Father and son day out at the coast

A week in the planning we were to wake early primed and ready for a great time together the old man and the boy. I was just looking forward to spending some quality time with my son as this is a bit of a rare thing these days .You know how it is as they grow older the old man that was extremely suddenly becomes less and less cool, hehehehe. But i digress in my constant rambling, the truth is that we both slept in and the great early start that we planned went the the way of the dinosaur , it died a slow and painful death. We finally hit the road at about 10 o'clock as i looked across at my son i knew he was thinking the same as i was "we should be there by now." But we are not so onward we press we hit the highway and it is not long before we are reminded as to why we planned the early start in the first place, as the traffic slows down to a crawl and we inch along i am wondering what the poor people are doing on this lovely day, not sitting in a long line of traffic I'll bet.

A rare site the boy is finished grazing and emerges from his cave.

We hit the highway

My anguish is relieved as progressively the traffic begins to speed up and the further we get from Brisbane the faster it gets i look across at my son and with a knowing look we agree that life does not get any sweeter than this 2 mates on the road the wolverines on the stereo does it get any better i ask. The miles roll away like the many trees planted on the median strip past homes factories and amusement parks ever onward we roll.

The trees roll away,

Dreamworld amusement park,

Destination in site,

As the giant buildings begin to loom large on the horizon it fills one with a sense of wonderment at the capabilities of man kind these giant monoliths of our modern era prodding the sky as if to defy the gods. As the destination is in site our minds start to play on other things i of course being a man think immediately of my stomach and what i can fill it with, my boy on the other hand is very slyly checking out the young ladies in there tiny bikinis when he thinks the old man is not looking " does he really think i am that naive i laugh to myself and drive on. We cruise down tedder avenue all the while the boy is checking out the young ladies and i am looking for a feed.

Thai restaurant on tedder avenue southport.



The proliferation of Asian restaurants on the coast highlights the Australian fascination with most things Asian. Any way i digress once again, we cruise along the beach road as far as surfers paradise till we make our way back onto the highway and set a course for one of the southern beaches Burliegh heads sounds nice.


Along the beach road

Being a male of the species my sons attention soon turns from the girls to his stomach and what he can fill it with so we head for the town centre at Burleigh and make our way to the Burliegh heads bowls club as clubs in Australia are known as places to eat where you can get a good meal at a fair price away from the tourist oriented restaurants that are very expensive. Now if you are looking for a good feed in Burleigh heads i can thoroughly recommend that you not eat at the Burleigh heads bowls club. We ordered up a couple of steak sandwiches and as Lester took a seat i found the bar and ordered some refreshments. I arrived back at the table to find that our meals had just arrived and my son sharing my quick wit took one look at his steak sandwich and was heard to remark i thought i heard singing in the kitchen they were holding a memorial service for the steaks that they have cremated. Having left somewhat unfulfilled we made our way to the gelati bar and filled up on Italian style ice cream.

Onward to the beach as the surf was calling, after finding a place not far from the beach to park the car we made our way down onto the sand to feel the sand beneath your feet and the wind in your face and salt air in your lungs is there anything else on the face of this earth that can make a man feel so alive and young again.

The bear and his cub at play

Looking back to the Burleigh headlands


The waves roll in

After playing a while on the beach we decided to hit the surf even though it was a little overcast and cold once in the water was wonderful and the waves out the back were rolling in at about 4 to 5 feet and were quite rough i know this as i was trashed by this wave and as it struck from behind i lost my bandanna gone with the tide i guess.

Lamenting no mourning the loss of my bandanna,

After a few hours on the beach we decided that we have had enough of a good thing and started to make our way home stopping once only and where else would you stop but at the yatala pie shop home of arguably the best meat pie in Australia once again thinking of our stomachs. All fed we head for home and a warm shower and to put our feet up and laugh about the day.

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