Friday, November 16, 2007

Noosa and a NEW MOTOR

Noosa is really pleasant. The weather has been a pretty constant 26c which makes a really nice change from central QLD where we were starting to hit around 40. We've been out to Eumundie's very large and very touristy market and to Cooroy's little one in the local hall. our fridge and pantry and fruit bowl are all stacked with pestos and pastes, dips avos, tomatoes and roasted macadamia nuts. IGA cooroy was having an international tasting the day we were there, so we also have raw chorizo, marscapone (too cheap to pass up) and smoked semi-dried tomatoes. Talk about a couple of kids being let loose in the candy store!

We have been visiting every boat shop we could find for the last 4 weeks and finally yesterday, Russ found new Suzuki 15hp outboard at a price we couldn't pass up. We've only had a 6hp motor so we should be able to get places a lot faster now and I will feel safer because of it.

Today we are off cruising up and down the Noosa River as the man who sold us the motor suggested we do the 5 hours running in before we leave the area (in case of problems I guess). I can't believe a new boat motor could make me so happy, but the boat really does give us hours and hours of entertainment.

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