At least it's not raining. But it appears I've brought the typical English weather. We passed through live Wimbledon tennis coverage on the TV last night, bright sunshine. D'oh, typical!

We had a visitor this morning ... a 1½ year old called Regan. We actually met him on Sunday, but I was too tired to appreciate it! Lisa often babysits him - she's talked about him lots before!!

We hung around home for a bit, watching kids TV, discovered an English cartoon I'd never heard of (The Snailburys). We left just before lunchtime, drove through Nambour (which Lisa isn't really that keen on as a place) and to a place called Yandina. We had lunch in a pub in Yandina with an old friend of the family (Maxine) and a few of the people she knows. She runs a Bowen Therapy clinic. Anyway, it was a damn fine lunch (a roast chicken special); every Tuesday they do a cheap roast special which is apparently always fab! This was good - real food - relatively cheap ($5.90), and no coleslaw!!! :p Had a glass of Aussie beer too, "VB", reminded me of something but can't think what.

After lunch Lisa had a session of Bowen Therapy. I was going to have a wander around Yandina, but I got invited in to take part in a session and wasn't in a position to refuse.

Bowen is a form of light massage, created on the Aussie Rules field to counteract sports injuries. It was pretty interesting - I spent the first half of the session on my back and the second half on my front - every couple of minutes a bit of me would be rubbed in a specific manner. It seems to be as much spiritual as physical. The masseur (Maxine) suggested that I have some stress in my life, noted that I had a slight problem in my lower back (which I think I always have done) as I tend to lean forward when I walk and again I always have done, also she wondered if I'd ever had a kind of whiplash injury (which to my knowledge I haven't but I could always check that up!).

Felt a tad thirsty during it - apparently this is actually one of the aspects of Bowen Therapy. Upon stepping off the table I felt weirdly straighter than I have done for a while. Eerie; it seemed to work then! Lisa gets Bowen Therapy once a week; seems to work for her!

After leaving Yandina, we headed over the countryside to Coolum Beach, a small seaside resort that probably wouldn't look too much out of place on England's east coast. We drove down the coast, past Mount Coolum which looked quite strange being a large mound of rock in otherwise flat countryside, through Marcoola to the town of Mudjimba, which is actually where Jayden lives. We stopped for a bit and went onto the beach, there weren't too many people there (mid-winter, remember! LOL) but it was pretty nice. I did get my shoes wet - standing at the very water's edge, a small wave come up behind me when I wasn't expecting it! But now I can say I've been in the Pacific Ocean!!

The Pacific Ocean at Mudjimba. Yes I know that island is nearer than Chile!

From the beach we went south, past the Novotel Twin Waters Resort (very posh - where the Queen stayed once), and went into the town of Maroochydore again. We stopped off in the Big Top Shopping Centre and had a spot of food (chips with gravy, a couple of yeast donuts, and a spearmint milkshake). They have all kinds of flavours of milkshake there, including lime, and "blue heaven" (and no, I've no idea what that was!). It's good to actually come across someone like Lisa who enjoys food as much as I do, despite the fact she ate all the gravy!!

Came back home, by which time it was dark. Me and Lisa flaked out on the bed for a while (don't worry, nothing happened between us!) and chatted about everything and nothing for a bit. Had an evening meal (steak and veg) then vegged out in front of the TV for a couple of hours before going to bed quite early. Was tired!!