Blogs from Eumundi, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

We shot out of bed early knowing that Eumundi Market kicks off officially at 8am (and knowing almost everyone would be there from around 7.30). We parked where we should have slept and walked across the road to find the place where I had chosen we would have breakfast. After half an hour looking, we gave up and went and asked the lost and found office...sorry, a late scratching for the muesli, yoghurt and fruit breakfast people. Drat! We chose the next most popular breakfast offered (baked apple and yoghurt) and then had coffee and raisin toast. We walked around the market more slowly and came across people from Tassie and Lorraine (Georgi's sister). We had second breakfast with Lorraine and walked the market again this time buying a few things. By this time, we had ... read more

After a few weeks at home, we were excited to set out on our Central Queensland escape. This is to be a short trip compared with most we have take in our Motorhome - only a couple of weeks. Our first overnight stop was to be at Eumundi, a small town just off the Bruce Highway north from Brisbane. Eumundi is a relatively small town, probably finding its roots in the early days of rail transport and of course, this is great agricultural land. While in size, the coastal town of Noosa is now more famous, except for one thing, The Eumundi Markets. There is a small area set aside for Motorhomes to camp overnight just outside the markets precinct, and as it was Tuesday night we made sure we were up to Eumundi early to ... read more

Saturday 27th November – a couple of things are on our minds at the moment – the cold and snowy weather in much of the UK and the Ashes Test Match in Brisbane. We feel very lucky to be here in Aus with a temperature average of about 30 degrees and not having to cope with snow, ice and the cold. We are listening to coverage of the test match when we can – it’s a bit too close at the moment but we’re just getting the upper hand – go the Poms!! Every Saturday and Wednesday mornings the small, quiet town of Eumundi transforms itself into a colourful, noisy and bustling place. So today we were up and away by about 7.45am and on our way to Eumundi Markets. They are well known throughout Queensland ... read more