It’s been a pretty exciting weekend. We went to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast from Thursday to Saturday and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary today (Sunday).
Noosa was just a small town on the coast. It seems to be one of those towns that people visit. Nobody really lives there. Anyway, we got in on Thursday afternoon and went to get some groceries for meals for the next day. We went up to Hastings Street after to get some dinner and walk around. We sat down in a pizza place called Zachary’s and got drinks and an appetizer. We were lured in by a drink on their menu called liquid cocaine. This was also the site of my very first legal drink. Pretty exciting stuff, people. I ordered a “Berry Sexy” which consisted of muddled raspberries and strawberries with mint, lime, raspberry infused vodka, and club soda. Not bad at all. There’s a picture of me enjoying said drink on Flickr. After Zachary’s we headed further down the street to a sidewalk restaurant. Can’t recall the name of it. Had another drink there- a Mr. Tea- and some fried calamari. My drink had green tea liqueur, peppermint tea, lime, mint, sugar. I know there was more in it, but can’t recall everything. This is not due to my level of sobriety, which, I assure you, was just fine. Got some gelato after dinner and headed back to the hotel.
Friday morning we ate breakfast and went for a run on the path along the beach. Jordan joined me, though not with any kind of enthusiasm. He was a trooper for someone who doesn’t like to run, though. After our run we packed some lunch and grabbed the bus to get to the National Park. Saw a koala in the eucalyptus tree right at the front of the park. Very cool. After staring at the koala for a little while Jordan and I headed off on one of the trails through the rainforest. The end of that trail spit us out on the coast line and we followed that trail back to the entrance to the park. The beaches were absolutely stunning- my pictures really can’t do it justice. There are pictures of Hell’s Gates on Flickr. This was an inlet on the path we were walking. Again, pictures really can’t do it justice. The cliffs were so steep and no guard rails in sight. It was really just indescribable. We headed back into town after our hike and had lunch and more gelato. This place (Mossimo’s) was fantastic. Grapefruit and mango sorbets. They both tasted exactly like the fruits, I even found a couple of seeds in the grapefruit. Went back to the hotel after that and hung out for a while. Leslie and Lauryn got back fairly soon after us. Made spaghetti for dinner and spent a pretty enjoyable evening just chatting. Watched School of Rock on TV after all of that and went to bed.
Jordan and I booked a tennis court down the street for 10 AM Saturday morning, so after breakfast we headed off to do that. Jordan was inspired after watching Wimbledon. I am not good at tennis. My right forearm hurts. This is probably not something I’ll be picking up. That was pretty much it for Saturday. We headed back to Brisbane right after tennis and got back around 6.
So, that was Noosa. Pretty cool trip.
Love,
Nicole
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