Falling in love with Noosa!

Oooh Noosa, how I love thee!

I left Cairns early Monday morning and flew into Brisbane where I took the bus to the surf town of Noosa...

I heart Noosa..

Day 1- Arrived in Noosa and walked around and around to get the lay of the land and get my

photographic memory on but really Noosa isn't THAT big so no real way of getting lost unless if you're driving of course... in the small town of Noosa... 102 round abouts! Wanting to save the beach for another day, I decided to do the coastal hike that's part of the Noosa National Park and it did not disappoint! Hastings Street which is the main strip of Noosa Heads makes for a great people watching spot.. and turkey spotting for that matter! They have wild turkeys running around like San Francisco has pigeons! It's very strange to me!

Day 2- Trail run early in the morning along the coast that I hiked yesterday! And then it was Sunshine Beach.. here I come! Took the bus there and what a beach... long stretch of sand.. a little windy but a nice counter to the sunny warm temps! After a few hours at the beach, I hopped on the city bus,

shared my Memtos with the bus driver as I stayed on the bus line from beginning to end to get a "tour"of Noosaville, Noosa Junction and it's surroundings.

Day 3- Fraser Island.. not to be missed! I hopped on a tour with 16 other folks for a full day at Fraser Island... it was by far one of the coolest places I've been to! I will no longer wonder what it feels like toride in a Jurassic Park like 4WD through the sand roads as I was on one for about 10 hours! Photos will be posted when I get home but none of it would really do it justice! So many highlights on Fraser Island.. from Mc Kenzie Lake to driving along the 75 mile beach and having a military jet fly right above us.. maybe 50 feet above...yes very close! Another highlight of this day were two girls, Allie and Georgia..8 years and 7 years old from Canberra. They embodied what it was like to be innocent, fearless kids! They were so much fun to talk to and play with..nothing like having two kids on the tour who don't have a mouth filter :-)! They were both a crack up!

Day 4- Another trail run this morning.. same route and then 5 hours of relaxing at the beach with my book! I think I managed to get rid of my bike shorts tan line..? I leave tomorrow morning for Melbourne but Noosa.. how I would love to stay!

So last year while traveling, I was in Krabi, Thailand and the anti-government protestors shut down the Bangkok airport so I was making calls to try to get a flight out of Phuket instead.. also the Mumbai bombing attacks occured. This year.. the big world news is Tiger Woods.. I am neither a fan or not a fan of Tiger but WTF Tiger?!

Anyway..here's something funny as I was people watching at the beach today..

Teen girl: Stop trying to hold my hand!

Teen boy: I wasn't trying to hold your hand.. your hand just swung in my direction!

Teen girl: If you were trying to hold my hand.. just say so.. you were trying to hold my hand!

Teen boy: I was not trying to hold your hand...

Oh teenage love! Ha ha.