Blog 3 of 5…
We had the amazing opportunity to visit Noosa in Queensland
for 3 days. This was hands down my favorite place so far in Australia and I
would go back in a heartbeat! Noosa has amazing white sand beaches surrounded
by a bay with warm ocean water. We had fantastic weather while we were there
and loved every minute of it!
We stayed at Noosa Rainforest B&B that we found through www.airbnb.com.au. We got great rates and
it was in a perfect location just a few minutes’ walk to the beach and to Noosa
National Park. It was a 20 min walk into the main part of town. The hosts were
so friendly and provided us with a delicious breakfast every morning.
On our first day we went on a very long day trip (13hr) to
see the world heritage listed site of Fraser Island. We did the tour through www.viator.com.au. We traveled with Fraser
Island Discoveries and had a great tour guide. Fraser Island is completely made
of sand with a unique fungi component that allows vegetation to grow on it. Fraser
Island is 125km in length and contains several lakes that are insulated with
tea tree leaves and allows it to contain fresh water. This comes in handy since
you can’t swim in the ocean because of all of the sharks and jelly fish! It was
a very bumpy drive as the whole drive out to Fraser and around it is on sand.
We really enjoyed the trip and understand why it is so unique to Australia.
The Drive out to and on Fraser Island
Lake Mackenzie (The Tea Tree Lake that left our hair and skin so soft!)
We decided to spend our second morning exploring the Noosa
National Park. We did a few of the amazing walking trails and saw several of
the amazing beaches. We stopped by the infamous “nudie” beach but since there
was only an overweight old man there we decided to keep on hiking. On our way
back through the Eucalyptus forest we saw our first Aussie snake. Lucky me I looked
over right beside me to see this brown snake slithering up an embankment away
from me, I promptly gasped and ran away quickly. I told Neal that I saw a
snake and of course Neal was like “oh cool where did it go?” and he went trying
to go see it! He responded with “Oh Laura it’s just a little brown Gardner snake.”
Later on we described the snake to a local to which we were told that it was
actually an Australian Brown Snake that is venomous and you should actually
stay away from it. (Therefore… I told you so Neal!)
We spent to rest of our time in Noosa enjoying the great
food and getting some sun on the amazing beaches!
Thanks Noosa, we miss you already!!
xoxo
Laura & Neal
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