish 700m steady ascent but the views were worth it. I was the only one up there so apart from the highway noise, I could have been in the middle of nowhere. Great spot, when you could see so far. 

Back down the hill to plan our next time filler. This time, we headed to Beachmere for coffee on the beach. Beachmere is a quieter,  more low key coastal town than some of them around here with a good vibe. We bought coffees and sat drinking them in the lovely sunshine  wile the high tide practically rolled in at our feet - 3 metres below us. I noticed one of the nearby houses had recently had its ocean stone wall re-excavated and set - perhaps this isn’t the prime place to have ocean side property. We went for a bit more of a drive around, before heading back to Caboolture to do some shopping. Interestingly, the only shopping centre in Caboolture only had underground parking, with one entrance. 2m clearance and the other 2.2m. Now this lifted and upgraded Landcruiser ain’t gonna fit under there so we gave up and drove to a other shopping centre 5km away. We stocked up on groceries,  more shorts for me (it seems I didn’t pack enough for this warm weather), wine and beer for my brother and then thought  we may as well head to Sunland to see how they were going. The van was just about ready but we did have time to check out a new van which we ooohed and aaahed over before coughing up plenty of $$ for our van repairs and hitching up our now-safe van. Home for cuppas but this awning issue is worrying us as the weather is forecasting a fair bit of rain while we are at my brother’s and we are worried a out getting wet as we get in and out of the van so I did a quick dash down to Supercheap Auto to buy a 3m x 3m gazebo we can set up outside the van. We’ll see how that works! Pre dinner drinks and nibbles were interrupted by a short rain shower but we were able  to finish the rest of our evening around the campfire.

posted by Tracey @ 10:38 pm