Up to Queensland and back

We went on an adventure! Drove up to the Sunshine Coast for my husband's niece's wedding and to catch up with his family who we haven't seen for nearly three years. It was just lovely - the wedding was beautiful and it was so nice to catch up with people in person finally. Here are my husband and I in our wedding finery. My shoes did have heels, they are just sinking into the grass. The wedding ceremony was up in the hills behind the coast, gorgeous setting, very green.

I'm not sure how much of other people's weddings is polite to share, but this is the photo the wedding photographer put on Instagram and yes, the bride was very beautiful. Everyone was staying close to each other and the reception, so there were associated lunches and dinners and even just hanging out for a coffee was a real treat after so long away. The little cousins are now big cousins!

Number one went up with us but number two couldn't skip classes so soon after starting and stayed in Melbourne. We drove up and back - which was perhaps too adventurous - but it was essential to have a car up there so worked out well in the end. It's about 1300 km and we went up in one day (took 17 hours, but we did stop a lot) and came back over two days with a compulsory stop in a dodgy motel in a small town. 

I'll post some more photos another day of the area where we stayed, because it was hilarious, but here is a photo of Mudjimba beach near where we were. We didn't swim in the end because there was so much going on but the Sunshine Coast is extremely beautiful....