It was a beautiful day walking throughout the rainforest at Noosa national park. While Derek and Carter snuck down the pathway to explore the rocky beach, Braden and I enjoyed the scenic views up top. That is where we came across yet another huge huntsman spider spinning a ginormous web right in front of our eyes. We both stopped and admired it. It was the size of a hand. Some of our friends asked why we didn't scream and run. It actually never even crossed our minds. Instead we couldn't wait to find Derek and Carter to show them! We also saw a koala in a tree. Surprisingly to us, we didn't even take a photo of it as we have been blessed with seeing these creatures in the Otway national park. Interesting, there were many local Aussies showing excitement over this little koala and after talking to many of them, we found out it was the first time in their lives to see a koala in the wild. We couldn't believe it. How fortunate we were to find so many just weeks before. They said it is a known fact that the average Aussie sees a maximum of 6 koalas in their lifetime. Crazy!!!
As we were just thinking about heading to the beach, Carter announced that there are just two things left on our list of must do's. The first seeing a snake and the second, hunting a salt water crocodile. I particularly didn't really care if we saw either of these deadly creatures in the wild. With that said, just moments later we were told to look up if we wanted to see a python. A PYTHON! It was huge! Well we thought it was. It was coiled up on a branch so not quite as scary as one might think if seen slithering by ones feet. The boys knew right away that it was a carpet python as they had learned lots about these and brown snakes at Heidi's farm sanctuary. I think I took over forty photos of it. Finally, we left for the beach and enjoyed the afternoon jumping waves at the Spit, the surfers beach.
It wasn't until today that I learned why there were so many buoys out in the water. Can you guess what they were used for? They are shark nets. These are positioned around the swimming areas to keep shark from entering. But at this time of year, we don't have to worry about hungry sharks. They have already moved to warmer waters:) or so they tell me!
"Keys" is a word that will soon be blacklisted from our vocabulary. Today, for the third time....3! Derek lost the keys again. Lost, not quite but dropped them by accident down the tiniest slot in the elevator. They were the room keys. Good thing we had two sets and good thing the manager didn't seem too bothered by it. He said the technician would pull them out next maintenance. Relieved ? Yes he was! Derek was thrilled this incident was not going to cost us an additional $500 to replace another darn key.
The boy showed off their surfing skills on their own today. They did an amazing job. The waves were not as spectacular in Noosa as they were in Byron but they managed to hang on and looked good. I guess those two lessons paid off for them. Now in the other side, Derek and I failed miserably. We honestly need to take private lessons because we were a gong how out there. With no time to practice the four points Carter quickly told us, we got hit by the first wave, shoved over by the second and flipped in the third. Serious thinking had to happen quickly. I took a break to regroup my thoughts:-) Derek continued on. By the time I grabbed the board again, Derek was done. Carter and Braden were both there coaching me and giving me solid advice and encouragement to get up in a wave. I couldn't stop laughing, knowing I probably looked like a fool as my kids caught many waves. I finally got up, briefly (not even time to capture a photo!) and nose dived getting a mouthful of sand (that I swallowed) and a nose full if salt water. I can honestly say, that didn't feel good. The boys clapped and laughed with me but the best part of that whole experience was when Braden yelled out that I looked way better than Derek. That is hilarious cuz I can't imagine that I looked like I was even surfing:-) We took our boards back and enjoyed watching the boys enjoy their surfing for the rest of the afternoon.
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