After two wet days, one at Rainbow Bay and a side trip to Maleny where we couldn’t see past the car for misty rain and fog, we were relieved that the Sunshine Coast lived up to its name and the sun shone. We enjoyed Noosa, riding the ferry down the river, sitting by the beach in the sunshine and, always, the shops. We decided we’d visit Coolum for a night as we hadn’t stayed there before. Coolum is on the southern end of the beautiful long white sand beach around the headland from Noosa. It was very nice there, the weather was sunny and warm and even a diversion south to the big mall at Maroochydore to buy and post birthday presents didn’t dampen our spirits. The natural area around Maroochy and Mooloolaba is lovely, but
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