It was a loud night – almost constant rain. And it was heavy. I reckon I woke up a couple of times every hour. We got up a bit before 8, got dressed, and drove the 5 minutes back to Beerwah for breakfast. We found a cafe that was quite nice. I had a benny with salmon, on hash browns, which was great! I also had a hot macha latte.

We returned to the hotel to do teeth, have a shower and a cup of tea, and plan our day a bit. We hit the road about 11.00, with a very loose plan. We didn’t get very far before making our first photo stop…

We then drove for about 25 minutes for the next stop – according to one page I read, there was supposed to be a big kookaburra at Mons. But we couldn’t find anything there, so continued on to the Big Pineapple instead.

Back on the road, we drove through the Hinterland, stopping to enjoy the scenery where we could.

We had a great lunch at The Barn on Flaxton. Just something small, but it was all we wanted. I had a breakfast quiche (basically egg and bacon pie), and Kaoru had a mini burger. The hot chocolate and coffee with that filled us nicely. The place ran really well, considering the number of people there. Plenty of staff, and all so friendly. Then back on the road, and after another 20 minutes or so of driving, we found our next stop…

We decided on a small tasting platter, but it was too big! So we ended up asking for a takeaway container and took it home with us. Luckily since the weather was so cool, it was all fine! We continued and drove through the town of Maleny, enjoying the scenery around. We turned around and headed back to the hotel, making a turn off to Gardeners Falls. From the carpark it was just a 5 minute stroll to the small falls, which were pretty.

One other scenic stop on the way, where we were able to get a fairly nice view,

and then we finally got back to the motel about 4.30. We enjoyed some cheese and a bit of relax time, before going out to dinner. Despite all the rain today, we have actually been quite lucky. The worst downpours were when we were in the restaurant eating lunch, just after we got in to the car at the big pineapple, and a bit after we got back from driving (before going to dinner). So we haven’t been outside in it at all.

We drove the opposite direction for dinner, and went near the “Glasshouse Mountains Station”, to “Club Glasshouse”. It was the bowls club. A CC and dry for me, and champagne for Kaoru, and a simple counter meal – I had the carbonara, and Kaoru had a curry. $5 off each meal for members (and I’m not sure the savings for drinks), and membership was $5.50. I couldn’t be bothered with it, as I had already paid for the drinks before seeing what the saving was.

After dinner we went back to the hotel and watched a few more episodes of Rikuou. We were too full (probably from all the cheese before dinner) to eat the mousse we had bought – so that will be tomorrow nights dessert.