Noosa

We wanted to arrive at Noosa as early as possible as we were only able to stay one night before heading on down to Brisbane. We met a chap at the hostel in Airlie Beach who said Noosa was well worth a visit and had some lovely scenery- and he wasn't wrong. Turns out it was one of the best last minute decisions we have made! We dumped our bads at the 'Noosa Backpackers Hostel', and then hopped straight back onto the courtesy bus upto the main beach and centre. We took a walk through the stunning Noosa National Park - a 4km long peninsula stretching out into the Pacific, hiding beautiful coves and bays and offering some stunning viewpoints back towards the town. The forest walk was also a great opportunity to spot yet more wildlife...this time we spotted a kookaburra, lots of wild turkeys and exotic birds and a massive monitor lizard strolled across our path too!

Aside from the stunning scenery, Noosa is a world renowned for its Surf. This is probably the first place we have been where we have seen typical Aussie Surf 'dudes' strolling about with their boards trying to catch the next big wave. When they do, it is qute an impressive sight! The town is a really classy resort, with flashy apartments on the sea front and trendy designer shops on the high street - by far the most salubrious place we have visited so far. We sat on the georgeous white beach as the sun went down over the ocean. We both agreed if we come back to Australia, this would be somewhere we would return to and definitely for longer then we could afford this time around.

Somewhat regretfully, we left for Brisbane on Wednesday, but with plenty more to look forward to...