SUN AT LAST

JT at the par 3, 10th. (JT 4 for 2, John 3 for 3)

Overnight the rains stopped and we woke up to blue sky and Coolum was back to its normal warm sunny weather. We went to the Hyatt Golf course and teamed up with a Melbourne couple for 15 holes of golf (three holes still being closed because of flooding).

The kangaroos continue to ignore us; here is one on the 18th fairway, totally oblivious to our efforts to hit this difficult green!

Back in our apartment after the round of golf we were treated to the afternoon ritual of the Blue-faced Honeyeater birds diving into the water feature off our deck to "cool off and clean". It is a thrilling sight.

THE ROOS HAVE THE GOLF COURSE TO THEMSELVES.
TWO OF THEM ON THE 9th FAIRWAY.


It is now Friday night (Sept 7) and the continuous rain has been here at Coolum since Tuesday afternoon. The area is experiencing its highest August/September rain fall on record. We cancelled our Friday golf and hit the gym instead: it was packed!

After Gym we went to the pro-shop to make some bookings and had the opportunity to look at the waterlogged 18th green. The bunkers were GUR!


The usually busy 18th fairway was empty of golfers and stunningly green.

We just watched The Warriors losing to Parramatta. Losing was bad enough but worse was the Channel 9 coverage. A half hour delayed and the most awful reception; plus many advert breaks in the game. Free to Air TV is not the place for major sport (in our view). It should be live and advert free. We would rather pay to get the game we want than suffer the outdated free to air model. We envy our friends and family back in NZ getting the game live on Sky-We prefer our depression in real time not after the add break!