Queensland Day 6

Friday, 27 April 2018

My last full day in Noosa began like all the others - with a run.  I wanted to do some of the tracks in the National Park that I hadn’t been on yet this trip, but I also had tired legs, so I allowed myself to walk up the hills and take lots of photos! 

When I finally made it home (I got a bit lost near the end), I found that Jett and Jon were already up which was a good sign. In fact we managed to get everyone out the door for a quick trip to our local beach at 10am!

Unfortunately despite the fact it was so early :)  the wind was already up, so we only had a brief swim in the unstable conditions.  Have I mentioned that the water is incredibly warm here ?

At home we had some early lunch then Jon and the kids dropped me off at the surf-ski rental place where I had a 2 hour self-guided paddle booked.  Despite it being a bit windy in patches it was great!  I did a loop around the Noosa canal area to begin with, where I could admire the 4 million dollar houses with infinity pools and private jetties. Then I went further up the river to circumnavigate Goat Island reserve.

Up the river wasn't quite as posh as the canals, and I came across all manner of houseboats - from the very normal, to the amazing..the one on the right was by far the cutest..

The one on the left below was clad in bamboo.. and the one on the right had a sofa on the deck which I thought was hilarious..

I finished my paddle and relaxed by the river with my book while I waited for the family to pick me up again. While I was paddling, they had been having their own trail riding adventure down at Weyba Lake..

 It looked like they had heaps of fun.

Back together again we relaxed at the apartment until it was time to back to Noosa Main beach to  get our only takeaway dinner of the entire trip (we've been taking packed lunches everywhere and cooking at home until now). We ate burgers on the beach watching the waves dump on the shore and the fire twirlers doing their thing further down the beach. A very nice last holiday evening.