Tastings on Hastings

This year, for the first time we decided to purchase tickets for what used to be called the Noosa Long Lunch. It is as $85 for a four course meal and five (yes, 5!) drinks. We chose Seasons, because their meals seemed to be the most expensive from our internet research, and they had very good reviews.

 
Once everyone was seated, and with a glass of bubbly in hand, we watched the parade along Hastings Street, the start of the jazz festival. It felt like we were part of the parade, as the tables were right out in the street.

We were sitting with a couple from Maryborough, so I told them I had a photo of me with the Mary Poppins statue, three women from Sydney, and three locals. Two of the locals managed apartments, and the third now runs the Noosa River and Canal cruises with her partner.


The lunch was lovely, and we were surprised to have our glasses filled with very generous portions of wine. There was a jazz band playing just along from us, although a little bit spoiled by a busker singing anything but jazz closer to us, which seemed a bit bazaar. The hoop girl was good though.


Afterwards we spent some time at Roccocco listening to Jan Preston, a kiwi jazz singer based in Sydney who is a regular at the festival. Graham found some locals to chat up.


We caught the bus back to our apartment for a BBQ and a nightcap watching the birds and the boats on the river.


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