noosa

yesterday, kp and i celebrated our 5th anniversary (just three months shy of #6) by going to noosa up the sunshine coast in queensland. we'd each spent the actual day last fall with colleagues/mentors - i took mine to dinner at bistro daisy in new orleans while kp went to the beach for the day. we were excited to get GG out on the road, break her in, and i was astounded to learn that we were just two short hours from this kind of scenery! 

our first stop was the glass house mountains, the eroded remnants of 25,000,000-year-old volcanos that jut out above eucalyptus fields and pine plantations.

  

another 45min in the car, and we were here: 

lunch on the beach: tasmanian oysters au natural

it turns out that oysters and wine go straight to your head... so we hit the trail after lunch to walk off the afternoon buzz. destination: hell's gate. i found at least three perfect beach picnic spots along the way, and kp stopped every 200m or so to admire the surfers... so the light was fading fast by the time we got to the top, and we made it back to the beach just in time for sunset.

this guy was one with the wave

 

next weekend we're probably going to hang around brisbane - the farmers' market is back on saturday, and i've found an antique store i want to check out - but i'm thinking we'll have to come back here at least once more before we head to canberra. for a texan, proximity to a beach like this is just too tempting!