Famished, we walked down the hill to the buzzing Hastings Street. We settled for an outdoor cafe and I decided on the veggie spring rolls. (I don’t always like to talk about food, but these were so good, we actually went back the next day.) The sun was shining and we hustled back to the hotel room to put our swimmers on and rushed to the beach. We skipped the shops and made our way down to the beautiful white sands and found a nice spot to throw down our beach towels.
Bliss. I read, Greg people watched. Once he started to get red, we decided to go grab a bottle of wine and a snack and go back to the hotel room. We sat on our balcony enjoying the serenity and just relaxed. Dinner was nothing to write home about but they can’t all be winners.
The next day we woke up early to enjoy our Sunday in the sun. Before lunch we walked up and down Hastings Street, this time venturing into all of the shops and boutiques. We ventured into the Noosa Longboards shop which I fell in love with.
This locally owned shop is like Hollister, only authentic, and I can fit in their clothes. They have skateboards, surfboards, books, DVDs clothes, hats, shoes, soaps, pictures, memorabilia and even a pinball machine. The owner was super nice and quick to strike up conversations, and, he didn’t even ask if we were Canadian! I tried to stop myself from buying an adorable maxi dress, I even walked out of the shop, but I eventually walked back in and purchased it. My shopping habits are different here, I find that I hold out for the special items that mean more than going to the mall to find something for that day. We love the markets and the
boutique shops and our wallets can tell.
After we were shopped out, we found a plot of sand and relaxed on the beach again. Again, Greg started getting red so we decided to leave Noosa and take the scenic trip back to Brisbane. We left the comfort of the GPS and followed the signs on the Tourist Drive to the Glasshouse Mountains. The Glass House Mountains were named by Captain James Cook as he sailed north up the coast of what is now Queensland in 1770 as part of his epic voyage aboard his ship HM Bark Endeavour. They were so called as the shape of the mountains reminded him of the huge glass furnaces (glasshouses) back in his native Yorkshire. (Wikipedia)
You can see the majestic mountains from the highway and all the way up the narrow tourist drive but each kilometre is more and more beautiful and when you finally reach the lookout point the almost 360 degree view leaves you speechless. We had an absolutely wonderful weekend taking in the views from beaches to mountains and definitely plan to go back to Noosa again.
