I celebrated my second birthday in Australia on the beach again, it is tradition after all. This year my husband took the whole day off and we left around 7am, stopped for fuel for car and for us and kept driving north to Noosa Heads. We drove up here once by accident when my husband first got his new Falcon and I thought it reminds me of the Hamptons and this is where I'd love to go for my birthday.When we arrived in Noosa Heads we were looking for a parking spot that was longer than an hour, it's free to park but there is a Traffic Enforcer putting chalk on your tires and if within the hour that chalk mark hasn't moved, you are getting a ticket. The parking lot was full so we drove over the creek bridge and found a spot on the street that wasn't Hastings Street as that's the only place that has limited time parking. We walked to Hastings Street, passing the Sheraton and some other Hotels. I was prepared for the warmth, I wore shorts and a t-shirt, I did wear a light sweatshirt in the morning as it was just slightly above 50F but while walking around it became a lot warmer, around 76F, what awesome weather for the second to last week in winter. We did some window shopping and looked at the cafe menus. I needed a new sun hat, something to wear now that it's getting closer to summer. I have a hat that I bought in Split in '05 but it's seen better days. I tried on a ton of hats until I came across this one that wasn't too light or dark in color and it had little beads along the rim, and my husband bought it for me for my birthday. We looked at clothing, and he tried on this lovely polo shirt that was a great color for the summer but it was tight only on his arms, such a shame as it looked really good on him. We then went to the beach and walked in the water, it was warm enough to swim in. We were having fun, being silly in the water, taking photos and enjoying the sunshine. Then it was nearing lunch and we decided to go to the Nossa Surf Club as it overlooks the beach. We arrived, signed in and headed towards the balcony, at first there were only the high tables away from the view, then the couple left and after the crew cleaned it I swooped down, hubby didn't realize at first as he had gone to get us drinks. I had the perfect seat on a perfect day, with a lovely glass of white wine and my husband by my side with that amazing view. We ordered a dozen Oysters Kilpatrick and 2 BLT's that came with chips (fries), everything was delicious. After lunch we walked back to Hastings Street and went for gelato at Gelatissimo, I had hazelnut and he had choc chip mint. We sat around, bought a lottery ticket, walked a bit and stopped at a cafe for some coffee. We went to a few more shops and finally found a hat for my husband. The owner of the store was one of those that was very friendly, he guessed I was from New York but couldn't guess my age, he did get my husbands fairly correct. :) Hee Hee :) We decided since we had 7:30 dinner reservations, maybe we should start heading south, we stopped at Mooloolaba Beach, I wanted to see the sunset but always forget that the beaches here face east and that the sunset would come behind the building, oh well, one day we'll take a trip to Western Australia and I'm sure the sunsets over the Indian Ocean are amazing. My in-laws shouted us dinner at our favorite Malaysian restaurant. We ordered fried calamari as an appetizer but the dumb ass wasn't listening and put it together as the main meal. We also ordered, spicy herbed chicken, spicy herbed beef, some spicy lamb dish and a seafood dish along with a large steamed whit rice. For all that food and 3 sodas was just under $90, pretty good for 5 people to eat, and eat well.
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