Hazy pale blue emerges through layers of cloud. The sounds of the traffic builds as people go about their Saturday busy-ness. The area surrounding the pool looks invitingly clean after a heavy downpour. The orange-red blooms of the poinciana tree to the right of our suite reminds us Christmas is a tad over three weeks away.

My husband levels the pictures in the living, dining, kitchen; it is not yet seven a.m. We are on holiday in Noosaville for the third time this year. Preferring familiarity in these uncertain times, we are staying in the same apartment as when we were here for my birthday in October.

I’m looking forward to stretching and exercising away the tightness in my weary bones and muscles in the cleansing water and maybe some time for bubbles in the jacuzzi.

Our only commitments today are pre-dinner drinks at Apero followed by dinner at my favourite pizza place, 250 Grammi food and wine bar. We have an umbrella if more rain threatens, all set for the first full day en vacances.

At this moment, life feels good.