Rainbow Beach Awakes

There is a taste of something new in the air. After months of quiet and stillness the residents of Rainbow Beach are stirring, whispers spread wings and flutter from mouth to mouth. Excitement unfurls like the bunting being hung from the shops and houses along the beach-front.

“They are returning!”

Windows are washed, doorsteps swept. In the evenings music is heard in the cafes and the tantalising aroma of delicious carnival food fills the air.

The visitors are returning and the town is showing her colour and warmth again.

 

 

Down at the wharf crates are being unloaded from boats. Crates full of bottles with a strange green liquid are stacked ready to be carted to the nearest hotel. 

“Now we’re in for some fun,” murmurs one deckhand to another, ” Guess who’s back in town?”