Day 94 Thursday 11/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 24 This morning I climbed the headland upper walk to the Tugun lookout. The forest is busy with Brush Turkeys even one who flies up lands on a looping vine and starts happily swinging above me. There are two Curlews that stalk our park. The moment that you lock eyes on them they freeze using camouflage to hide themselves from view but it doesn’t quite work. They look more like a couple of old ladies locked in a Tai Chi position. We drive north to Sanctuary Cove for a coffee then ogle the mansions … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 94 – Curlew Tai Chi

Day 92 Tuesday, 9/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 21 As the car is still at the garage we catch the bus to the newly remodelled Pacific Fair shopping centre.  Woohoo! A productive morning is spent shopping for our next holiday, we can’t … Continue reading like a Rollingstone, Day 92 – Pacific Fair and another lockout

Day 91 Monday, 8/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, warm morning, cool afternoon This morning I walk around the Burleigh headland to Tallebudgera Creek where a dredge is sucking up sand and pumping it overland to the Burleigh Heads beach. This is an … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 91 – Burleigh Headland walk

Day 90 Sunday, 7/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, warm morning, cool afternoon I walk along the beach, dolphins play in the surf behind the surfers. It’s a glorious morning. Green surf curls in. The skyscrapers of Surfers Paradise are in the distance. … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 90 – Breathtaking Burleigh

Day 89 Saturday, 6/8/2016, Toowoomba to Burleigh Heads, nice morning, cold ‘arvie’ (that’s Qld speak for arvo, sorry afternoon). After an ear popping 10% descent down the escarpment into the Lockyer Valley the highway is flanked with market gardens. It’s … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 89 – Back to the city