Caloundra - > Maroochidore

We visited Caloundra today. It's a touristic place, it's busy and a bit hectic in the centre, but near the beach it's wonderful. Dickie beach is really nice, it was reasonably busy ( only 100 people on 2 kilometers of beach go figure ) and a bit further along the coast there are views of the ocean to kill for. A very nice place but there are better places along the coast, like Coolum Beach for instance, or Yaroomba Beach. We haven't been to every place yet, and Noosa apparently is very pretty also. Between Caloundra and Maroochydore there are a lot of industry parks, a lot of new-builds and it's basically 1 big building pit. Too bad, the region really looks poor there. I'm talking about Wurtulla and the likes, they are being built in by massive building projects, it really ruins most of the landscape so we quickly passed by there and went to Maroochydore. If Caloundra is the tourist centre then Maroochydore is the shopping centre and business centre. Most big companies have settled in Maroochydore and this made the town grow to be the biggest suburb in the Sunshine coast. There's a buzz in Maroochy that just isn't there in Caloundra. Ofcourse, this is our personal opinion only and we never liked highrises and busy area's.

Tomorrow we will do the upper part of the Sunshine Coast : From Maroochy to Noosa.