Noosa, Australia

What can I say about Noosa other than it’s nice? It’s not the kind of place that really shines in any particular way, in fact, as far as I can tell, a lot of guidebooks don’t give it much of a mention - I know this as I’ve met several people who stayed one night as a stop off and wished they’d stayed longer, but no-one told them to.

It’s much like any other Australian town in so many ways. It has too many - and this still surprises me - of fast food places like McD’s, SubWay and kebab shops. There’s lots of pubs and working clubs. Backpacker’s are well catered for - I’ll come to that point in a minute. And there’s the surf and national park.

So, why did we decide to come back for a longer stay this time? Well, it’s just the niceness of the place. Sorry, that’s so feeble, let me expand on that. The streets are clean, open, generally friendly (apart from Dai being mistakenly accused of stealing some sunglasses - the accuser and the policer office both apologised a lot for that. We thought it was his topless limbo dancing t-shirt that people seemed to keep staring at). Most of the restaurants serve great food, although we stayed in such a nice place that we went for the self-catering option. The bars, again, are clean and friendly with a lot supplying live music.

Then we get onto activities, including Kayaking, surfing and, if you’re like me, walking. This time I made sure I explored the more Eastern parts of the town, including the beautiful National Park, and more upmarket suburbs. The centre piece of the park is a lookout from which you can see Noosa and along the coast to the next mountain range. But, the highlight for me - which I wasn’t expecting - was coming face to face with a Kangaroo! It’s the first time I’ve seen one (that’s not roadkill), and to see it hoping around free in the trees was simply awesome! It got my hopes up that I’d be lucky enough to see a Koala too, but sadly no luck this time. As for surfing, well, I can do that anyway, and besides, the waves looked a bit tame for my liking.

So, why mention the backpackers as a dark side to the town. Well, lets just say that Koala’s is in many ways a great place, and in others it’s a nightmare - well, the next day it is anyway. Cheap beer, great live music somedays, and the people… Oh, and it’s the first (of many) places that I’ve been asked for ID in (ok, so they did to everyone, but even so, kind of makes you feel your youthful looks shine through). We also ran into Steve from Fraser island, who is a bit of a dark horse on the dance floor.

We also took the opportunity to catch up on our washing. I think I heard several people go Eughh… at the meer mention of backpacker’s cleanliness habits.

But as I say, Noosa is a nice place to visit and chill out. I would recommend it, I’m just not sure how better to say why, other than it’s nice. Byron Bay and a weekend with our old school mate, Steve is next on the cards.

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