What are the pros and cons of living in Noosa?
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If you like the big city life, nightclubs and parties, Noosa is not the place. It is an early morning town; a health and fitness town; a foodie town; a retiree town; a community focused town, and most of all, a country town on the beach.
Pros:
- Quiet (compare this to Maroochy, BrisVegas, etc).
- Beach
- No traffic lights! (except the 1 near/next to the pool/school). Roundabouts only
- Everything is a 5 to 10 minute drive
- Beach
- Weather
- Beach
- Access to lovely food and drink
- Happy people nearly everywhere
- Airport access is 25 mins away.
Cons:
- Very expensive
- Place is hell busy and crap during Schoolies and Christmas time (pro tip: leave on your own holiday, then)
- Very expensive
- Very expensive
- Oh, it's very expensive.
- Tradies charge like a wounded bull to do _anything_
Yep - the entire coastal area north of BrisVegas is getting inundated more and more. As frustrating as it is the local council do take a strong, positive, pro-active action to mitigate the pains of a tourist influx. They do a damn good job in controlling the tourists considering the large influx there is. Just look at the photo's of Noosa beach in Dec/Jan vs offseason ! It's empty vs no room ... such extreme differences :) It's all about planning. For example, I would try and get dropped off by my parents at the beach (or near by) because of traffic. Or plan to use bikes (which is an awesome mode of transport in the area).