I just moved to the Gold Coast from noosa and there is no doubt that the car scene is better down here and there is probably "more to do" as far as younger people are concerned. However if neither of these things are of great concern than noosa is possibly the place to be. Its a way more relaxed lifestyle, its easy to find your way around and or get around so long as you have a car. There is limited stuff to do and the majority of the population are younger to middle aged. The economy in noosa is rather good and if you can buy in the right area you stand to make lots of money. Even still if your chasing a nice house near the beach dont be suprised to easily pay over a couple of mil. Depending on the size of the house and the closeness to the beach and centre of town houses range from 400k to 800k. Jobs arent to bad especially due to the new development at the moment, including a new shopping complex due for comletion late 05 early 06. The people are generally nice however there are area's where they think that they are top sh*t just because they own some crap house on the water worth 1.5mil *cough* noosa waters *cough* even still most ppl that live in there are alright. You'll find the people more relaxed and open to friendships as many are retired (however young they are) and or they make enough money to just have fun. Fishing is O K, thats about all i'll say. Women, not to bad, especially during the silly season. As josh pointed out there are only 2 nightclubs but there are many many nice bars and many many dodgy pubs .....thats about it, i hope this helps.
Matt