Today we went kayaking.
We left a little later than planned, as we turned both our flat and next door's upside down trying to find Jos's hat. The one we'd bought less than 48 hours earlier. That he was told he'd be paying for its replacement if he lost it. Fortunately, Mum found her hat that she'd misplaced (and had bought a replacement for), so lent that to Jos. Which is why he was wearing a big, red, woman's hat while we were on the river.
We got to the boat rental place around 11:15 and hired two two-seater kayaks for a couple of hours, and set off upriver. It was quite a bit windier than it had been previous days, so we stayed close to shore, protected from the wind by the trees.
It took around 45 minutes to get to Tewantin/Noosa Marina (where the ferry stops), but we figured with plenty of time up our sleeves, we'd continue up river, after it took a turn north. With a good southerly behind us we made good distance. Until I remembered we'd have to row into that to get back. So we turned around, I passed my hat to Jos (so it wouldn't blow off) and put some real grunt into it to make our way back. JD and Ky struggled to keep their boat into the wind, but managed eventually. The boys, sitting at the front, copped the cold spray as the boats bounced on the whitecaps. (And of course, the clouds had also covered the sun by then, so it was extra cold.)
We got back around the corner, and back over to the lee of the shore, and could relax. Better still, the sun re-emerged from time to time. We drifted, meandered and chatted our way back down the river, arriving back at our hire place about five minutes early, around 1:15pm.
We then found a local place (Lazy River) for lunch, that wasn't so posh as to frown at our dripping wet bums and sandy feet, and enjoyed, respectively, two generously large burgers, a steak sanga, and some deep-fried vegetarian spring rolls (which were mouth-burningly, straight out of the fryer hot).
A pleasant potter about in the afternoon, reading, soaking in a little more sunshine, napping, and the like. I then made a rather nice risotto (chicken, baby spinach, ricotta and fetta) to feed JD, me and the kids, while the folk went out to a very snazzy Japanese restaurant, called Wasabi. All up, a good day. Better still, the exercise helped get JD out of his funk.
(All photos by iPhone 4 - I didn't want to take my DSLR onto the river. They came out pretty good!)
We left a little later than planned, as we turned both our flat and next door's upside down trying to find Jos's hat. The one we'd bought less than 48 hours earlier. That he was told he'd be paying for its replacement if he lost it. Fortunately, Mum found her hat that she'd misplaced (and had bought a replacement for), so lent that to Jos. Which is why he was wearing a big, red, woman's hat while we were on the river.
We got to the boat rental place around 11:15 and hired two two-seater kayaks for a couple of hours, and set off upriver. It was quite a bit windier than it had been previous days, so we stayed close to shore, protected from the wind by the trees.
It took around 45 minutes to get to Tewantin/Noosa Marina (where the ferry stops), but we figured with plenty of time up our sleeves, we'd continue up river, after it took a turn north. With a good southerly behind us we made good distance. Until I remembered we'd have to row into that to get back. So we turned around, I passed my hat to Jos (so it wouldn't blow off) and put some real grunt into it to make our way back. JD and Ky struggled to keep their boat into the wind, but managed eventually. The boys, sitting at the front, copped the cold spray as the boats bounced on the whitecaps. (And of course, the clouds had also covered the sun by then, so it was extra cold.)
We got back around the corner, and back over to the lee of the shore, and could relax. Better still, the sun re-emerged from time to time. We drifted, meandered and chatted our way back down the river, arriving back at our hire place about five minutes early, around 1:15pm.
We then found a local place (Lazy River) for lunch, that wasn't so posh as to frown at our dripping wet bums and sandy feet, and enjoyed, respectively, two generously large burgers, a steak sanga, and some deep-fried vegetarian spring rolls (which were mouth-burningly, straight out of the fryer hot).
A pleasant potter about in the afternoon, reading, soaking in a little more sunshine, napping, and the like. I then made a rather nice risotto (chicken, baby spinach, ricotta and fetta) to feed JD, me and the kids, while the folk went out to a very snazzy Japanese restaurant, called Wasabi. All up, a good day. Better still, the exercise helped get JD out of his funk.
(All photos by iPhone 4 - I didn't want to take my DSLR onto the river. They came out pretty good!)
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