To the Gold Coast

It was a long drive from Miles to Chinchilla to Dalby to Toowoomba. There are so many little towns along the way through this heavily farmed area of Queensland. It seemed to be mostly wheat fields and cotton that we were passing. Instead of moving at 110kph it was a much slower journey, but there was much more to see than rural WA.
East of Toowoomba and onto Ipswich and you're into the outer suburbs of Brisbane. There is a fantastic view when you get on the start of the motorway, looking east.
From then on it was motorways and traffic all the way to the Gold Coast.
We were welcomed by one of my oldest friends, Jo, and her beautiful family and we'll have a few nights with them.

This morning we went down to Tallebudgera Creek, just south of Burleigh Heads. There was a nice patch of beach for the kids to play on and they mucked about at the waters edge. Later we walked around the headland to Burleigh Heads. It's a beautiful path through the forest and we saw some dolphins in the waves and whales about 1km offshore, splashing about and blowing water spouts.

After lunch we drove to see Evan's Grandpa Harry who is 99 and lives in a nursing home. He seemed quite with it and the little boys were pleased to meet their Great Grandpa but not so pleased being cooped up inside.