relaxing in Paradise

As I told you before, being a tourist is a job. The biggest job seems to be choosing what you will spend your money on and to whom you are handing it all. This town has the highest proportion of travel arrangers I have ever seen. They all have "Specials" posted on boards outside their shops and all you need is your wits about you to see if this is something you haven't done yet.
Sea rafting, hmmmm, going in an inflatable raft at the speed of light over even small waves is like riding a scrubboard. diving...snorkeling...skydiving.....paragliding...bungy jumping, it goes on and on.
These last few days have been more for relaxing, reading, swimming and drinking great coffee.
We've visited the small sugar processing town of Proserpine, about 26 km inland from this coast. A very interesting history of struggle and hard work in a blazingly hot sun and high rain and humidity.
It's been pretty hot and humid so far, but I am assured that in the summer, it's pretty intolerable.
We move on to Hervey Bay in a couple of days. We will travel by train, but during the night, so in sleeper cars. It will be sad to miss the landscape we will be passing, but I think it is mostly sugar cane. Arriving at the crack of dawn will be interesting, as we have a bus transfer to our hostel, from the train to the coast.
We may go inland on a tour to see some of the outback from there, but have not commited ourselves to anything.
Brisbane will be our stop by the 20th. There is a lot to do in the city and we are looking forward to that. It will be after resting for almost two weeks and our energy will be a lot higher.
We are going to do a sunset walk over the top of the bridge in the harbor. We will travel out to the country for some of the weekend markets. Go whalewatching, as this is their time of year to be in the vicinity.
So, more to come.