Take me on a trip, I wanna go somewhere...
On Friday night we had an ‘almost BBQ’ at Mel’s place...she’s a Uni friend of mine. We met in 2009 when we were both sent to Toronto to attend an engineering conference together, representing the U of A with a few other friends. Now she’s here in Brisvegas to live it up while completing an internship (similar to what I did the first time I was here). Anyways, she moved into a new flat last week and we celebrated with a get together to meet her new flatmates and check out her flash pad over dinner and drinks. Dave and I were pumped for a BBQ as we have been starved of anything charred since we don’t have a grill at home...but ironically their BBQ fizzled out right when we got the grub on it, so it was back to the stove top. In the end it didn’t matter, because supper was tasty and the wine plentiful! Conveniently, Mel only lives about 15 min walk from us at the Regis, so I’m fairly certain we have many more BBQ’s in store. We also hit up the Greek Food Festival, Paniyiri, to sample some new cuisine...like baby octopus, and some more familiar fare...hellooo Haloumi!, It’s all about the food, the smiles, the dancing and Brissy’s warm winter sunshine.
On Saturday morning we woke up and Dave asked what we had planned for the weekend...when I thought about it, there was ab-so-lute-ly nowhere we had to be. So, seeing as we can’t sit still for long, we decided to throw an overnight bag together and head to the Sunshine Coast for the weekend. Here are a few snaps of our weekend retreat, enjoy!
Noosa is my most favourite place in the greater Brisbane area. It’s a stylish yet laid back little town with a posh vibe about a two hour drive north of the city. The town is full of the nicest boutiques, fine dining and fabulous beaches which make for surf heaven-on-earth. We stayed at a super relaxing resort and enjoyed pizza and bevys by the pool that evening.
On Sunday, we woke up before dawn to watch the gorgeous sunrise over the ocean at Sunshine Beach.
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It’s so peaceful when the world is still and calm, this is Dave’s favourite time of the day so I’m glad we got to take in all the beauty together. We had a quick brekkie before hitting the 7km beach trek through Noosa National Park. The trail winds through the headlands with stunning views of the crashing ocean below and made for the perfect surf watching spots. Being here reminds us exactly why we came to live Aus, its close to perfection!
All in all we walked over 20,000 steps according to my trusty pedi...for a grand total of about 20kms...that’s almost a half marathon peeps! But who can complain when the journey is spent meandering along the seaside (and through one nudie beach!) Ahhh, such a brilliant weekend getaway and just what we needed to forget about the busy work week ahead of us. Too bad Monday always comes so quickly!
xoxo Tegs
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