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Noosa is on the aptly named Sunshine Coast about 2 hours north of Brisbane. The Lonely Planet guidebook wasn't wrong when it said you may fall hard for this beach resort. We had booked just 5 days here, but as soon as we arrived we realised we didn't want to leave. Noosa is a picture perfect town, lazy days are spent soaking up the sun on the beautiful beach, afternoons shopping and sipping coffees on tree-lined Hastings Street, Dinner on the river or a night out at Noosa Junction. Couldn't ask for more from this chilled out seaside town.

B Y R O N B A Y I N A D A Y

Drove south of Gold Coast to Byron Bay crossing the Queensland/New South Wales border and jumping an hour forward without realising. Who knew that an hours drive would put us an hour in the future. We had high expectations for Byron Bay and unfortunately it didn't meet them. The area is known for it's laid-back new-age vibe but with swarms of backpackers it seemed like maybe we arrived a few years too late. It was a wonderful little town but was over crowded, stealing away the beauty of this hippy village. The accommodation prices are sky high so decided we wouldn't stay, so after a mooch around the shops, a visit to the beach and a coconut ice-cream we got back in the car and drove back to the Gold Coast arriving at the same time we left.

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This tree is a piece Antarctica leftover from when Australia and Antarctic where joint millions of years ago. It still stands proudly in the rainforest of Springbrook surrounded by more tropical bushland.

O N T O P O F T H E W O R L D

We are having way too much fun to be updating this blog so are very behind - these are from the end of October when we went to Springbrook National Park. The views were phenomenal, the photos don't do the place justice, it's so incredibly high that on the drive up your ears pop! At some points you could see the coastline which was over an hour drive away. The waterfalls are pretty spectacular too, apparently even more so when its raining.

As we were walking to one lookout point we heard a rustling by our feet, i screamed, Ben jumped about 2 foot off the ground and then we saw this huge lizard creature about a foot and a half long.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and will be thinking of you from our sun-loungers. It's wierd to imagine the snow at home when we are in 32 degree heat! Our christmas this year will be extremely different from every other one, lounging by the pool, sunshine, suncream, seafood and a hot tub.

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SPRINGBROOK NATURAL BRIDGE, QLD

In the Gold Coast hinterland you will found Springbrook Natural Bridge within Springbrook National Park which is part of the northern rim of ancient volcano Mount Warning. The drive to Springbrook was part of the adventure, the road is on the edge of the cliff and winds round each corner and at various points goes into one lane, if you are in the passenger seat do yourself a favour and don't look down- I was gripping on to my seat, it certainly didn't help when some of the white posts on the edge of the cliff on each bend had been knocked down! When we finally got there we headed to the Natural Bridge region where you pass a small village with a few houses and the smallest Primary School I have ever seen. Once my heart rate had slowed down we got out the car and went to explore, there is a walking track taking you through part of the sub-tropical rainforest, round to the waterfall which goes through Cave Creek where at night you can go inside to see glow worms.

W H E N T H E S U N G O E S D O W N

From the nights spent hanging out at the beach with a couple beers and a pizza, a trip to the cinema to see New Moon, stracciatella ice cream on the boardwalk and the most delicious meal at Thai Thai. If you ever find yourself in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast Queensland make a trip to Thai Thai the food was amazing (try the red thai curry with coconut rice) and like many other restaurants here its BYO, which is great when you are on a budget especially as it's conveniently next to an off-licence !