Noosa!

Friday night Sam (my adorable roomie from Tennessee) and I decided we wanted to go to Noosa the next day and we figured out which buses we had to take. When we told everyone about it, they were pretty pumped too! At that point I didn't really know her group of friends, but I always jump at the opportunity to make new friends and they all seemed really nice so I was excited to get the chance to know them all better. So on Saturday morning, Sam, Helen, Aren (from North Dakota), Eli (from Boston but goes to Elon), Erick (from Minnesota), Sebastian (or as we like to call him, Sea-Bass- from Austria), Peter (from Charlotte! Went to Providence and goes to Elon and was an Eagle Scout with Ross!!!) and I got on the bus around 11. We had to take 2 buses and it took a little more than an hour and a half to get to Noosa, which was longer than we expected but so totally worth it. Once we got there we walked around and tried to figure out what to do. We saw the main beach (so pretty!) but kept walking until we found a more secluded beach, called "Little Cove", where we decided we would spend the rest of the day. First we had to get lunch though. Once again, I had brought a PB&J with me, so I ate that while everyone else bought lunch in the food court. I did stop in a store to buy a t-shirt that said Noosa that was on sale for $10 though! I'm trying to buy as many things that say Australia as possible since I don't know when I'll ever be back. To get to "Little Cove" we went through part of Noosa National Park, which was highly recommended in the book Uncle Peter gave me. I want to go back to hike more of the trails though because it was beautiful!

 You can't quite see it in this picture, but the beach is right behind these trees!

 Earlier during the day before we left our apartment we had actually heard and seen an ice cream truck driving past our apartment complex- guess they're pretty popular here!

 Food Court!

 The main beach!

 Helen even looks cute for the beach! 

 Where we spent the majority of our day! 

 We saw DOLPHINS!!! I'm sure you can all imagine just how excited I was!

 Me and Sam! Love her already!!!

Erick, Eli, Helen, me, Sam, Aren, Sebastian, and Peter

I was SO excited to finally be doing what I always pictured myself doing in Australia (other than whale watching, koala cuddling, etc.)- laying on the beach with great friends, enjoying the sunshine and the beautiful view!

Four of us decided to get in the water, even though it was pretty chilly! I'm the one with her arms up in the air (of course  haha :) )

 Eli, me, Sam, and Peter

 This is where the artsy pictures started... me taking a picture of Sam taking a picture of Peter with his frisbee!

 Eli!

 Erick!

I always have to take a picture of my feet in the ocean any time I go to the beach! 

 Right after I took this picture an Irish guy came up to me with his Aussie friend and asked if I'd take a picture of them. Once I did he started talking to me and then asked if he could get a picture with his new friend from North Carolina- he was so excited I was from America!

 The girls! Me, Helen, Sam, and Aren

 Peter, Sea-Bass, Helen, Eli, Sam, Aren, me, and Erick

 As I said in my last post, these bush turkeys are EVERYWHERE

 Can I please just stay here forever?!

 As we were leaving the beach, we passed a wedding. How magical would it be to get married here!?

That night the whole group of us went out together to the same place I went to last time- the Wharf. I met a lot of people including Peter's roommate, Brent, who is from Cairns. He was hilarious and taught me some Australian slang, while also trying to convince me that drop bears are real...

Saturday was a MAGICAL day and was definitely one of the best days I've had so far in Australia!