I visited the Sunshine Coast 30 years ago with my very good friend Olaug at a similar time of year. We drove from Rockhampton (having visited Great Keppel Island) to Brisbane which probably took about 5 days with stops. We got to Noosa and stayed in a hostel and I remember that we were very put out as it rained! Not something we were prepared for. Anyway we had done quite a lot of riding near London so decided that it would be a fun thing to do. The stables was called Clip Clop and we went on an amazing 2 hour ride on horses that weren’t shod – I was very surprised as I thought that all horses had to be shod as I had never seen this before in Norway or England. We rode through Lake Weyba and I have a wonderful photo of us looking like we were riding on water.
Anyway 30 years later I suggested to Peggy that we might do this again and although Clip Clop no longer existed there was a new place called Noosa Horse Riding which were doing very similar rides so we signed up. It was a wonderful ride in glorious sunshine and we rode through the lake in the same way that I had done 30 years before. The horses were beautifully well kept and were not shod either. Mine was called Ken and was a previous trotter so had a looong stride when we trotted through the forest although he didn’t like water so was not happy when we had to do that.
It’s quite a strange thing to recreate your holiday after 30 years. It’s not something I thought I would ever do. It brings back all kinds of memories of the trip. It was only the 2nd time that I went on a long haul holiday. I don’t count the 4 years I spent in the US. The best thing about it is that Olaug and I are still close friends after so many years!
Here are some photos from 2018:
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