Sunshine Coast, Australia

We recently returned from a short four day trip to Australia. We flew in to Brisbane, had lunch with Wayne's cousin Kevin, went to an art gallery, and took off in our little rollerskate mobile to Noosa. Our friends Julie, Andrew, Alan and Kerry were there visiting as well, and our friends Matt and Sarah are living there. We had a run and a swim, and after hearing scary stories about the Huntsman spiders there (huge, they get to be the size of your hand and bigger)we went to bed (with Keri nervously scanning the walls). The next day we went to a big local market, which was so much fun- lots of artists, bakers, clothing designers, etc. In the afternoon we went on a boat cruise up and down the channel of Noosa. Alan and Andrew dropped us off in the middle of town, where we watched an amazing cycle race featuring many high profile cyclists including Robbie McEwen, who wins the green jersey in the Tour de France regularly. The next day was Wayne and Matt's triathlon, and the Noosa triathlon is the second largest in the world. It was a really hot day, but the boys were stars! Wayne came in 9 minutes after the winner in the run, so that was awesome! We spent the rest of the day on the beach. Wayne, who did the most work of anyone, spent the whole time in the sea while the rest of us dosed on the beach. The next day we all went out to breakfast and it was time for us to head back to Brisbane. We stopped in at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo on the way back. It was amazing! We had a great time!