Noosa, QLD

So this weekend I went up to the Sunshine Coast to Noosa. On Thursday night we left UQ on a bus around 7pm and were dropped off 4 hours later on a street in some residential area. The trip was fairly involved with a bus to a train to another bus and another bus! But when we got there our friends had rented a house so we just hung out and played stupid campfire games. The place was pretty nice but because we got there so late I was relegated to the couch... still a step above the floor.

The next morning Marisa, Jess and I took the bus down to Sunshine Beach where we quested for our hostel. Yes hostel. As we were walking down the street we could hear the beating of a drum and then came around a corner to a fuchsia fence with Hindu figures decorating the walls. We checked in and walked past some burning incense and a man with dreadlocks playing a bongo drum at 10am. We had our own room which settled us down a bit but poor Jess didn't have the luxury of her own sleeping bag. She spent the next ten minutes freaking out about the possibility of bed bugs. From there we went down to a little cafe and had breakfast before hitting the beach.

Noosa is absolutely gorgeous and the property values are far undervalued if I do say so myself... hint hint anyone looking for a vacation spot. But really the place was stunning and we just laid on the beach for about oh the whole day. The waves were great too and there were tons of surfers, but the water was a little cold for my taste. But if this is winter Ill take it. Around 4pm we headed back to the hostel where we met up with Sydney who had made the epic journey up for the day. Then we quested for food. Harder than you would think. In these little towns it seems like everything closes at like 5 because its off season. But we did manage to find a nice pasta place with a movie/meal deal. I had pasta carbonara, a glass of red wine, and a movie ticket for $30. Not bad considering the movie tickets were $14 themselves. So we saw The Ugly Truth. I thoroughly enjoyed it... but its a little inappropriate Mom so dont go see it with Amanda! It was only rated M-15 here, but Im fairly certain it will be R in the States.

Anyhow we cabbed home and went to sleep in our comfy sleeping bags. Although we laid there "fake" sleeping for an hour before we all started chattering again. The next morning we rose at 7am and went for a beach walk/hike. At the end of our beach was a trail head into Noosa National Park which had a climb up to the top of a rocky cliff. The view was amazing! Highly recommend it. But after our walk back we checked out of our hostel and headed down to the Sunshine Beach Surf Club for breakfast, which was amazing by the way. After breky we went down to the Main Beach in Noosa where we hung out for the rest of the day before trekking home. All in all a pretty solid weekend Id say.