South Pacific Resort Noosa

... for two nights. Magnificent 2 bedroom self catering apartment in complex round a pool. 50m walk to the beach. A swim in the Pacific is like having a luke-warm bath. I have never experienced sea so warm before and on a fantastic sandy beach with great ...

... , stunning birdlife and goannas that petrol the riverbanks as well as the bull sharks that come from the salt water of the South Pacific Ocean all the way up the river to clean themselves, proving that the river is almost completely free from pollution. ...

... West where I went with a friend to take a surfing lesson from a dude, who decided to leave us for dead in the middle of the Pacific Ocean getting battered by 10 foot swell.  To add insult to injury, by the time we made our way to shore we found the ...

... ;t win anything. Wednesday 5 October – Monday 10 October KK:  With James at the wheel we drove north up the Pacific Coast along roads that had been chiselled through the mountains by the bare hands of convicts. We stopped for petrol and pies ...

... a lot of fun, and not too expensive at about £6.   This brings us to now, where we have one night left in the South Pacific, and we head to Los Angeles tomorrow.  I am very excited about the American part of the trip, I might even stop over to ...

... saw dolphins, whales, stingrays, sharks and wild dingoes. I was extremely happy that we chose to do a guided trip staying in a backpacker resort with all you can eat meals, as oppose to a self-guided trip which included camping and being put with 8 other ...

... with a great view of an inner lagoon and can see the mouth of the Tweed River as it enters the Pacific. Attached to the resort is the Twin Towns Service club which has all kinds of facilities and activities financed through 'Pokies' which is Aussie ...

... to the Maheno Shipwreck.   It was an old cruise liner built at the same boat yard as the Titanic. The ship shuffled around the pacific for many years where it finally ended up being towed to Japan. But on its way a cyclone hit and the ship ...

... hometown of Yorkshire! After another brief stop in Caloundra (for afternoon ice cream) we arrived in Noosa. Noosa is another popular Australian Sunshine Coast holiday resort – and once you have visited you can see why. After checking into the Noosa ...

... been out and about a fair amount. What a beautiful resort area. Lots of malls for cooling off. Merilynn's favorite is the Pacific Fair mall near Surfers Paradise. Walking distance from The Hill are surfing beaches, Currumbin Creek with milder waves, a ...

... turned in to stone to stop advances of young men. Our next stop was to be Canberra but first we were to drive the Great Pacific Drive. The costal road follows the beaches from Sydney to Kaimai. It's the sort drive that should really be done in a ...

... of Australia since moving here nearly seven months ago. Living 'down under' really opens up the southern hemisphere, especially the Asia/Pacific. Ali did not know she was going to Bali until the day before our flight, as she thought we were going to ...