I checked into my room and this time they put me in one of the rooms on the side of the kitchen and the laundry room. It’s much better because the veranda where we eat connects right to the kitchen. I met a French guy Freddie who also checked in the same time I did and was in the next room and we talked for a bit. He asked if I wanted to go to the beach together but I still gotta unpack so we exchanged numbers and I’ll let him know once I’m ready. I got a German girl and a couple English blokes James and I forgot his friend’s name as roommies. James’ friend had a cast on his arm and they told me how they got into a car accident on a rainy night and there was grease or something on the road so they skidded and crashed. It sounded pretty bad and they were all surprised that they survived, but James’ friend would now have to put a hold on his trip and get to Sydney.
By the time I went down to the beach it started to drizzle
. There was some kinda surf competition going on where people paddle board back and forth to the shore in laps, it was pretty cool to watch. I messaged Freddie but he said he already got back to the hostel because of the rain. I remembered Lewis said he was gonna be in Noosa so I messaged him and we met up. We walked around the beach and checked out some vendors. We looked up the events schedule and there was a dog surf competition coming up later on and we decided to wait on that. The “competitors” were all very popular, and each has got a uniform on, one even got zinc on its nose! I’m not sure what the rules were for the dog surf but basically the owners paddle the boards out with the dogs on them and try to keep them on. They do several laps and try to catch a wave and surf with the dogs on board. In the end I think it was a golden retriever that won. It was fun and exciting to watch. Later that day I was talking to Paul from Ireland and I told him about the dog surf and he said he would’ve liked to check it out since his farm work has been slow. So we ended up making plans for him to come up for a day trip the next day.
At 6PM I went for the Meet & Greet again simply for the free glass of wine. After dinner my roommies and I went down to the pub for a drink where the waitress gave us vouchers to Café le Monde, a club on the esplanade, then we went for a night stroll along the beach and the esplanade where we also saw an owl pearched on a branch by the path
. I asked Freddie to join us but he was still eating, saying he might join us later if we’re still out, but we didn’t stay out long as all the shops were closed. By the time Freddie got back to me again the others had gone to Café le Monde and I had decided to just go back to the hostel because I was getting tired and I didn’t wanna spend any more money. I told him I was just gonna go to bed, but I ended up bumping into him when I went to the toilet and we had a chat. He was actually leaving early next morning heading south. Too bad I didn’t get to know him better, he seemed like a nice bloke. One thing I found funny is that whenever I threw out the little French I know Freddie just gets excited and thinks that I can speak French.
Paul took the bus up next morning after he finished farm early. I told him to meet me at the stop after Noosa Junction, which’s just across the street from YHA, but he got off at Noosa Junction instead. He was gona walk up but I told him to stay put before I lose him and I took the bus down to meet him. We had lunch at a Thai restaurant, then we took the bus to Tewantin about 20min out which I thought would have a nice harbour or something but turned out to be nothing more than a small town and it was also drizzling so we decided to catch the next available bus back. While we waited for the bus at the park several wild parakeets and other birds gathered around us looking for food. After we got back to Noosa we went for a walk on the esplanade to check out the shops, but they all seemed really pricy like boutiques and stuff. We got back to the hostel and had beers with the 2 Canadian brothers that I met at the Meet & Greet earlier
. They were heading up to Rainbow Beach the next day so I might see them again. Afterwards Paul and I went to explore this trail next to the hostel supposedly a shortcut to somewhere but we just ended up at the back alley of some fancy apartments. On our way back we saw the biggest snail I’ve ever seen the size of my hand!
Paul was only planning to be up here for a day but it was getting late and it’d take him about an hr to get back, so my roommies were nice enough to let him stay the night. I felt bad for James who was sleeping in the bunk underneath us because apparently Paul was a really loud snorer. James’ friend had earplugs on and the German girl didn’t seem to be fazed by it. I didn’t sleep too well either because I kept waking up trying to shift Paul around, and I bet James was probably up the whole night too. Next morning we finished the last bit of toasts and cereal I had and after I checked out we went for a walk along the coast towards the national park as it was super sunny weather. We didn’t walk too far because it’d take too long. We watched the surfers catch the waves for a while, then we got off the path and got onto this rock bed where the ocean water washes into the rock holes. It’s almost like we could have foot baths in the rock holes, and we also saw some soft shell crabs. Just before he goes back to Mooloolaba, Paul bought me lunch at Laguna Jacks where I had the most delicious fish burger with aioli and Asahi for beer and I got us gelato for dessert. We still got a bit of time to kill before I had to catch my shuttle bus to Noosa Junction, so we just went to chill at the lake across from YHA. I was really glad that Paul took the time to come up to visit me, but it was finally time to say goodbye to him till next time and Noosa is now one of my favourite places in Australia and I’m definitely gona miss it.
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