6 March : Noosa Heads
We began the day thinking hike. This happens often.I got up early to swim in the hotel pool. One other lady was swimming slowly and aimlessly around. Despite the fact that I was doing heads down crawl back and forth, she managed to cut me off twice with so much free room to meander about.
+Jill and I went over to a place called Aromas so I could get good coffee and I ended up with a good breakfast too. After we packed the day pack and grabbed some fresh lunch to go, we walked along the beach walk to the ranger/info station to glean details on the walks.We changed our minds on the hill due to lack of scenery. Despite my desire to avoid backtracking, we made the right choice and did the ocean walk - mostly out and back.
This truly is a surfers paradise due to the multiple point breaks that allow riding waves quite far. It was fun walking along and watching the surfers in the water as well as those walking the same path to get out to surf it all again.
Clouds were coming and going but we got some great photos on the walk that was essentially flat. We ate our lunch out at a point and I meandered around taking photos.
Once we got back, I changed into my bathing suit and we headed to the closest beach with lifeguards so I could swim "within the flags" which is what you do over here. The sign today (which I did not read) said don't go out past waist deep. I was out way past any standing depth. I guess I didn't really need to swim between the flags given that I wasn't obeying their rules.
The current was relentless and I was constantly swimming sideways just to stay at the same point relative to shore. I had a great time out there and then we went for a little hotel pool action (after showering the sand off).We drove a few minutes to a different area of Noosa to go to a restaurant recommended by Chris and Shelly. Chocolate dessert was pretty good - Jill can chime in on other stuff. We ended up talking to a couple that have a vacation home here but live in the Sydney area. Nice way to end the day.