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Published: July 16th 2006
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Halse Lodge
When I arrived here I had no idea my life would be turned upside down. The following is a combined multiple journal entry detailing my weeklong holiday in Noosa
November 15, 2000 I arrive in Noosa in a cloud of soup. All good. Great Location. The beach is really close, as are the shops. There is a movie thearter close by. I saw Snatch today. It was another incredible triumph from the creators of Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking barrels. So far this hostel, Halse Lodge, has a little more of a party atmosphere than I expected. And here I was thinking I was going to get a relaxing, laid back surf holiday. I don't mind though. It definitely has a different vibe as compared to the hostels in the Northern Territory. The hostel does however go into severe lockdown at 11pm. The doors lock, the lights blink out, and the security guard starts his nightlly prowl. We'll see how it goes.
November 17, 2000 I can't believe that it is a weekday in late November and all I did today was sleep in, go to the beach, and swim in the surf for over an hour. I feel back into the swing of things. Noosa is sort of like an
Noosa Beach
I whiled away the days here and took my body surfing to a new level. Australian Hampton. It has a lot of upmarket shops and cafes. It is so choice. What a great way to spend my last week. Here is my schedule: sleep until 12, shower, go get some food at the foodcourt in the center of town, buy the The Australian newspaper, bring it back and read it and nap on the porch until around 2:30 at which point I go to the beach and go swimming. Can't beat it. On a side note I met the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life, no joke, today. She sat down next to me in the lounge and my heart actually skipped a beat. Turns out she's 17 years-old and from Sydney. She's here with her friend on a year-end school holiday.
November 19, 2000 Today was an interesting day. I couldn't sleep so I went down to the beach at 6am with the worst hangover ever. The sun was shining away due to the lack of Daylight's Saving Time, and there were actually a bunch of people on the beach. It felt like quite the Australian experience, as you would not find ordninary folk out that early back in the Hamptons. It was beautiful as the sun angled in from the right side of sky, and shed its warm light on the surfers, trees, and me. Throughout the day I have been missing people who have left and thinking about what I should of done.
Today, during my usual late afternoon swim I had an epiphonic moment. I was doing exactly what I wanted to do with my life. Some people are sitting in front of computers and here I was swimming the ocean. In the TV lounge today a bunch of us were laughing at the current cold weather back home in the Northern Hemisphere as images of it flashed upon the TV screen.
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It is now nighttime and I am a little bummed, but hey what am I going to do. I just need to focus where I am now. I am in Noosa with access to a great beach that I can go to anytime I want, four or five times a day if I want. Tomorrow, I think is going to be a total beach day, complete with naps and other relaxing stuff. Hostel life is weird you meet people and then they are gone just like that. So on the one hand your always meeting new people, but on the other hand you're always aware that someone who you knew isn't there anymore. In five days time I will be in Vanuatu and all this will fade away. Which also means I have less than a week left in Australia, wow.
November 20, 2000 It was just pouring rain for about 5 minutes in bright sunshine. I'm not sure how I'm going to react in December to the sever change in seasons when I return home. It will be cold and dark. Good thing it will be Christmas time. I already did one change from summer to winter this year, but this one promises to be more dramatic. I am doing a little better today. Beach time.
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I body surfed for an unreal hour and a half. I am picking up some good technique by watching the how the locals bodysurf. I am getting longer rides than I've ever gotten ever before. I feel like an addict as I can never tear myself away from the waves. Tonight I sat at the bar and rapped to this Kiwi I met about movies and other random stuff. Then this Dutch came along and we rapped about wooden shoes.
November 21, 2000 I never would have thought that something like this would have happened like this if you asked me a week ago when I was about to embark on this trip. The way I'm feeling now can be summed up by Elliot Smith's song, "Better be Quiet Now". I felt a little better after watching The Replacements at the local movie theater. And hell at least I'm not stagnating. Can't have that now, can we. I think Vanuatu will blow this all thing away, as I focus on the exotic South Pacific island vibe. At least I hope so.
I have less than three days left in Australia. I can't believe it is almost over. I never was quite sure how things would turn out, but I got through it. And of course I had some unexpected experiences along the way. I really don't know what it'll be like when I get back home... I'm not quite sure where I fit in now.
Note: I skipped over a whole section of Brisbane entries, but I will add them later. Also, a whole lot of the text from my journal entries in Noosa were edited out. There were some personal entries that dealt in large part with a fantastic girl I met there.
The Aussie Diaries are a XX part series. The entries come directly unabridged from the journal I carried around with me on my first post-university adventure to the southern hemisphere. They are a bit on the rough side. added november 11, 2005
MORE ENTRIES FROM THE AUSSIE DIARIES TO COME....
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