We left Hervey Bay about 10 the next day on the Greyhound bus to Noosa with Alex, Steph, Big Kev and Cath in tow, we arrived in Noosa to a tropical downpour, once again Queensland, which is labeled ‘The Sunshine State’(at least on car number plates it is,) was toying with us. Our primary motivation for heading here was we had heard this is one of the best places in which to see Koalas, which was the one quintessential Australian animal we hadn’t seen (or run over) yet in the wild. We thought we must be onto something when we checked into Koalas Backpackers and spent the rest of the day peering out the window waiting for the rain to ease off, it didn’t. So as we were virtual prisoners in our hostel we thought we
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