Great walking and cycling track around the Bay and during the week, it is a joy to walk there. The council has put up signs everywhere about sharing the path and keeping to the left, and I wondered why there were so many. I discovered why at the weekend. We noticed that some people had difficulty in telling the left hand side of the path from the right. It does get very busy at weekends and at times it got quite unpleasant and dangerous from cyclists ignoring the path rules.
'I'm sure I just saw a pink palm tree' so we turned around and went back... I know if you're seeing pink elephants it's a bad sign, but I haven't heard anything about pink palm trees - have you?
Love this photo of my granddaughter in her pink top and her lovely braided hair...
Loved the Manly-Wynnum area... hope to visit again soon....
"In the 1860s, small farming settlements along the south coast of Moreton Bay, including at Cleveland, Victoria Point, Redland Bay and along the Logan and Albert Rivers relied on small ships (coastal steamers) for transport.
I'd love to stay in a lighthouse one day... like Bell Rock Lighthouse or Muckle Flugga... Kevin says 'no way' but I'm sure I can drag him along - maybe? I've wanted to visit the lighthouses ever since reading 'The Lighthouse Stevensons' by Bella Bathurst. I wonder if some friends would come with me for company... hmmmm.... I think I'd need it, as with my imagination I could scare myself silly in the middle of the night!
A visit to Bell Rock with Bella Bathurst
We woke early again and after seeing to Scarlett we started our walk down at Wynnum.
As you can see from the pictures, Pandanus Beach is gorgeous and it was a beautiful day to walk. It was nice to see white sand after all the mud flats and mangrove swamps.
It's been great to be able to catch up with our family while we have been on this house sit. We are hoping to find some more sits around Queensland so we can spend some more time together... only one more sleep and Scarlett's family returns.
We've all been having a nanna nap today after some lovely walks over the last few days. We've been exploring and learning about this beautiful area.
Hidden in a secret corner of Wellington Point is a grove of Moreton Bay figtrees. We were wondering how old they were, turns out they were planted in 1927 - but they can live up to two thousand years - imagine that.
Set into the playground as well as the paths that surround the point, you will discover beautiful mosaic mandalas and stainless steel sculptural inserts made by Carol Roche.
On our house sits we enjoy exploring the local areas we are nearby. We use good old Google Maps to help us find places to visit, to spot waterfront walks, and cafes perched in interesting places. Google maps are so helpful to let us know the distance from the house we are staying at, and to work out how to plan our trip. If possible, we take the dog that we are minding with us on our journeys so that they have company, and we get our 'dog fix'. If the dog that we are minding doesn't like to travel or if they are old and just like to sleep a lot, we work out how far a drive is, so that we aren't away from home for too long. The other day we found Wellington Point on our map search so we headed off.
It turned out to be a very windy morning, but we found a place a little protected from the buffeting behind a wonderful old Moreton Bay Fig tree. The cafe has a privileged position at the point with magnificent views all around the Bay. To have a look at the view click here to go to google maps ... next click on street view when you see the cafe sign pop up, and the camera will take you on a panoramic tour. If you haven't used street view before, once you have the page visible; place your cursor on the page; click your mouse, hold the left key down and move the mouse to the side. It doesn't matter which side and the view on the screen will move.
Up early again with the sunrise and took darling Scarlett out for her morning totter around the lawn,
We headed off to Manly for our morning walk around 8ish. It was a calm morning one of those days that promises to be really warm by lunch time. We did our own totter around to Lota and the end of the pathway. By the time you get to Lota you start to enter a deep section of the Mangroves and the lovely Moreton Bay breezes disappear, so we turned around and headed back. La Mer tempted us again, siren that she is so we headed in for a morning tea.
It was a gorgeous morning for a walk, so we went for a wander along the yacht moorings... and I found another boat I love... Blue Star. Isn't she a beauty?
We were getting a little suncooked wandering around the yachts, so we headed off home to let Scarlett out and to do some washing. While we were having our cuppa tea we were reflecting the possibility of living around this area.
I could be tempted to move to Manly, there's a certain Italian restaurant that I could visit a few times a week, of course I'd have to up the walking to four hours a day, but it'd be worth it!. The other night we fancied a pizza so we headed off to Manly Village Pizzeria & Trattoria. I'd had a look around online prior to going and there were some good reports about the this pizzeria... nowhere did they come even close to saying how absolutely fabulous the food is there. It's a fairly ordinary place to go into - a lot of folks attempting to get a seat there, look a bit shocked when the owner turns them away telling them he is booked out. I have to say that I had my doubts sitting there waiting for the food. The floor is on a bit of a slant and our first encounter with the person who welcomed us was a bit jarring. This all faded into obscurity when we bit into the pizza... both our eyes locked and we oh my goodnessed our way through each piece. 'Oh my goodness, this is good', 'oh my goodness this is amazing', 'oh my goodness no wonder they are booked out', 'oh my goodness I've never eaten anything so wonderful' - I'm sure we drove the next table crazy as they sat waiting on theirs to arrive.
To add delightfully delicious/best pizza either of us has EVER had in our 50+ years, we then decided to tuck into a gelato to top it all off. We thought we'd try a few little tasty scoops to share. I had pictured a little scoop - but little tumblers full of gelato arrived, espresso, chocolate, boysenberry and a mint one. Just as delightful and we waddled out still going, oh my goodness, with big happy grins on our faces, no wonder this place is booked out all the time. I woke up in the middle of the night, found myself remembering the meal and wondering if we could go back again that night. Seriously the photo of our pizza doesn't do the chef justice. If you are even anywhere close to this restaurant - GO! They even have cannoli - I need to go back again soon.