Noosa

Noosa is described by some as a millionaires playground. It seems it is quite an elite place to live, with no houses costing under $1m Aus Dollars. Not a lot in GBP but it's still a posh place and everything was very expensive (apart from the pie shop we found!) They also put a population cap on the area at 50,000, which they reached at New Year!

Our accommodation at Noosa North Shore was part of our whole Fraser Island/Whitsundays package that we bought so we had no idea what to expect.

We arrived late afternoon and were picked up by Mickey D who took an instant shine to Emma and me (and who wouldn't!) by taking the piss out of us throughout the duration of the journey to the resort. And he was quite funny for an Ozzie.

Our resort was out of town, you had to get on a little ferry to get to our little island (next to Richard Branson's island) and this was a little worrying until we saw it. What an amazing place to let us scruffy backpackers into! It's surrounded by woodland and the accommodation is little cabins scattered around the complex. There were 3 pools, tennis courts, a restaurant, a pub, an equestrian centre, a lake and a secluded beach and there were kangaroos EVERYWHERE. The place was soooo clean too and had all the mod cons, we couldn't believe our luck!

We shared our little cabin with 3 girls from Israel. Emma and I quickly got the wine box out and had a little celebratory drink for being in such a nice place!

A kangaroo came into our cabin too!

The next day we were up early to get the courtesy bus into town to have a walk around and spend a little time on the beach. Mickey D decided to give us an impromptu tour of Noosa and then preceeded to tell us how cool he thought English travellers were. His exact words were "there should be more people like you guys"!!!! Yes, he loved us!

That evening we took Mickey D's advice and walked down to the lake the take a picture of the sunset. We got about 500 yards before being attacked by huge mozzies. Despite having jungle strength mozzie spray on my exposed arms and feet I got about 11 bites, all of them THROUGH my clothes, no word of a lie! I had a suntop on and a shirt over it and I had 6 bites on my back. I have decided that Mozzies should be put into Room 101.

We only stayed in Noosa for 2 nights but really enjoyed it and would recommend it, especially Noosa North Shore resort. A nice relaxing few days!