Nautilus Mooloolaba

... weird!<br><br>Thursday I had a chill-out day on the beach and we went to her friends for dinner....<br><br>Noosa<br>Friday I went to Noosa, another beach town about half hour up the coast.... famous for whale-watching etc.... like Mooloolaba, another modern coastal town wit a nice strip of shops, bars etc...<br>I took a walk on the coastal path to 'Hell's gates' - on the way there was lots of cute coves etc, I didn't spot any wild koalas but I did see the biggest lizard I've seen in ...

... in the evening despite having been through really hard work during the day....<br><br>I then take the bus again to Rainbow beach. From there I am hoping to go on a self-drive 4*4 safari tour on Fraser Island, th ebiggest sand island in the world appapparently.... it's with another 10 opeople from which 8 out of the 10 people are really cool and I get to meet Marcus and Dominique, brother and sister from Germany, and we get on straight away ...

... i'm currently waiting to hear back from a couple of job applications i dropped off at other cafes, so keep your fingers crossed that i can land another part-time job and i can finally make enough money to get back on the road again! as of right now, i'm planning on leaving at the end of march/beginning of april to begin my ...

... pictures. most of the pics are from Alexandra Heads and Mooloolaba, both of which are south of Maroochydore along the beach, but part of the greater Maroochydore area. Mooloolaba is the center of the night scene and a big draw for the younger crowd. there are many fancy highrises and hotels and tons of novelty shops and cafes along the Mooloolaba Esplanade. if you want to see ...

... jelly fish on Hook Island. Unfortunatley I've left my photos of the Whitsundays at Katie's, so you'll have to wait to see those, but I'll add them in a week or two. I hung around in Airlie for a couple of days debating whether or not to do another trip to try and rectify my disappointment.....aren't the Whits supposed to be spectacular? I opted for new clothes, make up and a hair cut to brighten my mood and moved on to Hervey Bay to start my Fraser adventure, where I ...

... and out including another big cat, also a school of small sailboats racing right in front of Alana Rose's path. Once in through the seaway JJ followed the marker up the channel to the Mooloolaba Marina where we were given an inside berth on the last finger. In safely once again! JJ and I stayed in the Mooloolaba Marina for three nights, waiting for the next weather window to get down to Brisbane, leaving just on daylight Wednesday morning. Mooloolaba Mooloolaba ...

... where we had a great view of the inland plain and the 'Glass Mountains', peaked remnants of old volcanoes. The rain could be seen as a passing squall, falling from the low clouds as they blew over the plain. Heading back to the coast through 'Landsborough', another settler village that has become an arts and tourist centre, we reached the coastal town of 'Caloundra'. Here we walked to the beach and passing an estuary we saw tufted terns and a gorgeously coloured sacred ...

... hostel reading. The first night I hung out with Michelle (from Byron Bay) and some other people she'd met. Then the second night I went out on my own to watch a band at a hostel down the hill from where I was staying. I ended up meeting four Aussie guys and hanging out with them all night. One of them, Tim, is home on holiday and invited me to go to the Australia Zoo, as in Steve ...

... the lake. So they all had to swim back to the edge. Shaun and the rest stayed there to help the rest and Shaun dived into the water to get the stuff floating away. What they didn't remember was all the warning signs for the sharks that were in the water. Brian was particularly shittin it cause he went into the water twice from some dodgy steering by the girl he was paired with. Brian had his cowboy hat on the whole time though, even when in the water!! Was classic ...

... trip..i was about to meet bindi. Very cool place. We watched the croc show. not quite the same without steve, but pretty good. lazy croc though. The we saw all the snakes getting fed. watching the lump of rat slowly make its way through the snake. Very fun place. No bindi. I really wanted that facebook picture... After dinner we headed out to the Noosa Surf Club for karaoke night. Some of us got up and sang, not i chance was i about to get ...