After that series... we finally reached our hotel. From our experiences thus far, the standard hotel rooms here are decently sized and larger than that commonly found in the US: bed/bath, kitchen, and living room, basically a 1 bedroom apartment/studio. It can be useful for cooking in for a late night snack or an early breakfast. Most places have a nearby decent sized supermarket. For Noosa that was more difficult to find. I've never been, but upon first impression, Noosa reminds me a bit of Hawaii (this is coming from someone who has very faint recollection of hawaii from age 5 and gets other tidbits from the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall). There are a lot of trees along the streets, higher proportion than buildings, giving a more natural feel. Basically it's trees, land, and ocean. Buildings are built pretty low. You're not likely to find a bank or a chain supermarket, but rather a street of small restaurants/bistros and stores/boutiques. This street is known as the famous Hastings street. See below. It's good for a daytime walk for lunch or a night time walk for dinner and dessert. Of course, I first eyed the dessert selections, which included Massimo's gelato, Tokyo savory and sweet crepes, and fresh made ice cream (place started with a C...i forget). For dinner, there weren't many vegetarian options. We settled for Laguna Jack's bar and grill, a roasted vegetable gnocci (pronounced Ni ok kee, tomato and olive bruschetta, and garlic mashed potatoes, which were all surprisingly tasty though somewhat on the burned end being it was cooked on a grill. I apologize for the lack of photos here. For dessert we had a cheesecake and macadamia ice cream crepe at Tokyo's crepes for dessert, which was also delish.
Hastings Street
The next morning, we took a walk along Marina's port of small shops and restaurants. It's fairly easy to find your way here with a short drive down along the beach's main road. Here it's mostly sealife on the menu but if you're not here for food, a walk along the port can be relaxing. Here are some pictures. It was a bit cloudy that day.
Later on, we took a stroll along the walking area around the beach. There's a common theme for the beaches here. The pattern is usually the ocean, a walk way, and a small park area. Of course we weren't going to just walk. We went in search for a bike hire...because one of us here doesn't know how to ride a bike and the other said he/she would teach that one so this was the perfect opportunity. But these "hires" are quite convenient. They're basically rentals. There are bike hires, surf hires, boat hires, etc. The biking was fun along the walking and biking trail. You'll see many people jogging, walking, biking, skateboarding, or scootering along these paths. It's a very good way of exploring the coastline of Noosa.
Of course, we ended with a visit to Noosa beach. The beach was packed. See photo. Mostly of families with their kids and elderly people, not as many couples per say. You will see a lot a lot, i mean a lot of children, running around or throwing sand or balls in the air so be on the lookout. You will also see beginner surfers taking lessons in their surfer area. It's not as fun to watch though. The waves break really small. Forgive me for the lack of photo variety. The camera ran out of juice, but noosa is definitely much prettier than in the photo above. See photo below.
So that was the end of Noosa. Next stop, Caloundra.
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