Mooloolaba

Making my way down the sunshine coast, I caught two busses to get to Mooloolaba - I only chose to come here because I liked the sound of the name!

It's a cheap way to travel as these buses have a tap on tap off service and when I checked the transaction for the first one it cost 10 cents!!....5p - My card wouldn't scan on the second one and he just waived me on anyway - I've seen many drivers allow people on for free

Mooloolaba has a tangle of little estuaries and a Marina, and beaches. I checked into a hostel. The guy said there was usually an age limit on the dorm rooms to stop locals and drug addicts but he said he could see I was a genuine backpacker and so let me in (I looked up, the age limit is 35)

Also he warned me that the room smelt of Marijuana as the guy in there works at a 'medicinal' marijuana place and some comes back smelling of it, and told me not to worry......I'm not worried, I said......but I wondered if he was having a joke

After checking in I headed for the beach 

- which was nice but it soon clouded over and started to rain and later it became torrential!!

There are lots of people getting dressed up for halloween tonight - there's a $50 prize for the best costume.

I sat & watched Joker on my laptop. Wanted to watch The Shinning but couldn't get it for free.

The party went on quite late.....well ....the private party in the room next door - they sounded British - up to around 2am. 

I didn't mind, I was so tired,  but it obviously upset the ozzy neighbour in a motel next door, as at 6 am next morning he was shouting & raging about the 'noisy ' neighbours, yelling 'get up now' and sounding drunk.......and very cross

I checked out after Vegemite on toast  & coffee for brekkie.......dodging the free Yoga session in reception and sat at the bus stop.

Reuben - a young lad started chatting to me at the bus stop. He was walking home after a night of partying. He had half a halloween costume on & a water bottle with vodka in it. His phone was dead & he had 2 km to walk home. He was amazed I was backpacking & we got chatting. He is 20 & works as a deck hand. He was a little hungover & I said I did similar stuff in my 20's. When I told him I had a 20 year old daughter he said, 'I'm interested in you daughter, tell me about her'.
Some other random guy came along and gave him a protein bar....said he looked like he needed it after a heavy night. I thought - how kind! 

It makes me laugh, they call off licences 'bottle shops '.......little differences.