Spent the weekend at Mooloolaba or 'loo with a view' as it is fondly called, a coastal resort an hour north of Brisbane. Called in at 'Kathmandu', an Australian outdoor gear shop on the way and picked up a couple of duck down, sleeveless jackets for Alfie and Hannah and a large, orange frisbee that has been used endlessly on the beach!
This part of the beach is patrolled by lifeguards from 7am till 4.30pm.
"No lifeguard = no swim"
But we went out onto the beach just before 7am and saw plenty of older people (mostly) swimming out beyond the breakers. All the men in Mooloolaba swimming club were wearing maroon speedos...many of the women were wearing wetsuits! The water is 19 degrees celcius at the moment so we thought it was lovely even without a wetsuit.
You are advised to swim between the red/yellow flags. The blackboard warned of some 'rollers' and risk of being dumped by the waves and caution when body surfing - we all enjoyed body surfing - next time we'd like to be surfing or at least on a body board!
Crisp, white sand for miles...
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