The Hinterland

Saturday

We've hired a car for three days so this morning we headed out of Noosa and up into the sunshine coast hinterland to visit the markets at Eumundi.

The markets turn out to be brilliant - probably the best markets I've ever seen, though Ella didn't agree and spent quite a lot of her time having tantrums because she needed to go to sleep. Then she did fall asleep and calm was restored and we got on with the important business of shopping, though the market closes at half one, a rule imposed by husbands to make sure their wives don't spend too much money.

Afterwards we drove into the Blackhall range of mountains and through the villages of Mapleton and Montville to Maleny. At Montville we stopped for a pint at an English pub, though 19,000 kms from London the beer doesn't taste quite the same (apparently). Still, the concept of selecting a cut of meat and barbequing it yourself in the beer garden is one we'd do well to adopt in Britain, if only it would stop raining for long enough.