Oct. 4 - Road Trip Day 1

Day 1 (Friday, Oct. 4) - We started our road trip with the CityCat catamaran taxi to take us down the river towards the airport.

City Cat

After about an hour on the Cat, we got off and I jumped on my trusty BikeFriday and rode off to find the rental car.  I drove back to get Annie and after a few minutes of panic, managed to find her.  We then bravely (remember I'm driving on the wrong side of the road!) headed north for Noosa.  On the way we took the scenic route to the Glasshouse Mountains, which were really funny volcanic remnants that looked like old English glass factories (hence the name, as given by Captain Cook).  

Glasshouse Mountains

We had some fun, took some pictures and headed for the famed beaches of Noosa.  They were supposed to be nicer than those of the Gold Coast to the south, and they may have been - we never saw them!  When we found our way there, there were tons of people, tons of cars, no place to stop, and general terror for the driver (me).  So we bailed out and stopped at Sunrise Beach just to the south.

Sunrise Beach - all the people are at Noosa!

We took a look and then made our way to Gympie. "Gympie?? Why on earth would you go to Gympie??" was the question we got form our Aussie firends.  When we got there, we understood their question.  All that Gympie had to offer was a good dinner, a mediocre motel, and a place for me to buy new hiking boots to replace my old ones that had a sole that was rapidly detaching.  I personally think this was great - how many people can claim that they have gympie hiking boots??