South Pacific Noosa

... there are only 1 or 2 services that run a day which are at rediculous times as they have come from so far away.

I got to Rainbow beach at about mid day and met my mate Phil who i had met on the Whitsunday cruise a few days previously. We both checked into the Hostel 'Dingos' which was a pretty nice place. The main purpose for our visit to Rainbow Beach was to do the 'Fraser Island' tour which is pretty much a must do for any backpacker travelling Australia. We had a night ...

... We got to feed Kangaroos, they were really docile and we got to stroke them. We also fed some goats and baby pigs, and saw every type of Australian animal you could imagine. The crocs were massive, and pretty scary. We watched the croc show which Steve used to do, and this time his wife, Terri, was doing it. We saw Dingoes, Wombats, Koalas, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Tasmanian Devils, Tigers ...

... have been better. Still, it was good stuff, and I made friends with three Aussie girls that I kept running into over and over (we seemed to be following the same itinerary quite by accident), so that was cool. And all too soon, my Brisbane adventure came to an end, and I moved on to Noosa. Tomorrow it's Australia Zoo day (crikey!), and then on to Rainbow Beach, so called because - believe it or not - they really do have multi-coloured sand. Can't wait.

... Buderim More swimming, at the beach this time where we played in the surf. Went to Undersea world in mooloolaba. An air museum in Coloundra full of old dusty tatty plane but still pretty good and on Friday did a little more diy. Finished the ceiling and some lights. Flooring on Saturday and almost a bbq in the evening, but the home improvements ran on a little.... We still had it.. Just no-one else was there!! Chilli and lime prawns followed by boozy bananas ...

... staying in a lovely penthouse facing west, with a full 270 degree view overlooking the bay and various canals. Our first night we celebrated Mike's belated birthday in style, with Simon's parents and a veritable seafood feast! This consisted of prawns, bug (much like a crayfish without the legs and feelers) and mango salad, salad and lovely white wine. Our eating certainly was not going to be an issue. The next morning some other friends ...

... waiting for 8am so they could try to feed the dolphin. So we decided to leave and were glad we did because when we were pulling out of the car park we saw a tour bus of 50 Swedes who were on our campsite the night before and two other tour buses heading towards the boat ramp.
So we made our way to Noosa and found it after we originally missed our turn and got lost. First time getting lost in Australia after 7 weeks driving around, not bad! Noosa looked ...

... med Terry og Bindi i hovedrollerne. Præsentationerne er meget pædagogiske, og der lægges stor vægt på oplysning om, hvordan man bedst og mest risikofrit omgås de mange forskellige truede og ofte potentielt farlige dyr den australske natur er så rig på, bl. a. saltvandskrokodiller på 3 - 5 meters længde og talrige forskellige giftslanger. Konklusionerne er klare: Fatale og tragiske konfrontationer mellem mennesker og dyr er oftest et resultat af ...

... was trying to hop out. As we pulled up to Kiana I was seen to haul myself up with no care for flippers, tank or other human beings as I ripped my suit off. I explained that I glanced up from my Manta search to see a little (3 - 5 cm), transparent jellyfish with tentacles on each corner (about 30cm long) bob on past my right shoulder. I whewed, only to look forward and see another jellyfish bounce straight into my mask. This was the point where manbits climb into stomach and ...

... I'd got the hang of the old thing. :o) After all this we headed back as it was nearly 7pm and we were on cooking duty. On the way back we saw a couple more kangaroos, this time smaller ones called pretty faces and they sat and looked at us as we pulled up next to them and took photos. They're so cute especially when they hop off. Can't believe I'm actually seeing them for real and not on the TV. We got back and made a massive chilli for tea and had a few ...

We left Toowoomba Wednesday August 4, and started heading back towards the water. After driving for 4 or 5 hours we made it to Noosa Heads. It is so over developed, as Kelly would say such a Hollywood-ized tourist trap. After we walked around a bit Kelly and I decided that it was time to move on, even though Mum wanted to stay. I convinced her that we would come back to it later on in the year when it's hotter cause it's still a little to chilly in the water to go swimming. We then ...