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COOLUM BEACH – SUN, SURF AND MERMAIDS

October 25, 2011 By Jan Robinson 2 Comments

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Loving the waves at Coolum Beach

Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, is home for us.  The Great Barrier Reef runs the length of Queensland, from the northern most tip to down around the Town of 1770, a distance of 2000 km.

At home we get to experience one of the great wonders of the world – exploring coral cays, coral bommies, reef fish, turtles, whales, sharks, coconut palms and tropical islands,  but there is one thing we definitely do not have – surf.

Now, I am not complaining one little bit about this tropical dilemma, but while holidaying at Coolum Beach, some 280 km south of Town of 1770, it has come to my attention that things are a little different down here.

I love body surfing – fighting my way through the waves,  the rush of adrenalin riding it in, and then staggering from the surf, laughing my head off.
It sure is fun not having a reef stealing all your waves!

Mermaid on the rocks at Coolum Beach

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Jan Robinson writes about travel on her Budget Travel Talk blog. A solo traveller in her teens, for the last 40 years Jan has travelled through Australia, Asia, Europe, Turkey and New Zealand with her husband. They specialise in road trips, caravanning and Independent travel without spending a fortune. Her favourite destination is Turkey and she is currently dreaming of Myanmar and Mexico.

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  1. Matthew

    October 26, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Now those are a nice pair of fins!

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    • admin

      October 26, 2011 at 7:38 pm

      Yes, not what mermaids usually wear I admit!

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