Sept 29 - Noosa and Hikes

After a terrible sleep last night due to one snoring backpacker and some very drunk Germans stumbling into the room at 5 AM and an old guy yelling "WILL YOU SHUT THE F**K UP!" at them at about 5:30, followed by more loud snoring, we got up at 9 and checked out. Then we hustled to the Greyhound station and got a ticket for the ride to Noosa Heads. It was a couple hour ride, enriched by the wonderful Paul Walker Disney movie Eight Below (sarcasm). I hadn't heard much praise for Noosa, mainly that it was a launching point for the Fraser Island trip. But this was totally wrong! I love this place and could easily spend a month here. It reminds me a lot of Waskesiu, and the ocean beach is a huge bay that looks like a lake, with barely any waves lapping at the shore and the same sort of Northern Sask lake vibe.

After a tasty 7 dollar lunch, we ventured on a walk on the Coastal trail. There are about 5 different trails walks marked out around here, all of which take anywhere from 1-4 hours. We saw a koala way up in a tree, and a bunch of secluded and very beautiful beaches framed by huge rocks. We turned back when it was getting close to sunset, but before we could make it all the way back it started to rain,. We hid out under a gift shop awning with a bunch of other people and then it POURED for about 30 minutes. It started to let up and we booked it back to town and back to the hostel.

We utilized our free meal ticket at the hostel which turned out to be a very odd rice/pineapple/curry/chicken (one tiny piece) meal. Good thing we had eaten earlier and picked up a weird chocolate bar on the way back to the hostel. Met and chatted with our 3 roommates after (2 Germans and a pro snowboarder American girl). Rocked out a few laps in the pool followed by a hot shower and that was it for the day.