Australia Dec 2015 (19 DAYS 18 NIGHTS) – Sunshine Coast Part 1 of 5

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Day 1 to 3. Australia – Sunshine Coast. As usual, I always take too long to start on my travel post. I guess it is better late than never haha. It was a 18 days Australia trip! Woah. Longer than my usual holidays. The thought of researching and book accommodations is already tiring.
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My First time going Sunshine Coast. Excited! Heard they have great beaches and not as crowded as Gold Coast. The soft fine sand… the sea breeze… Here I go to my favourite Australia~
Watch my Highlights of Sunshine Coast Trip in Dec 2015 video! If you like, continue to read on~

~Day 1~We took a flight out on Christmas Day 12:45am and did our Christmas Countdown in the Singapore Changi Airport. We went to the Terminal 3 Kopitiam Food Court and catch some local delights before going to Australia! My favourite oyster egg, char kway tiao, chinese dumplings, ice kacang, pulut hitam. Yum Yum.

We check in and walk around the duty free zone. The Changi Airport staff are singing Christmas Carols. Christmas is in air~

We took a midnight flight from Singapore to Brisbane at about 12:45am. Landed in Brisbane at about 10:45am (8 hours flight).

Once we reach the Brisbane airport, I am glad that they have a Optus counter at the airport. We went to get Sim Card. It is always important to me that there is data connection when travelling especially for road trips.

Grab some brochures before going for some light breakfast.

Spotted “The Coffee Club” cafe in the airport. First meal in Australia! Grab a light breakfast and cappuccino before we start our journey.

After getting some light breakfast, we make our way to Avis counter to collect our car.

~Avis Rental~

Address	Terminal Buildings, Brisbane, QLD, 4007, Australia
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Quick Review	We got the car key from the counter and make our way to the car park and search for the car. We got a white Holden car. Very spacious. Not very very clean and new but acceptable.

If you buy things from Woolsworth, you may get a Caltex petrol discount coupon where you may be able to save 4 cents per litre.

Here we are reach Oaks Oasis our home for next few days.

~Oaks Oasis Resort~

Address	2 North St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
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Quick Review	Our room were at 3rd level. Better view but tiring to climb up and down with luggages. The room is very clean and spacious with balcony and kitchenette. Heard they were newly renovated. There is also a water park. Good for family with kids.

After a good rest, we proceed to hunt for our dinner. We went to Kings Beach. Christmas Day is really hard to find food places in Australia. My goodness Even the fast food chain are also close. The whole place is like dead town!!

~Pappa`Delles Italian Restaurant~

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Quick Review	Thank goodness that they are open on Christmas day!! Or we will starving on Christmas. We ordered chicken and mushroom risotto and Stockmans Pizza.

After having our christmas dinner, we had a walk and drove back to our resort. Passed by this pretty building that is well decorated with christmas lightings.

Woke up and head for our breakfast provided by the resort. Yummy breakfast while siting beside the water lily pond. So relax

We start our day with my new sunglass bought at Changi Airport.

~Big Top Shopping Centre~

Address	12-20 Ocean Street Maroochydore, QLD 4558
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Quick Review	Disappointing. We wanted to visit the farmers market at the Big Top Shopping Centre. It was not mentioned on their website that they will be closed. Hence, we couldn’t visit it. We went to Woolsworth instead. One of my favourite supermarket. There is always a wide variety of fresh produce. I learn something new that there is another name of papaya. “Paw Paw”. So cute. Bought food for picnic at the beach later. Note (As of 9 July 2016): I have check their site the Big Top Shopping Centre has ceased the farmers market.

On our way to carpark. We notice the crowd at Sunshine Plaza. We decided to check it out.

~Sunshine Plaza~

Address	Horton Parade, Maroochydore
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Quick Review	There were quite a few restaurant along the river. Nice view. Great place for eating and shopping. We went shopping and bought myself a new cap. Delighted! It was so sunny. The cap came right in time! Is it nice on me? Haha We took a coffee break there too

Yippee! We are finally going to head out to the beach. Lovely fine sand and blue sea. Here we come!~

~Sunshine Beach~

Address	Sunshine Beach QLD 4567, Australia
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Quick Review	Lovely place to relax! I customise my own salad bowl but adding Jamie’s Orange & Black Pepper Smoked Salmon. We had bananas, fruit juice, coffee, doritos, yoghurt and salad with the beautiful scenery for lunch. Amazing! Lucky it wasn’t too windy or we will have sand all over our food haha. So be careful guys when you plan for picnic on the beach. Nice place to take a nap on the fine sand. ZzZzzZzz

Soon it is time for Dinner!~ We had a short walk at Noosa Main Beach.

We heard good reviews for Betty’s Burger. Here we go and grab some burgers!

~Betty’s Burger~

Address	SHOP 2/50 Hastings St
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Quick Review	We ordered Betty’s Classic Stack (Betty’s Classic and a Shroom Burger combined) $16, Onion rings (Crisp fried beer battered onions) $6, Thick Shake $8, Pure Blond Beer $7.50. We also had Betty’s Baked Apple Pie Concrete (Vanilla custard, baked apple pie, caramel sauce) $8 for dessert. All so Delicious!~ The onion rings were very crispy.

We had another short walk around and head back . Have a good night rest….

~ Day 2 ~

Yawnz.. Woke up to a new day! We had our breakfast and head out to Caloundra Street Fair.

~Caloundra Street Fair~

Address:	Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
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Quick Review:	A nice street fair which has up to 200 stallholders each week. They have a wide variety of products. There is fresh food, street food and also local performers. We went for a coffee break at a nearby cafe too.

Next we head out to Mooloolaba Beach area. We stumbled upon Fish on Parkyn. This is the one!

~Fish on Parkyn~

Address:	25 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba QLD 4557, Australia
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Quick Review:	The squid was the most memorable. Very tender and delicious. We also ordered fish and the side dish was coconut rice. Very interesting combination. Love the coconut rice! Very Fragrant.

After lunch, we take a walk and relax at Mooloolaba Beach.

We almost left the area and saw Yogurt World. Had some craving for cold stuff. Decided to stop by.

~Yogurt World~

Address:	129 Mooloolaba Espl, Mooloolaba QLD 4557, Australia
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Quick Review:	Wow a wide variety of Yogurt flavors and toppings! Yummy! Love the smooth yogurt and my creative mix of toppings! Haha A dessert before Dinner!

Looking forward to my dinner place. Noosa Boathouse.

~Noosa Boathouse~

Address:	194 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville QLD 4566, Australia
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Quick Review:	We ordered their “Seafood Experience for 2”. It is a 3 tiered seafood platter – fresh moolooba prawns, moreton bay bugs, freshly shucked natural oysters, fraser isle spanner crab green papaya salad & chilli cane juice dressing, salt & pepper clamari, battered qld barramundi & prawns, chips, charred garlic ciabatta, condiments, melon! Wow what a spread! I love variety! You get to try so many different local and australian seafood at 1 shot. Love the presentation! I also enjoy the scenery while we enjoy the seafood.

Time flies. Next day we will be heading out to Gold Coast. Another of my favourite and memorable place in Australia!

~Day 3~

Yawnz.. Woke up earlier to catch breakfast and my “Paw Paw”. So juicy and sweet.

We wanted to visit Sunshine Sunshine Expresso to check out the donuts. Unfortunately, they were closed. Disappointed. Sad Unable to satisfy my donut craving. Sob sob. We continue our journey to Gold Coast and make some stops for snacks at Petrol station.