Today's drive was a pretty boring one, just following the highway from Caloundra to Coolangatta. A highlight was going over one of the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, a side-by-side pair of road bridges on the Gateway Motorway over the Brisbane River. The original single bridge, name the Gateway Bridge, was opened on 11 January 1986. The duplicate bridge was opened on 16 May 2010. The Queensland Government renamed the Gateway Bridge and its duplicate the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges. Apparently an opinion poll conducted by Brisbane's Channel Nine News, showed 97% of people were against the decision to rename the bridge and most people still call it the Gateway Bridge.

The total length of 1,627 m is divided into a southern approach of 376 m, a northern approach of 731 m and the central span of 520 m. This 260 m span for a free cantilever, concrete box girder bridge was a world record and stood for 15 years.

Approaching our home for the next seven nights, the Kirra Beach Tourist Park right next to Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, we went through a road tunnel. Over the top of this 334 m tunnel is an extension to the Gold Coast Airport runway. We can see planes taking off from the Airport out of the back window of the van. And of course hear them, so we hope there will be a reasonable curfew time!

After setting up on Site 33 we drove to the nearby Tweed Mall for some lunch and to do some grocery shopping to restock the fridge and pantry. 

Dinner tonight was the prawn and scallop curry pies we'd bought at the Caloundra Seafood Market. They were tasty, but we still reckon the seafood pies in Port Lincoln are better. Dessert was a piece of Lucinda's orange slice with banana and custard. A cup of tea with a biscuit finished dinner nicely.