I have been visiting Naomi Lister in the Sunshine Coast of Australia for a week, and I had the best time. She and her whole family were so friendly and so nice to me the whole time. And Naomi was the best tourist guide, host and friend :o)
She had made a welcome basket for me when I arrived. It had heaps of small (Australian) goodies in it, such as Milo, Vegemite, TimTams, Australian Breakfast Tea, Koala pasta, and my favourite sweets "Forbidden Fruits". This was a super nice way to be greeted.
I was staying with Naomi for a week, and she had lots of plans for us, and we had heaps of fun.
On one of the days we went to Montville to look in some shops. Montville is full of small, cute shops.
And of course I had to do a TimTam slam, I could not be in Australia and not do one of those. In this photo we are sitting out on the veranda having tea. I really enjoyed the weather, I did once have to wear a sweater , the weather was good the whole time, except that it did rain once or twice, but that didn't even make it cold.
I also got to see real life kangaroos. I felt like you haven't been in Australia if you haven't seen kangaroos. And I got to see them, and they were wild.
Naomi also took me to a sushi-rail. The sushi was good, but I wanted to go there because of the rail, it was fun having food ride past you, and I could chose what to have.
We went kayaking in Maroochy River. And the current was in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go, so it sure was hard work. The sun was shining, so we went for a swim afterwards.
We also climbed Mount Coolum, which by the way is only for the cool(um) people. Can you see me climbing, it sure was hard work, but we both made it to the top.
Eventhough they say that it is getting to autumn now, the weather has been super nice, so we went to the beach a few times. In Noosa Naomi and I even built a sandcastle, isn't it pretty?
And we got to talk to Hanné, both of us talking to her from the same place. It was fun, it has been a year since we saw each other in real life. Because of the big time difference between Australia and England we had to get up very early. So sorry, Hanné, if we weren't very talkitive.
These are the really nice people that I stayed with in the Sunshine Coast. They were so kind and friendly to me, and I really had a great time there.
On Monday Naomi had to go to work, so I went to Brisbane, and met up with Kristina, who lives there. We had lunch and later icecream together. In the photo we are in the Wheel, which was fun, but a bit scary too.
This is Tirzah, Naomi's niece, Joana's daughter. She is the cutest little thing. It was a pleasure meeting her. I had to get a photo taken with her.
And then it was time to leave. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT WEEK :o)
