Exploring Noosa

The weather is still quite cold overnight, so stayed in bed for a while – even Brian slept in – then after breakfast went down to Noosa Marina at Tewantin, to take the ferry down the river into Noosa Heads. We bought a day pass so we could hop on and off. It’s a tad difficult to really take advantage of this as it’s just too long between ferries to see much. We disembarked at Noosaville which has really grown since we were here last. There are heaps of eateries and boutiques. We checked all the shops out and then decided on an early lunch at a lovely cafe overlooking the river. Brian had a steak sanger and I had calamari, both really good, and sipped our coffees in the sunshine. We finished in time to pick up the ferry again – luckily it was 15 min late – destination Noosa. Hastings Street hasn’t changed that much except there seems to be a few empty shops and restaurants and perhaps it isn’t as upmarket as it was before. It isn’t really surprising as Noosaville has really taken off and is much cheaper than Hastings Street. We still did the obligatory stroll up and down the street and as it’s mainly in shade we headed for the beach to lie in the sun. It’s about 18 degrees but the wind is cool so didn’t stay on the beach too long. We had to head back to the jetty for the return ferry trip to Tewantin but just had to stop for an ice cream first. Yum. The trip back up the river was really relaxing, it’s lovely to be on the water. We might hire a boat while we’re here to explore the river a bit more. I had another go at fishing but once again, no luck. Gave up and decided we would go to the golf club for dinner then back to the van for the night.

Snap of the day

This one's for Lauren, who gave me a heart attack back in 1999 when she paid $30 for a pair of thongs with pretty flowers - they're still $30 at the same shop!