WITH THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING FAST APPROACHING, MAZDA PROVIDED MY SISTER & ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ZOOM ZOOM UP TO NOOSA WHERE THE END OF SUMMER WAS OUT OF SIGHT & OUT OF MIND, & WITH THANKS TO MAZDA, LITERALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD. THIS EXCEPTIONAL PART OF OUR BACKYARD WAS FULLY REALISED BY THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDED. IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING FROM THE MOMENT WE LANDED IN BRISBANE & HIT THE ROAD IN THE BRAND NEW CX-5. WINDOWS DOWN WITH THE MUSIC BLARING, WE WERE ON A ROAD TRIP TO PARADISE & THEN SOME. UPON CHECK IN AT THE SOFITEL NOOSA, WE WERE TREATED TO A ROOM WITH DECEDENT VIEWS STRETCHING FROM THE NOOSA RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WHITE SANDS & PALM TREES WITH A GENTLE BREEZE BLOWING ONTO OUR BALCONY. WE WERE IMPRESSED TO THE SAY THE LEAST. HOWEVER, THIS WAS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG & THERE WAS SO SO MUCH MORE IN STORE.

CHAMPAGNE ALWAYS TASTE BETTER WITH A VIEW & BOY, THAT BALCONY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. THE ACCOMPANYING CHEESE PLATTER WAS ON POINT & HAD US SALIVATING FOR WHAT WAS TO COME. LUNCH ON THE BEACH WITH SEAFOOD SO FRESH, IT WAS LEAPING FROM THE OCEAN STRAIGHT ONTO OUR PLATE. AS DAY TURNED TO NIGHT THE SPLENDOUR OF NOOSA UNFURLED. WE DINED IN A HOUSE OF UNDERSTATED OPULENCE WHICH DID JUSTICE TO OUR SURROUNDINGS. WE DID NOT WANT THE MAGIC OF THE NIGHT TO END, BUT WHEN IT DID, WE WERE ONCE AGAIN BLOWN AWAY. IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO START THE DAY THAN A COOKING CLASS WHILE BEING SOAKED IN THE MORNING SUN?! WE THEN DINED AT WASABI IN ITS PRIVILEGED IDYLLIC SETTING. I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF TO BREATHE.

THE EXCITEMENT DID NOT END THERE AS THE NEXT NIGHT WAS ONE TO REMEMBER. WITH A SHORT TRIP TO OUR GLAMPING SITE THAT WAS ONLY REACHABLE BY FERRY, WE WERE UP FOR ANOTHER EPIC ADVENTURE. AS WE DROVE UP THE DIRT ROAD WE WERE PRESENTED WITH OUR GLAMoROUS HOME FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS. WITH A FULL SWAG OF AMENITIES WE SETTLED IN RIGHT AWAY. WELCOME DRINKS AT THE BAR WITH OUR FELLOW GLAMPERS, FOLLOWED BY A TANTALISING 4 COURSE MENU CREATED BY CELEBRITY CHEF ADAM DUNDAS. WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SOUNDS OF THE OCEAN, SLEEPING IN OUR TIPI WAS MAGICAL. THE NEXT MORNING THE EARLY RISERS PARTICIPATED IN YOGA ON THE BEACH, CAPPED OFF WITH A FULL SPREAD FOR A SIT DOWN BREAKFAST. WITH OUR GOODBYES HUGS & GROUP PHOTO COMPLETED, IT WAS TIME TO HEAD OFF ON ONE LAST NOOSA JOY RIDE BEFORE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT.