Maroochydore, Australia Travel Blogs

White Sands and Speedos
Oct 22, 2005 (8 photos)

... friend Christina put it, a vacation from a vacation. So of we went with Julie, the mum in the house I'm living in, to Maroochydore. It took me and Christina about eleven tries to get the name right. I think it sounds like some sort of weird squawking ...

Coochy Coochy Moochy
Dec 8, 2008 (7 photos)

Not much happening today. We had a walk around town and to the beach before heading off to Michael and Desley's. These are the couple we met in Vietnam. Can't believe that's 3 months ago already! They live in a small town called Maroochy River about ...

Taming wind and wave
Mar 13, 2009 (17 photos)

... . on tuesday (the second day we experienced TC Hamish) i had to work down at the cafe in cotton tree, maroochydore, so i had thought to bring my camera in hopes of capturing the conditions at the nearby cotton tree ...

Maroochydore and Mooloolaba
Jul 24, 2009 (100 photos)

The life in Maroochydore is very relax. The people here are starting the work after having jogged round 9:00 am and leave round 5:00 to go surfing for the men or taking the baby out alongside the beach for the women ... hard life ... The bay is pretty ...

Maroochydore
May 4, 2008 (8 photos)

Maroochydore The drive from Hervey Bay to Maroochydore was scenic and busy. I stopped in at Noosa, although couldn't get a car park anywhere near the beach or the main shopping district. It was Sunday and it seemed the entire city was out and about. The ...

Farewell Aus
Jun 11, 2007

There hasn't been any blog updates for over a month because basically nothing has been happening. We have really struggled to sell the van and we had it advertised for over 5 weeks. In the end it did go to a bloke from New Zealand and we got quite a ...

Maroochydore
Jul 11, 2007 (25 photos)

Moving on from Fraser Island I stopped off for one night in Maroochydore near Brisbane to visit some relatives. I also visited some other relatives on the outskirts of Brisbane for one night. On the way into Brisbane I also stopped off at Australia Zoo. ...

Just Maroochying around
Nov 19, 2006 (14 photos)

... We have hired a car and traveled quite a bit around the local area, mainly looking for a van. They are quite scarce around Maroochydore but we think we have found a suitable one near Brisbane. More to follow in a later entry. Yesterday we saw our first ...

Going Down the Coast
Aug 21, 2007

Today we are in Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. It is about 4 hours from Brisbane from here and we are going to stay a couple of nights. We have started to call this the Not So Sunshine Coast as it has been really quite fowl the last ...

Maroochydore and my birthday!!
Dec 16, 2007 (4 photos)

... and Happy Birthday being sung down the phone by my parents as I stood in a service station halfway through the journey!! On arriving in Maroochydore, we had to walk to the hostel, which was not easy due to lack of sleep and food, but we made it in one ...

The Ashes ! We got some tickets.....
Nov 17, 2006 (1 photos)

Just a quick update to say we have managed to get some tickets for Australia v England next Friday at Woolloongabba, Brisbane for the Ashes. Should be pretty cool. Just got to sort out how we are gonna get there now???

Parting friends
Nov 2, 2006

... with some zzzzs, with an early night and I left the next day, with a flight to catch in 2 days. Gem and I were both a bit nervous, having been living in each other's pockets for the last 4 months, but we parted in Maroochydore and i was off on my own....

A short time in Oz
Dec 13, 2004 (2 photos)

... back in the warmth again, Although the weather in New Zealand wasn't bad it was sometimes a bit chilly. I then flew up to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast for the weekend. At first it seemed a really bad name for the place as it was raining heavily ...

Maroochydore
Feb 22, 2007

Overnight stop. RAIN. It's kind of like an Eastbourne for surfers...

Christmas
Dec 25, 2006

... to Val, the boys and the backpackers.  More than a few tears shed I can admit!  If I could stay anywhere, Maroochydore would be a fine place to stay!(i'm I keep saying that!) But onwards and homewards.  Next stop Darwin for NYE.  ?? ...

Heading South
Aug 10, 2009

We have just spent 5 nights at Maroochydore, in one of the good caravan parks in Queensland. It has all the facilities that we like and even those extra touches (sorry only our fellow caravaners will know what I mean). It has been perfect weather about 24 ...

The Sunshine Coast - Paradise on Earth
Aug 25, 2007 (34 photos)

Just an hour's drive to the north of Brisbane and you hit one of the sunniest parts of the world called the 'Sunshine Coast'.  Up there you will find an interconnection of beaches that run along the shoreline - typically, it's a veritable surfers ...

Octobre - Noosa, Maroochydore, Coolum
Nov 1, 2008 (35 photos)

... avons decider de sortir un peu de Noosa pour decourvrir une autre partie de la Sunshine Coast. Nous sommes alles passer un 2 jours a Maroochydore (40 km au sud de Noosa). Karl a pu essayer de nouvelles vagues alors que de mon cote je suis  ...

Just like home
Feb 7, 2006 (2 photos)

The place we have been looking forward to the most! Our family's long time friend, Valerie, opened a hostel here about a year ago. She runs it with her son Alex - who I haven't seen for many years. It was so great to see them - just like family! Their ...

australia zoo
Jun 2, 2008

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Maroochydore
Jul 10, 2009 (30 photos)

... to Ettamogah Pub for chips and drinks.Marc and I even spent a few dollars and won some chocolates. On the last day we left Maroochydore and headed to Tin Can Bay.On the way there we went to the BIG Pineapple and the BIG Macadamia.There wasn't much to see ...

Left Hong Kong, Now Down Under...
Nov 15, 2006 (10 photos)

On Friday in Hong Kong we went to Disney Land which was cool although the one rollercoaster didn't keep us entertained very long. We then went to Aberdeen and took a ride on a Sampan! That was brilliant and only 4 quid each. We left Hong Kong on ...

Our last full day in Maroochydore
Nov 25, 2006 (3 photos)

Last night (Friday) we spent most of the evening at a 24 hour car wash cleaning the Van. We should have them back in the UK. It is a big floodlit under cover place with hoovers and jet washes. It was great that we could do stuff when it was dark. Even ...

Australia Zoo
Nov 23, 2006 (15 photos)

... in the photo album section on this entry. We have put a deposit on a Ford Econovan Maxi that will, fingers crossed, take us around Australia. We decided to go with a dealer so we have a bit of a Warranty. It's pretty good. It has a big bed, that's ...

Crikey mate! We're movin into croc country now!
Aug 5, 2005 (4 photos)

... 'd had to rush a little to Munduberra to get the work and earn some cash we unfortunately missed out Australia Zoo which was only about 40km south of Maroochydore. So, the first thing we did when we left Munduberra was head back to Maroochydore via Lou's ...

The trip is complete. Maroochydore again
May 6, 2007 (3 photos)

... picked up. It looks really good after scanning a few pages. It will be nice to go to a completely different culture. As good as Australia is we definetly feel it is now time for a change. The weather is nowhere near as good as it was and it's even raining ...

Maroochydore
Mar 31, 2008

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MAROOCHY & SURROUNDS
Jun 8, 2008 (6 photos)

NOOSA Tues 3/6 - Woke up to a lovely, sunny morning, at last. We had the day in Noosa - 24o and very humid. There was a lot of road works happening with upgrading and paving Hastings Street and the Surf Club. Walked along the beach and then headed up ...

The Sunshine Coast, Queensland
May 1, 2009 (15 photos)

... the top of a hill looking over the countryside all around.  I have spent the last four days in Cairns and returned to Maroochydore yesterday.  Cairns was great and I shall write in detail on a separate blog.  Back here today we have been up ...

road trip day thirty seven - sunshine coast -sunny
Dec 2, 2008

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