Sunshine Coast

Hi all--- We're having an amazing time in Australia so far! From Brisbane, we took the bus up to a town called Maroochydore so that we could climb Mt. Coolum, the 2nd highest monolith in oz (after Ayers rock). We hiked to the top, climbed at Coolum Caves, and then camped (illegally) in Mt. Coolum National Park. We then took the bus to Noosa--we saw a wild koala while hiking in Noosa Heads National Park and camped at the most beautiful caravan park, right on the Noosa River--we were literally camped on the bank of the river which looks like a tropical paradise with white sand beaches, tourquoise water, and palm trees. Overall, Australia is way more beautiful and tropical than we expected! From a hostel in Rainbow beach, we did a self-drive, 4X4 camping safari trip to Fraser Island--the world's largest sand island and a world heritage site. We went to Lake Wabby, a sand dune lake and had fun driving on very intense, narrow, off-road tracks with 6 other really cool people from around the world. After 3 days and 2 nights on Fraser Island, we returned to Rainbow Beach and fed wild dolphins (It was Jenelle's first time seeing dolphins in the wild and she thought it was awesome)! We are now in Hervey Bay and our internet time is up so more to come :-)