NaNoosa, NaNoosa, NaNoosa Yi Yi, AHHHH, NaNoosa, NaNoosa

Well we hit Australia Zoo for a big day and enjoyed breathing in what Steve Irwin was all about.  We thought the place definitely missed him but they are doing a great job of trying to keep the zoo in line with his style.  It was clean and the animals looked really healthy and happy and there was a new animal hospital in memory of Steve's mum Lynn for injured wildlife.
The elephant wants some food boys
Thanks Gazza
NaDan tried to feed the wombat to the crocs.
CrikeyWednesday saw us heading up to Eumundi (in your undies) market.  It was massive and had heaps of good stuff.  We bought a few t-shirts and some fancy hook protector things for fishing and Nadan bought a magic book.  The boys started doing the Collin on each other today which is gabbing the skin in the front of the neck which Collin our old nextdoor neighbour had heaps of.  On the way back we stopped for an icecream on Gympie Terrace and bought a new fishing rod and net (the other one had seized up- need to wash it) and then dropped into Noosa Longboards and met Parrish Watts, a legend bloke who ran the store, bought a surf game off him, he gave the boys some stickers, and we checked out his belly board and toothpick and had a few laughs.
  Then we did the loop around the National Park checking out Alexandria Bay and Hells Gates and then walking back along the coast as the sun was setting and the full moon was coming up.



Finishing off with a swim and a beautiful dinner at the surf club.  From the time we stepped into the National Park til we got the boys into bed they were running on jet fuel, absolutely ballistic.  I think they love Noosa too.  NaNoosa, NaNoosa.....

As usual we arrived late in Rainbow Beach, in fact just in time, after 5pm they don't let you in because they put you on your site with a little tractor. We had got caught in Noosa trying to get the computer fixed again and they had it all arvo (computer says no) so we had a nice lunch at Gympie Terrace at a cafe where the owner was Israeli and he sat with us afterwards and told us about when he faught in the war (bit scary) and we met his niece who was out for 7months and had been in the army for 2 years.  She suggested we take our camper to Israel- well you never know!  But no stress we set up with the boys help (best help on tour so far) then had soup and toasties for dinner.  Our camper overlooks Rainbow Beach by a road that the boys can skate on and the skatepark is just down the road where the boys have done some serious time over the last couple of days.  Paul and Karen are next to us again (from Noosa) and we have had a fun couple of days with them.  We went hoonin down the Carlo Sandblow then walked along Rainbow Beach and collected the colored sands in a bottle.
Then today we drove to the Bymien Picnic Area and walked to Poona lake and back with the boys doing Tarzan swings on a huge vine.
Then we 4wd down to the Freshwater Lake and onto the beach and down to Double Island Point where we sat on the rocks and ate lunch and watched a guy go over the falls and snap his board.  Surf was pretty crappy so we walked up to the lighthouse and checked out the awesome views and another big pod of dolphins.  We then did the scary drive down Leisha Track and onto Rainbow Beach for the bumpy and slippery drive back to the campsite, but we made it past the rocks EASY- no need to panic George.

Paul shouted the crew icecreams and the challenged them at darts while I drove all the way back to Noosa to pick up the computer which had to have it's slate wiped clean but Yens did a great job and didn't charge too much and we are officially operational with skype now yyyeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh.   And I made it back by 7 for a beautiful butterfly lamb cooked by the gorgeous Kirst with no help from the boys.  Stop it.  I just can't get enough of NaNoosa, NaNoosa....  though 3 hour return trip because computer says no wasn't that much fun.  Head off to Fraser Island next.