Last week I wrote something about our car experiences, this week I want to write something about the two villages Coolum and Noosa. Coolum was the location of our stay and Noosa is a beautiful place and quite famous as a surfer paradise.

Coolum Beach

The small village along the beach is quite touristic, but the location is also a favorite place for the locals. The main attraction is, of course, the beach! The beach has a length about 5 – 6 kilometer (or more, I didn’t measure –> if you want, look in Wikipedia). Compare with the mediterranean sea, the ocean in Australia is more rough and dangerous. Easily you underrate the high-risks like poison jellyfishes, strong drifts into the ocean or sharp rocks (sharks aren’t really a big deal). If you want to take a bath, you have to consider the special areas. At almost every beach, you can see different flags from the Australian life guards service (named: surf life savers). You’re strongly suggested only to enter the water between the red-yellow-flags.

Noosa

Noosa is, of course, the best-known village at the sunshine cost. If Coolum Beach has a lot of tourists, Noosa would be overcrowed. But, Noosa is still quite impressive, the very large beach, a beautiful pedestrian area with a lot of small (but expensive) shops, nice cafés and a very magnificent natural park. The park includes a lot of natural plants and animals (we discovered a large lizard and a sleeping koala  top on the tree). We paths crossing the park are quite interesting, on the one side you see the wild and open sea, on the other side you are able to notice some new creatures. Besides visiting the park, we ate lunch in a large restaurant in Noosa, owned by the surf life savers. If you like burgers, this restaurant is a strong advice (also suitable for vegetarians). We also bought two hats for the soon summer – the best action against sunstroke.

In conclusion, this weekend was very relaxing and exciting. Cheers…