Family Travel

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The drive from Monteville to Mooloolaba was a really beautiful one. To get to Monteville we had to climb up, around and around in circles a very big mountain, this was quiet funny because Julie didn't like at all especially near the edge. Once we got near to the top we had arrived in the town and then we see a gorgeous little cottage that was full of clocks, and many other very small quaint little shops with all kinds of creative things inside. It was also very well known for it's fudge making! We had dinner in Monteville in a very small restuarant and it was great, because there were puzzles everywhere on the tables that you could try to figure out while you wait for your dinner. It was fun, we sussed a couple out after a long time trying, but we conqoured!
On the way to Maleny it was really pretty too. We were looking to find the glass house mountains on the way, and we thought that we had found them. We stopped the car and went for a look accept Julie because of the height thing again lol, we took a picture for her instead, but it was not anything as special as we had seen in the pictures. So we carried on driving and about 10minutes after I shouted to stop the car because I realized that infact we had been looking at the wrong mountains, and we were driving past them now! So Dad pulled into a road off the main highway and me and julie jumped out. Then for some reason Dad was reversing on a blind bend a little, with a massive truck heading his way. The truck driver bibbed his horn, while me and Julie stood with our hands over our mouths lol, and then Dad stopped luckily in time. So we managed to see the mountains for a very short time in the end, but they were really lovely, and it's a shame I didn't get a great picture!
After Maleny we made our way to Maroochydore / mooloolaba and this was really fun, one of the most exciting thing I had done so far was here. We stayed in a little motel, as we had done so far, and went for dinner when we arrived at Nando's. I had never been to Nando's before, but will definitely be going again, the chicken was great. The next day we had planned to go to the aquarium nearby. Me and Dad had decided to to a shark dive and Julie would swim with the seals, after meeting with a really old friend of hers. So Dad and Me took a nice look around the aquarium first ..TO BE CONTINUED

We stayed in Noosaville which is right by Noosa was a very small town, when we arrived we were looking for a place to stay, we stopped at a campsite to see if there was room available, and there wasn't but it was a good spot to stop as we managed to catch a man preparing fish for the pelicans, and the river was really nice to see in the late afternoon. We managed to find a place called the Noosa river retreat, a motel with a nice little kitchen in with the living room and dining area, and pool outside, but it was a shame as we couldn't use it, by this time it was too cold. I stood outside for a while to have a smoke and I started to see the bats again flying in the night sky, I was so pleased that I had seen them again because I could show my Dad how amazing they were. We decided to stay in this night and grab take away as it had been a long drive. We brought Indian and planned the next few days ahead in front of the telly.
The next day we took a drive to Keyser Island to go on a camel ride! To get across the river we went on a strange platform in the car which sailed us across, and it was a short drive to the Camel farm. I was actually a bit nervous as it said outside on a notice that camels are very unpredictable, and we had to sign our lives away. I have always been a little scared of horses so this was strange as they were much taller as well. A guy who worked there brought all the Camels out down a road so that we could get on them safely, he sat them down so we could get on, and I noticed that they fold there legs under themselves, they are double jointed. It was surprisingly comfortable sitting by the humps, and they moved very differently to a horse, they swayed more from side to side. We took a ride through the bush areas that lead us to the beach, it was a very nice day and nice to take in the view, but the man who was leading us didn't say very much, and the camels were to walk very slowly.
Dad and Julie were going to do a trip along the everglades here too, but I thought it would be a waste of money as you could see them from the riverside already, and even though they are beautiful they would be the same all along the river, and the boat would not be like the one you see in the James bond movies!