Lost: Blue baby hat

If you’ve read other entries to this blog, you’re sure to be familiar with Avery’s blue hat, which she’s frequently worn on this trip. Today Avery seemed to finally have enough of the hat (which she always tries to take off), and threw it out of her stroller somewhere on Hastings street in Noosa while Mummy and Daddy weren’t looking. Given there’s about 100,000 children currently in Noosa, along with their parents, we’re not holding out hope that it will be found.

This is the last picture we took with Avery wearing her blue hat (may it rest in peace).

Day 35: Heading North to Noosa

Today we packed up our things and headed about 3½ hours North to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. Being the Thursday before Good Friday we faced some traffic, but nothing compared to the 400 on a Canadian long weekend. We checked into our hotel around dinner time and headed to Coles (our favorite Australian grocer) to stock up before everything closed for the holiday.

Day 34: Watch out Michael Phelps!

Avery has really taken a liking to the water this trip, and is really getting keen to swim (rather than just float or be pulled around). As you can see from the photos, she even dove down on her stomach in the sand so she could get closer to the water.

Plagued by the black spot

Our readers may start to notice a black spot in some of our pictures. Somewhere in Western Australia a small piece of sand or dirt got lodged in the lens of our new good camera, and now many of our pictures appear with an annoying black spot. We tried to get it fixed in surfers’ but there’s no authorized Panasonic dealer, so we’re out of luck likely until we get home. Fortunately, Stephen brough 3 other cameras on this trip, so we have other options.

Day 32: Swimming in Surfers

When planning our trip, the last place we wanted to end up was Surfer’s Paradise. The endless amount of sky rise condos, the density of tourists, the trashy stores, and the overpriced everything really isn’t our style--or so we thought. Now that we’re here, we realize the appeal of Surfers. There’s an amazing beach (even if it’s too rough to swim in most days), our hotel has a nice pool, and there’s tons of place to eat close by. It’s an easy place to relax with a baby with everything so close by.

Day 31: Avery’s 8th Flight

Avery brushed up on her travel skills today by taking her 8th flight to date. We left Perth first thing in the morning and arrived in our final destination of Surfer’s Paradise around dinner time.

Day 29: Touring Perth

We returned to Perth today and spent the evening checking out the pedestrian mall in the CBD. We were pleasantly surprised to find $1 Bubble Tea! After spending 5 nights in the very rural Smith Beach, Avery was thrilled to have so many people to smile and "talk" to.

After spending almost 4 hours driving in the afternoon, Avery was all too happy to jump around in the Jolly Jumper before bed.