The Wilko's Australian Adventure: Noosa

Day 29 - Noosa

Noosaville

Saturday, 20 August 2011

After breakfast we packed up and set off for Noosa. We had a drive down the esplanade of Hervey Bay as we had all enjoyed our stay here and we wanted one last look. Then we headed off down the Bruce Highway towards Noosa which is approximately 2 hrs drive away. We entertained ourselves in the usual way (mainly singing to the music from the iPod, the girls only let us have Rolf on for a few minutes although I think they secretly like it).

En route we stopped at Eumundi which is a small town which is known for it's weekly market. It reminded us very much of Kuranda market. There were loads of stores selling jewellery and arts & crafts as well as the usual food stores etc. We wandered around but didn't buy much, apart from a potato swizzler which was a potato turned through an apple peeler and stretched out like a spring on a wooden skewer then fried. Five bucks for a potato! Still, the girls enjoyed it.

We had an ice cream served to us by a guy with a strong French accent. He had lived in Noosa for seven yrs. I wanted to ask him for minkey flavour but resisted the temptation and had toasted macadamia instead.

We then completed our journey and arrived in Noosa in the early afternoon. We found some accommodation after a short search and are staying in apartment no. 4 of Noosa Gardens. It is a small 2 storey house with 2 bedrooms and everything we need, not least a washing machine as some of our clothes are starting to walk around on their own. We have done 3 loads of washing and we all feel a lot better.

In the afternoon we hired a little motor boat and tootled up the river at Noosa. Noosa is a place where people with lots of money live and there are some very impressive houses on the waterfront, all with their own little beach and mooring and some nice boats too. Jess did most of the driving which caused Anna great anxiety!

After we had had a good nose we took our little boat back and went off to choose somewhere to have dinner. Wendy had her heart set on a sea-food platter as we once had one in Noosa 20yrs ago in a restaurant called The Pelican. Sadly The Pelican no longer exists. We were recommended the surf club but when we went to have a look it was a bit pubby and so we settled on a restaurant called Cafe Le Monde but we had to go on spec as they wouldn't take a booking (I think the restaurant was booked up and we would have to wait for someone to have finished their meal before we could have a table). We went back to our accommodation and got changed then went out for dinner.

Their was no problem getting a table. Jess had sea-food pizza, Lizzi had calamari, Anna had a pizza and Wendy and I shared an enormous sea-food platter. Oysters, crab, huge prawns, whole baby octopuses (the girls felt sorry for these but they were tasty), Moreton bay bugs, fish, pieces of fried fish, calamari, scallops, smoked salmon, chips and a selection of fresh tropical fruits. It was lovely but by the time we had finished I felt that I would never ever eat again. We were stuffed.

We went back home and the girls went straight to bed. Tomorrow we are going to Toowoomba to visit Anthony and Sarah Cerqui who we met when we were here 20 yrs ago and went to their wedding. They are god-parents to Anna and we are looking forward to seeing them.