Hello everyone!

On Monday we left the caravan park early because we overheard some people talking about heavy rainfall coming our way. We wanted to have everything packed and ready to go before everything got wet. Luckily we were in time and already on the road before the rain came down.
When we finally reached Gympie it took us only 2 minutes to find Liz. She was busy gardening while we arrived and immediately gave us directions where to park our van. She showed us around, and told us all her plans with the specific rooms she had. What I noticed most though was the incredible garden and the incredible view she had.

After some coffee and tea she gave us a tour around Gympie, telling us about it's history, showing the place where she worked and where some of her family lives now. But the most interesting thing were the floods. She showed us the spots up to where the river had once come because of excessive rain fall and other causes. As we drove through main street she pointed out the second floor of buildings and told us the water got up to about that height (21 meters above the original river level). Later we noticed what a bit of rainfall can do, as the river had risen dangerously close to the height of certain small bridges.

Back at Liz' house we had a roast, a great dinner consisting of different vegetables, potatoes and of course our favourite; Lamb. We ate our bellies round and by this time the 4 cats that Liz has weren't afraid of us anymore and came to cuddle as well before we all went off to bed.
The next morning we left home quite early to see Liz's mom, Ann. It was nice to meet her and you could tell she still remembered John from his younger days. We left for Rainbow Beach after saying goodbye to Ann. It took us about an hour to get there but the scenery on the way was great.

At Rainbow Beach we had a really big lunch at the Rainbow Club (I had a Rainbow Burger). We took a stroll down to the beach and along the coast before heading back up and looking for a place to find ourselves a booking for Fraser Island for the next day.

The local visitor centre had a special offer which saved us 60 dollar so we booked their tour for the next day. Only downside was, the bus leaves at 7:40, so we have to be there by 7:30 and it's an hour drive from here. This means it's getting time for bed already, so I'll have to leave you with this for now. But first I'm going to watch the Possums and Bats outside (there are loads of them!).

See you all later!

Jeremy