26 27 28 Sep

SATURDAY 

Rowing 8 @ Centenary.

Drove to Dicky Beach

CHOPPIN N CHANGING

Starting from Phoebe stating she'd like a swim in the ocean. 

Earlier in the week the plan for Saturday was to get up early and drive to the Gold Coast, do main Beach park run then drive up the spit and give mags an off lead run on the beach and Phoebe to swim. 

Then I Established that Peter and Robyn were camping at Dicky Beach so the first change was to switch to a North focused plan.  

Toward the end of the week, I received a text from Tanya asking if I could row with Centenary in an eight on Saturday. I checked in with Phoebe and confirmed. 

Saturday, 

I got up early and went to Centenary. Despite problems with the PA we had a nice row.  Wide variety of skills. Very flat water. Friendly crew 

I drove straight from Centenary to Phoebe's where I showered and changed. We bought coffee's and breaky Wraps at the village and ate them as we drove North.

A impromptue detoure via the big kart track. A requirement for closed shoes meant this switched to a fact finding mission. $60 for 15 minutes plus $5 for a balaclava. 

Onto Caloundra. Luckily found a park in a very congested parking area. Modern com tech led us to meeting Peter in a nearby coffee shop. 

Some awkwardness because Peter and Robyn were based on the beach but dogs not allowed. They Decamped to a shelter beside the surf club where we relaxed with coffee. Morning tea followed and wrapped up with a tour of the caravan. 

Phoebe and I walked back to the car.  Put on sunscreen and when I went to slap on a hat, I realised it was lost.  Yet another phone call established it was back at the caravan. We walked along the road and managed to work out a place where Peter could throw it over the fence. 

Onto the beach. 

A nice walk. 

Phoebe was in the water pretty quick.  Took me much longer to acclimatise to the temperature. 

During the course of swimming, Mags lost her collar.  This was sad because Chris had made it himself including forging a brass ring. 

A pretty quick and uneventful drive home down the Bruce. The auto follow feature makes this pretty easy.