This New Year’s Eve we decided to get away from all the hustle and bustle. We picked up our friends Nat and Mike from Caloundra and drove into the sun to find a camping ground. We made our way to Boreen Point which has bushland camping on the shore of the largest lake on the Noosa River – Lake Cootharaba. We stayed at Elanda Point camp grounds which is lovely and shady and has its own resident kangaroos. The campsite has great amenities, but my big complaint is that in spite of their location in a beautiful natural area they do not recycle. At times like Christmas and NYE tonnes of waste are created and sadly, it was all sent to landfill.

The weather was absolutely scorching and unfortunately there was no relief to be found in shallow lake Cootharaba, which felt like a hot bath.A cold shower soothed initially but we decided that the beach would be a better place to cool off. We spent an entire day by the Noosa River which is gorgeous clear blue with a soft sandy bottom, and the water temperature was divine. We did some great camp cooking using the gas stove to make camarones verdes (shrimp in salsa verde)  and some juicy steaks. Who says you need to have beans on toast! We welcomed in 2009 under the stars with a few glasses of bubbly and nice red wine.

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