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Things I Don’t Want to Forget V.1

A little list from out time in Noosa this year:

  • Finding some puzzles at the Op Shop with H. Finishing them, returning them and getting another lot


  • A riot of kookaburras laughing as I ran up the Tanglewood Track. Were they laughing at me or with me? Bonus thing to remember: that riot is the name for a group of kookaburras
  • My 6 year-old niece comforting and helping a little toddler who had lost sight of her mum in the playground
  • Working outdoors, a constant parade of distraction


  • How to get from my favourite long trail near Donnellan Lake to the main road through the housing estate. This is no joke. It’s one of those estates with virtually no straight streets, and I haven’t once made it out without checking Google Maps
  • The perfect path for completing my intervals next to Lake Weyba
  • Reflections on a glassy Lake Weyba, admired during the recovery interval on one of my workouts


  • Drinks at the Sunset Bar


  • The river on a sunny morning. People out walking, kayaking, boating. Sun glinting on the river


  • Lasagne from the Italian deli. It is still just as good
  • Walks along the river at sunset. My photo roll filling with sunset pics


  • Watching a pelican ski along the river before it touches down
  • The rolling hills of the coastal track and the gorgeous scenery keeping my mind off those hills.


  • Summiting the last hill of my longest run and knowing it was all downhil or flat the rest of the way
  • A string of great meals at the local restaurants—Ricky’s, Bang Bang, The Stonebowl, Sails, Izakaya Ate, and Seasons


  • My first in-person blogger meet-up with Kel of Kel Me About It. We had a lovely chat and probably would have continued for hours if not for it being a workday.


  • A 22s PB at the Noosa Parkrun

… and in the interest of keeping it real—I want to forget about the 10 days of migraines in July.

What’s something you don’t want to forget from the last week?


Comments

3 responses to “Things I Don’t Want to Forget V.1”

  1. Your photos have made me want to get back to that end of the coast more often. So many beautiful moments. I’m still determined to find those fairy pools!

    And thanks again for the catch up, it was so much fun! Definitely a highlight of the week for me.

  2. Congrats on the Parkrun PB, Melissa! That’s an EXCELLENT pace!! A 4:2x something, fabulous!
    Which reminds me to ask, are you on Strava?

    Noosa looks like an incredible place – just for those trails alone I would want to be there!

    We had some good social activities last week: eating dinner with our Spanish neighbours (she’s a cook, the gazpacho was incredible!), taking an elderly neighbour for an outing to the mountains and taking my parents for drinks to a restaurant where you had a great view of the lake of Zurich.

  3. How fun to have a blogger meetup! I’m having one this coming week!
    Gosh, I feel like I’ve already forgotten last week. Hmm. What don’t I want to forget that I seem to have already forgotten? What did I even do? Nothing out of the ordinary, I guess, but it was a nice week.

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