Being a banana bender has some benefits

I imagine most people south of the border are accustomed to days starting pretty much like this – overcast, bleak, foggy and miserable. I love being a Queenslander, purely for the fact that although some winter days start out like that, the sun soon rises and brings with it a gorgeous day.

Seriously, what’s not to love about most winter days up here? Once you make it through some of the rainy days in June, for the most part is is brilliant blue skies, dazzling sunshine which warms the bones without burning the skin – unlike most other days of the year. People are out running, walking, riding bikes, playing with their dogs.

We headed down to the Gold Coast today and did the unthinkable thing for winter – we sat by the beach and ate a picnic lunch of fish and chips, polished off with a Ginger Beer and a chunky Kit Kat Cookies and Cream – have you tried them? Delicious!

All around us were people in boardshorts and tee shirts – even girls in bikinis and shorty shorts. If not for the occasional person in jeans, jacket and a scarf, I could have been fooled for thinking it was the middle of summer while we were cruising through Burleigh Heads on the way to the beachfront. On days like today, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be.