Into the Center...

After Fraser we headed to Noosa, which is a really trendy town with loads of gorgeous restaurants and nice shops. We stayed in this wicked apartment facing right on the river. The highlight was when this little boat playing rag-time music would journey past in the evening, cranking its tunes loud enough that we could enjoy it from our balcony. We also rented a boat for a few hours and Phil ferried us around to see the expensive houses and to enjoy a bit of fishing. I caught a fish!!

After Noosa we started our journey through to Alice Springs. Our first stop was Roma, a town with a a bakery called "Bake A-roma" and very delicious steak restaurant where the meat was on display for the choosing. We enjoyed both lunch and dinner there. We also spent a proportionally large amount of our time taking pictures of bottle trees which, as you can see, are very cool.

I think my favorite part of inland Queensland is that every town you go to has its own tourist attraction that, by and large, is fabulous. We spent a few hours poking around the Big Rig to learn about the oil and gas industry in Australia. Though it sounds boring, it was great! The best part was this hallway that let you "journey through time" back to the age of the dinosaurs to see how oil forms. The last stage was the oil getting drilled out - so it looks like you're in a cave and a drill bit bursts through the ceiling. It was great!