Beerwah to Noosa

We awoke to another beautiful sunny morning. Gowinga Farms is a stunning place to stay in that it is very quiet as it is quite a way from major roads.

After we were up and had breakfast, we heard the sound of a departing aircraft just several hundred metres away. It was a nice high wing ultra light aircraft. I am not up in identifying these light aircraft. It certainly did not have a Lycoming engine powering it.

We chatted with some other campers, who are looking for work on the farms, and discovered that they hailed from Newcastle. They told us a little more about the farms including the farm has planted over 1 million strawberry plants. As I mentioned previously, the strawberries are to die for, so sweet and juicy.

After packing up, we drove the short 45 kilometres to Yandina. At Yandina we first went to the Pioneer Coffee Roastery. We have been to this place in the past and me in particular as recent as last year. The coffee was nice.

Our next visit was to the Nutworks Macadamia Factory which also includes chocolate. We had to sample the various flavours on the macadamias, just to ensure we bought the correct ones.

One of the major attractions in Yandina is the Ginger Factory, which is located opposite the previous locations we had been in. This is one of my favourite places to visit as I adore ginger. Luckily for me Prue does not enjoy ginger.

Before we did any purchasing, we perused the little cottage styled shops across the Ginger Factory little train line. There were a few items purchased in this area. One little item I enjoyed watching was a little digger (backhoe) that had been built to take a $2 coin and the budding operators could play on it using real digger controls and movements. My thoughts went straight to my eldest grandson, Zac, who is enthralled by them as well as describing the moving parts.

We then perused the main area. Eventually we purchased some quantities of ginger pieces and the ginger refresher.

By then it was lunch time. Prue had a nice looking chicken burger while I opted for Pumpkin soup enhanced by the inclusion of some ginger. It was so nice.

Then we moved off for the Big 4 Bougainvillia Caravan Park at Tewantin which is on the outskirts of Noosa Heads. Over the years we have spend several days here. It is a nice and clean park but expensive, as we will encounter from now on. On arrival we set up and settled in and met a couple from Narranderra who used to be involved with John Deere farm machinery. I had another coffee in the caravan park café which was reasonable.

 One thing I mentioned to several shops that it all appeared to be very quiet. They confirmed this. It was very evident to me at the Ginger Factory as I could compare it to last year. I believe there are numerous reasons including the cheap overseas travel available and also the thoughts that the areas may still be suffering from the flood and cyclone of earlier in the year.