Busy Busy Busy!

It is Friday and I have just returned from my daily bike ride. Tony remains on the "injured" list with a crook foot so I have been riding on my own!

I left for my ride at about 8:20 am and the traffic for a quiet little estate as ours was quite heavy as this snap shows. The traffic is associated with the drop off time at the local school. Next year there will be 1200 students at the school and 75% of these children will come from outside our estate. We only have one access road in and out of Bellvista so the traffic at school busy times is a problem. This is complicated by the roundabout onto Caloundra Road not operating as planned.

Stockland has plans to further develop another 500 homesites on the other side of this roundabout in the picture. The concern is the heavy transport coming in and out of the estate to develop the new land release and the current busy traffic during drop off and pick up school times. We have been pushing for the road in to be duplicated. However the Council is waiting for a traffic usage 'trigger point' to be reached before building the road duplication. This sounds like a project for the Bellvista Community Association.

There was a strong gusty south westerly wind this morning blowing cold dry air across us originating from somewhere down south. Yesterday it only got to about 18 with this cold breeze and today may not be any better. We have a lovely clear sky but a cold wind. You need to find a spot out of the wind and in the sun to enjoy the day!

I just had to post this, it is from today's "Sunshine Coast Daily":

Ugg boots. Check. Mittens. Check. Beanie. Check.

Get your winter woollens ready – tomorrow morning is going to be a teeth-chattering four degrees.

Yesterday, Sunshine Coast residents shivered through the day, with the maximum temperature at Maroochydore climbing to just 17.1C, two degrees higher than the lowest maximum ever recorded for the area in July.

In the morning, the mercury fell to five degrees.

Today the temperature is expected to reach 18C after a morning low of six degrees at 5.30am.

According to a Bureau of Meteorology spokesman, the cold temperatures have been caused by strong, dry south-westerly winds.

“We’ve had an outbreak of south-westerly winds across the south east, bringing cold, dry conditions and causing temperatures to drop,” he said.

“These chilly conditions will continue until Sunday and temperatures next week will be back to average, with daytime temperatures of about 22 and night temperatures of about nine.”

Frosts are expected in the Coast hinterland, which will be colder than coastal areas, but conditions inland will warm by up by Sunday.