:lol:
Since I was born well after 1959 (even my old man was born only a short time before it) and given I spent my entire high school life at Kawana High, lots of time down at Buddina, surfing (as anyone does), Wurtulla Beach, Wurtulla West, Bokarina (even if only for a few months in transit), pre-high School at Pacific Paradise - and given the 16 years (a tad more) is still (only just) more than half my life time, I'd say I've spent enough time up there - pre and post Sunshine Motorway - to have a reasonable right to an opinion on the goings on up there.
M grandparents (as are most) still live up there, as does my Aunt, her partner, and her daughter. My missus is an alumni of Maroochydore High. And I have still many friends I've known most my lifetime (one of which I attended the funeral of a few weeks back, having died of cancer at a very young age- at Mount Coolum), and I still keep in contact with.
Seriously, I've known the coast better than most, and I'll never have anyone say "Oh, you're a Bris-vegan stopover" - given it's only been 8 years, since I escaped the glorified pot-house and retirement village. I decided between marijuana induced psychosis of most my former peers, vs a decent job, degree and not consigning myself to the same old same old of most.
My pure point is - (and given my sister in law lives up there) Tewantin is not the same as Caloundra or Kawana.
Can't expect the same rates for couriering stuff at one, than the other.
And if you want to live next to saltwater in great quantity, be prepared to pay for it.
I'd rather a drive down on the other side of the river and pick up my stuff in person.
Goomba