We are now in Noosa after several days. This area has a public wireless system that seems good and is quite inexpensive. So that is what I am on with the laptop. Our last day in Port Macquarie we spent the morning on a walk through one of the subtropical rainforests. In the afternoon we visited a small animal park. As can be seen some time was spent feeding the animals. Koalas are by the way every bit as cute and cuddly as they are reputed to be.
I had had the opportunity the evening before to try kangaroo in both steak and sausage form. I didn't like either- simply too tough and gamey.
At any rate the morning after the visit to the rainforest we headed north for Kingscliff. The gradual change in conditions was fairly apparent. It of course tends to get warmer as one heads north. The vegetation changes- for example we passed through a sugar cane growing region and by a couple of sugar refineries. I suppose this is why Australia makes lots of rum. And there are banana trees here and there though I don't know whether Oz has banana plantations. The other nice thing about going north is that the ocean becomes several degrees warmer. This makes it easier to walk boldly into the ocean- waiting for a large wave to get one completely wet.
I noticed on the highways as I had in Sydney that Australian cars and trucks are on average quite a lot smaller. And given the vast number of choices it is not surprising that Smart cars are not to be seen (save one I saw being transported). I don't really understand why we in North American have such a limited selection of small and efficient vehicles to choose from. Mazda, for example, does not sell the Mazda 2 which Trina has.
It is time to go swimming so I shall continue later (It is about 6 now.)
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