Hole 6, par 3, with MT.Coolum in the background.
Living in Paradise is what we have here on the Sunshine Coast. People here complain when it rains for a day or two in winter and gets cold at night. But for us Kiwis 20 degrees and sunny is pretty good for the worst of winter.
Spring arrived today with 22 degrees and BEAUTIFUL. We have played a lot of golf, kept the pounds at bay in the Hyatt gym and travelled to other beautiful Sunshine Coast locations, like Fraser and Bribie Islands.
Put to shame by the Fillarys who climbed MT. Coolum within days of their visit starting, I finally made the effort. Whilst JT pounded it out at the gym I spent a wonderful hour or two getting to the top of our local hill. A hard climb but the view was well worth the effort.
As you can see from the above picture Mt. Coolum is imposing. This particular hole (Number 6) is one of my favourites on our fantastic Hyatt Coolum course and it was where I got my first HOLE IN 1 last week.
We lose this wonderful hole next year as the lust for beach side housing sees our front nine moved away from the beach and replaced by homes. Below on the left is our number 6 and as you can see on the right the housing building has begun. This hole will be all housing this time in next year. BUGGER!
Below splendid views of our course taken on my MT.Coolum climb.
We had our club champs last week and I declined to embarrass myself, so I caddied for JT who got 2nd in her division; despite the caddy.
We are off to Auckland for three weeks this Monday and will then return to paradise until December.
On our recent visit to Fraser Island we had a lunch at the Hervey Bay marina before taking the ferry trip to Fraser. Can you spot the boat with a Kiwi Siver Fern Flag?
