That time of year

It's that time of year when the summer heat has gone, but the sunshine's still here. Temperatures are ranging from mid-teens overnight to mid-twenties by day. That's pretty well perfect. 

And most of the tourists have gone home!

 

Here's what it looked like on Mooloolaba Beach today.

Pincushion Island

 

I went to explore Pincushion Island this morning. It's the pincushion-shaped lump at the mouth of the Maroochy River.

The river used to flow out to sea to its north, but a few years ago it all got rearranged, and now the river flows to the south, and you can usually walk across the sand from the northern dog beach, accessed via Mudjimba.

 

 

Don't know why so many of the area's very best beaches are dog beaches. But they are. Dogs can usually make do with any old beach. They're only interested in each other after all. I was the only person out there today without a dog. It was a bit like being on a nude beach and not being nude!