Ella, eh, eh, eh, under my umbarella!

My attempted walk was a dismal failure beyond all previous dismal failures. I awoke early, packed and ready to go. Off I skipped, heartily excited about the ventures I had planned for the day. I hopped onto the right bus, which, was arrived early. I was to get the bus to Cooroy, and then a train from Cooroy to Cooran. From Cooran I was to walk a bit and then get the train back, and the bus back after that.

Unfortunately, there were no trains on saturdays. Supergay! So I went back to Noosa for 10am. Great.

Making the best of the wonderful day, I decided to walk up to Laguna Lookout, which was more of a look-at-hideously-overgrown-vegetation-from-a-lookout-type-platform. The views were impressive though, be they obscured by masses of foliage.
I spent the next 6 hours walking along the beach, sunbaking (grrrr...), reading, eating and generally what people seem to call "relaxing". It was the only day of sunshine I had at Noosa.

The next morning I left for Brisbane/Brisvegas. Personally, I was excited by this as it is the third largest city in Aus (population 1.3million), but most people I'd met along the way had advised me to skip Brisbane and head straight for Surfers Paradise. After inspecting the lonely planet, I easily made an itinery for 4 full days in Brisbane, so, ironically, I extended my stay in Brisbane and decided to skip Surfers Paradise.

I'm glad I did. Today was my first full day in Brisbane, and I had a great day! I roughly followed the Lonely Planet "Walking Tour" of Brisbane, and also enquired about bicycle hire (for tomorrow) and a few other bits and pieces.
I attempted to trade in two books I had read in return for some cash. Unfortunately the evil book stall man exclaimed he was not interested in my books, and that he would not pay cash for them. I said the same back to him, and then went and burnt down his house.

Planned for the rest of the week is a bike ride down the river, walking in Brisbane Forest Park, climbing Mt. Coot Tha and visiting the Dreamworld Theme Park. Exciting!