10/29/2005 - Day 6: Redcliffe to Noosa

A short ride to a beautiful breakfast stop at Sutton’s beach. An "Australian Story" camera crew and reporters met us there. It’s a national newsmagazine show – similar to our 60 Minutes – that is doing a 30 minute documentary about the ride for airing early next year. They joined us a few days ago and will be here and there filming for the rest of the ride. Great publicity for Amazon Heart!!

We finally got to see kangaroos and koala at our next stop – Australia Zoo. It was wickedly hot and we sure were wishing we weren’t in full leathers! They made special announcement about us during one of the shows. The announcer introduced Greta and I and we got a chance to speak for a few minutes to the crowd about Amazon Heart and the event.

The afternoon included a spectacular ride over Mt. Mee and through a number of national parks. Beautiful twisties and forests. This was my kind of day - the heat doesn't even bother you when you're moving - and the scenery was just breathtaking!

Noosa was another gorgeous beach town and yet another hostile! We were all so hot and tired from our day, and still had one more group of survivors to meet and talk to before we could find our rooms and showers! Only 4 to a room that night – luxury! A nice dinner in the garden of the hostel and lots of time for visiting, wine and stories. Would have liked to have seen more of that town though. That’s one worth going back for. Gorgeous beach and shops.