Noosa

After my adventures in Surfers Paridise I had a quick night in Brisbine. I was only there for a couple of hours. I did manage to hit the casino, the Story Bridge, Queen st, The Valley and China Town. I was impressed with everything I managed to do. Then I continued north to Noosa. Along the way I went to the glass house mountains. The land was flat then all of a sudden there large mountins pop out of the country side. I think Captain cook named them the Glass house mountins becuase they looked like glass houses ( or farm mills). Noosa is very similar to Byron bay. Everyone is laid back and the emphasis is relaxation. In Byron Bay there are lots of little boutique stores and a very stong hippie influance. Here, becuase the town is smaller the surfers have a larger influnace on town life as well as tourism. There are a handful of resorts and high end stores even a fair amount of brand name stores. People who live in Noosa seldom work here, instead they work in the surrounding towns. I am staying at the Hasle Lodge.It is a very cute hostle. Its one of the last wooden lodges in queensland. A world of diffrence from the arts factory. There is was camping, here is it fancy camping. There is a Nature Presever here home to a variety of wildlife including koalas. There are 5 main trails in the park. I combined two trails and the the coastal walk and the another walk that took me through the park. There are some really nice vies from the coastal walk. Beautiful blue ocean set again against the dark rocks makes a nice contrast. There are also a lot of beachs that you can only get to via the coastal path so there are a lot of surfers searching for the best waves on all the quiet beachs along the coast. Then the walk through the park was very nice. It was very quiet, I only saw 2 people my entire walk through. I did however see a handful of wild turkeys, lots of birds, and a lace monitor lizard ( also called a goanna lizard...it was huge). I made some firends here at this hostle. It's nice to meet some other people my age instead of the abundance of 18-21 yr olds that I had met early on in the trip.