Maroochydore
Travel Blogs from Maroochydore, Australia
One more night at Cotton Tree Caravan park
Well today is our last day at Cotton Tree. Tomorrow we are heading to Rainbow beach. We will spend 3 nights there, then on to Fraser Island Tues morning via the ferry at Inskip Point. B spent a lot of time this morning researching Fraser Island and where ...
DAS Paradise Maroochydore
So wo war ich stehen geblieben??...ja ich musste ja noch den Bus nehmen...und da hab ich erstmal den Busfahrer gefragt wo die Station ist,wo ich austeigen muss...hab aber auch nicht so richtig die Antwort bekommen...naja im Bus werden ja wohl Ansagen ...
Rain in Maroochydore....
From the 16th to the 18th it was really bad weather, with non-stop heavy rain, so we stayed inside most of the time. We did venture out a couple of times to the Sunshine Plaza and other shops to start applying for jobs and look for flats. We found a flat ...
we love RUEDIGER
... entweder Deutsche oder Englaender, schlimm!! Spaeter riefen wir dann verschiedene Nummern wegen Arbeit an, da sich ja hier in Maroochydore nicht wirklich was tut. Bundaberg hoerte sich auch sehr vielversprechend an und eventuell ziehen wir dann dort hin. ...
Seen our first surfers!
Had a massive 12 hours sleep last night and got over the jet lag we think - we went to bed at 7.30 pm (that's right people, chris fletcher went to bed in single figures!) Feel loads better today. Had a good day out with James going to the local ...
Bargara At Its Best
... , and enjoyed a meal at the local RSL for dinner. Leaving Bargara right on 8.30am, we made good time and found ourselves at Maroochydore just after midday, giving us an afternoon to set up and settle in, Wendy and I taking the opportunity to go for a walk ...
am Strand auf Arbeit warten;P
Hi ihr lieben, mittlerweile sind wir in Maroochydore in unserem backpacker Hostel angekommen!! Die letzten 2 Tage bei Angela un Don verliefen auch eher ruhig. Am 3.Mai haben wir den ganzen Tag im Haus verbracht, da so schlechtes Wetter war. Ausserdem ...
Family Time
After a night of broken sleep and torrential rainfall on Sunday night, it was nice to wake up to find the rain had finally ceased. Not a great deal had been planned for Monday and we spent the morning watching the children entertain themselves, ...
I'm an aunt!!!
I am an aunt! I am an aunt! Woohoo!! That's right, ladies and gentleman, my older brother Adam had a baby girl not too long ago, thereby making me the world's happiest and proudest new aunt. Check out baby Lily, she's the cutest niece a girl could ...
Schule ist geschafft! ^^
20.11.2010 Maroochydore: Gidday meine Freunde und Verwandte! Ich hab die zweiwöchige Englisch-Schule geschafft! ^^ Levels in particular skills: Oral Expression 4, Pronunciation 3.5, Aural Comprehension 3.5, Written Expression 4.5, Reading ...
Staff Christmas Party
... John have, in fact, been great to work with all along. They keep encouraging me to come back after Christmas and promise that I will always have a job with them in Australia, should I ever want it. Nice to know at least someone appreciates ...
Boredom is DANGEROUS.
My life has become pleasantly dull. To illustrate: highlights of the last few weeks include successfully making tuna casserole for the first time in my life, opening my own checking account after going around to 4 different banks to find the best deal, ...
Bye Noosa.
New day in Noosa. On the beach the sand is burning. Oh, I don't want to go! Sand is so soft. At Noosa the sun is ...
Netball
I played netball for the first time in my life last night. Anthea has a team that they formed for fun and they always lose, so they didn't care that I had never even seen the sport played before and threw me in for half a game. Imagine basketball ...
First Choice (Liquor Store)
Apparently no shirt, no shoes, no service does not mean much here. In the liqour store I some a man barefoot & ...
Relax-a-bull-day
I went on a bike ride, when we had a stop we saw 2 dolphins in the wild! Then we ate an ice-cream. On the way back I met a friend named Tegan, and Ella got friction burn on her right ankle. We played UNO and everyone won except for ...
I smell FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went fishing. We did catch one fish. It was a bream. The fish was 25cms long. It was grey, but we released it back to the sea. We went fishing until 6.30 at night. We ate corn cobbs, pork and ...
10am Maroochydore (Wheels on the Bus)
...but most people just call it Maroochy. We came from Brisbane on Thursday, and just don't know when we'll leave. It's not a bad place. We found this backpackers in the VIP book and it ended up being on the black and white list (same as Emu Park) which ...
Auf Standby-Modus
Ich habe meine ersten 50 AU$ gemacht! Und zwar als Rubbish Remover. Ist eigentlich ein Scheiss-Job und dazu noch schlecht bezahlt, aber wenigstens etwas. Bin für einen anderen Backpacker eingesprungen, der sich verletzt hatte, und habe mit einem ca. 60 ...
Taekwondo Masters
The opportunity of a life time.....to be tutored by TKD Masters....including some individual assistance!!! A great group from Hobart to look, learn, and to cheer our own instructor on as he was graded for his sixth Dan Black Belt. Cheers all round when ...
Redback spider alert!
The Redback spider is found throughout Australia and is a close relative of the Black Widow spider (in the USA). This spider is poisonous; a bite can cause serious illness and has caused deaths (mostly in children). I killed three on my apartment ...
The Sunshine Coast living up to it's name, finally
On Fri 22nd we set off early for Cotton Tree Caravan Park situated again near the mouth of the Maroochydore river and parked the van just meters away from the water again. Another great place for the kids to swim and enjoy the beach. The next ...
We are outta Brisbane
... Hi, we are currently camped up (well, last night is tonight) in Forest Glen Resort which is situated beside a small rainforest close to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. It has rained every night, and when you are sleeping in a tin can it can be loud at ...
#3 the queensland coast
... we meandered our way along the coast looking for inspiration and found it - Cotton Tree! Wedged between OTT Mooloolaba and Maroochydore, it is a gorgeous one street town with an emphasis on organic food and products and has a simple ...

