Good day today - Friday - left Gloria's at about 9am and headed north. Rain threatening, heavy traffic on the freeway to Brisbane. Only a few spots of rain though. The traffic remained very heavy all day.

Just went boring straight through on the M1, over the Gateway Bridge and on to the Sunshine Coast. Got off the freeway at Eumundi and phoned our old friend Richard who lives there. He has had some bad things happen during the last couple of years and instead of living with his wife and children in a nice house at Noosa, running his big tomato growing company, he is now camped at a friend's place near Caloundra and conducting daily negotiations with banks on How to Start Again. Not too good.

He was too busy to catch up with today, so I headed on to Maryborough where I have checked in to an old-style pub in the middle of town. Maryborough, which we liked so much last time we were here, is still a lovely place. But it is getting busy now, lots of overflow from Hervey Bay. The old Queenslander houses, though, are still a feature. Will try and photograph some later today.

Then tomorrow, will head to Woodgate (just out of Bundaberg). That's it for now - time for a walk and then maybe a relaxing beer...