Sweet Home Noosabama

We arrived in Noosa last night after a somewhat crazy five hour trip that should have taken two max. After lots of missing peeps and pick ups we got a low down tour all the way to Noosa by Ray, our driver, who just happened to know everyone.

One of our fellow passengers was marathon runner Lee Troop, an Olympic runner with a PB of 2:09. He was a great laugh and genuinely funny guy. Apparently he has a reputation as a party animal, which we can believe, but from what we hear a great athlete with a half Marathon PB of 61mins. He told us he’d put on 5kg since Berlin with little training and too much good living. By the looks of things this doubled his weight.

Naturally the kids were up early today eager to see the place so went out running to figure out the layout. After just a few minutes the heat and humidity left us hot, sweaty and wondering what we’d let ourselves in for when it comes to racing this weekend. During our pickups we got our heart rates up to silly levels without actually going that quickly. One funny thing though was the crazy turkey like birds that strut about the place and nearly pecked our feet as we ran past. If that wasn’t mad enough I saw a woman feeding one chips while we ate lunch.

Talking of creatures we also had a visitor in our room when a small lizard decided that he fancied a kip on Eek’s pillow. We did try to return the long tailed critter to its natural habitat but it disappeared under the door slider. The hotel we’re in as part of Eek’s prize is all good with huge rooms, large bathroom and all mod cons. We even saw up to date Neighbours complete with new titles and music on the flat screen TV earlier;-). Luckily riding the bike course kept us from sitting in front of the box for too long. Eek just loved the 1.2km 20% hill we climbed. At least I thought they were expletives of joy.

I do wish that Tom and Sam could have told us how awful this place was going to be to live with white sandy beaches, lush green vegetation and blazing sunshine. So today’s pic is dedicated to the surfing duo who stayed here way before any of us even thought about this multi-sport malarkey. I can’t believe this is going to be home for the next six weeks or so. Quality training and great living here we come. Enjoy those fresh autumn days and wrapping up warm back home.