Plans and pumps

Wednesday
I have been helping Carol set up some things on the net such as Skype and also signed her up for RSVP. We took some photos for that in the morning. She felt the ones I took at Noosa weren’t what she wanted as she didn’t have any make up on. We settled on one and got her profile up be fore we left for Caboulda. She was confused about the Internet and mobile plan she’d signed up for and why her bill was more than the previous month.
We got to the Optus shop where she signed up and they explained what was happening. The item on the bill for handset was in fact for the modem. She had a mobile plan as well but that was a loophole whereby signing up for a $5 plan got you $10 off the Internet. She gets $5 worth of calls as well but after that its pretty expensive, so it’s not a replacement for her current phone. No better off, but at least understanding the situation, we headed into town and had some lunch at a café there. We had a brief stroll around the main drag where Carol bought a headset for use with Skype and then drove to the beach.
The tide was well out exposing the rocks and some sandbars. There was a boardwalk around the headland so I walked part way round before returning.
Our last stop there was at Bunnings where she tried to exchange a pump some else bought for her for her pool. It didn’t have the connections for her filters. Turns out none of the ones there did but at least she got a refund.

Once back in Maleny we headed to the Baroon dam that I’d seen fr5om the Montville road several times. There are 2 roads into it, the other being on the far side of Montville. There is a boat ramp at the Maleny road as well as a picnic area and playground. There were also signs indicating swimming was banned due to Blue-green algae.

Another stop at the shops for a chicken for dinner and then another night of TV. Carol had received her first kiss on RSVP so maybe that will lead to something for her. It started to rain that evening with thunder and lightning and this continued on and off through the night.

I was awake for part of the night, reading a book when I couldn’t get back to sleep. Eventually I dropped off and it was 9:15 when I woke. I basically just had time to shower, have breakfast and pack and then we were off. We were in time for the 11:09 bus from Landsborough. This took me to a train in Caboolture with a further change to the airport train. That connection was only 2 minutes but that was enough. I checked in at the business class counter, making first use of my newly acquired Silver status on Qantas. Unfortunately that doesn’t get you into the lounge so I’m typing this up at a table in the food court, unsure of when I’ll actually get on the net next. (Goolwa Public Library on Friday)