A Big Pineapple and Peanuts

Back in Hervey Bay, Kate & I are met by Janelle (who we met on the Canyons trip in the US). We'll be staying with her for a few days. Tonight, we're at her family's beach house where her parents are staying and we have a nice evening, coupled with a roast for dinner.

The next morning we head off down the Sunshine Coast. We stop at a few little towns on the way (Gympie, Coolum and Maroochydore) before going to the Ginger Factory! Kate had to get a photo or two (due to the fact that her boyfriend has ginger hair!) We also got to try some Ginger Beer (with Kate reciting lines from the Famous Five books about having 'lashings of Ginger Beer'!) We then headed over to see the Big Pineapple - they have lots of 'big' things all over Oz but this was the first one we'd seen!

We headed to Janelle's farm in Kingaory via the scenic route so that we could see the Glasshouse Mountains. We caught up with Janelle's husband Lionelle and their two boys - Brendan and Hayden.

The next day we had a tour of their farm. They were happy as we'd brought the rain (there has been a very long drought in Australia and its causing havoc with the crops). We also learnt how peanuts grew (as this is peanut country). We then drove up to the Bunya Mountains to see the Wallabies and a Kookaburra and brightly coloured parrots.

We had another great evening and Lionelle brought us home some flavoured peanuts for us to try - including Cajun, Malaysian Curry and Chili & Lime!

Thanks for your hospitality guys - we'll have to return the 'tour guide' role when you come and visit sometime!