Eumundi and Coolum.

So......after I signed off last night......Will was preparing tea and got out the Coriander and was just about to chop it up when a big grasshopper thing crawled out of it....He said it was a 'Weta'.....he still chopped up the coriander and added it to the pasta afterwards....how Australian.The Inconsiderate Darby and Joan played their 'club' music until 9.30 when it finally went off.....and then the snoring started nearby. Despite all this the next thing I knew it was 4.30 and I was cold so crawled under my sleeping bag and then it was 7. 30 and time to get up.....children were already wailing.We had breakfast and headed out fairly early to The Eumundi Markets. They were amazing.....I think they are the best markets I have been to so far. We paid to much attention to one stall and got the hard sell spiel.....silicone rubber toppers for bowls and cups that don't leak and you can even put them over the end of a cut onion to keep it fresh. She went on to tell us about two other amazing things that I don't know how we have lived without before we got to the price. We could have the lot for $75.I said "I feel like I've been on Dragon's Den."It went over her head. The same programme is called ' Shark Tank' here.I wanted to say "I'll make you an offer. I'll give you all the money but I want 75% of the company and an extra set of onion covers."........but didn't.We didn't buy anything except some Tibetan Momos for lunch which were quite delicious.After the market we headed to Coolum to climb Mt Coolum. I wondered at the sanity of it as we set off in the heat of the midday sun. It was a steep climb but the path up was beautifully done and must have taken ages to create. Mt Coolum is left over from an ancient volcano.....it felt like the lava was just beneath the rocks the way they radiated the heat.We got to the top and were soon joined by three Japanese people...two women one man. The man was playing music on his phone.....he stood on a cliff edge for a photo op and I was so tempted to push him off.I am turning into 'Victor Meldrew!'On our way down we came across a man sat on the stone steps."I'm feeling a bit dizzy," he said. I must say he did look like he ate a lot of pies but part of me was pleased with myself because he only looked about 30......and I had made it to the top." You do look pale," I said.Will offered him some licorice bullets and some of my vimto!.......but he declined. He said he would head back down soon.We carried on going down." That might be a life changing moment," I said, "he might become super fit.""Or he might say 'Sod it!' and never do exercise again and stick to eating pies," said Will.A man ran past heading up.....he looked like he had been basted ready for cooking he was glistening that much. He was soon followed by a young Asian boy bursting with muscles and just as basted.We stood aside to let them past and carried on down. Soon the Asian boy was behind us coming down again."It's hot!, he said." Well, you are the one running up the hill," I said."It's the best workout," he said. " I do it a couple of times a day.""You are going to run up again?" I asked turning as pale as a 30 year old dizzy pie eater."Yep,  few more times."He was obviously mental. We left him doing push ups on a rock.Once down we drove to Coolum Beach and went for a dip. A sign warned of jellyfish.....but we didn't see any.We had an ice cream and then drove back to Boreen Point picking some stuff up including mosquito coils on the way.Will blew up 'Lemony Snicket', his yellow Iilo. We went out for a dip in the lake.Unfortunately 'Lemony Snicket' came back deflated. Will blamed it on a shark. Still we have mine left...."Soylent Green."It is now dark...we have had tea.....with more 'Weta' coriander.....but the mosquito coils seem to be working.There is much chatter all around and crickets calling but no noise from Inconsiderate Darby and Joan."Would it be mean of me to hope that they died in the night?"