Tuesday, March 19th
Ted and Nina woke up really early—the shore birds like to herald the dawn at about 5:15. Ted went for a long walk through the neighborhoods around here.
After eating breakfast, Taylor joined us and we drove to the Currumbin Rock Pools. At least as interesting as the pools was the drive to them, which took us away from the heavily developed coast and up a rural valley. After viewing the pools we continued up the valley to Mount Cougal National Park where we took a short hike. Nina used the time while we were driving to fix a client’s website via her iphone.
After the hike, we drove around Currumbin until Taylor found us a nice sidewalk café to eat lunch in. After lunch we returned to our place, and the three women tried out the rooftop spa.
Many of the restaurants around here are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but Taylor found that the Little Truffle was open. She had met the chef-owner early in her stay in Burleigh Heads and had seen him a few times since, as he is a friend of Aaron, the chef at the Fish House. It is a more formal restaurant than hers, and we enjoyed glamorous-looking food, which we wouldn’t let Nina take pictures of, saying she could find pictures on the web site. Well here are the only three: http://www.littletruffle.com.au/menu/ .