Brisbane - Via Noosa and The Cooloola Coast National Park to Tewantin. Total travel distance: 250 km, Estimated travel time with Ian is approx 3 Hrs
Brisbane weather is always quite reliable at this time of the year. Warm with a chance of warm rain...No cold rain here. I recommend departing Brisbane between 7-8am and travel towards Rainbow Beach past the Glasshouse Mountains and then via Coolum Beach, Perigian Beach, Noosa, Tewantin, and then the beach drive between Tewantin and the Cooloola Coast.
There are several ways to get to
Rainbow Beach but the route I recommend is via the above. Our first leg would be from
Brisbane to the
Etamogah Pub (more on the pub below) which is famous for it's weird design then onto
Coolum Beach which is going to be your first view of
The Pacific Ocean as you fly in at night time.
From Coolum Beach and a quick swim if you're up for it, we will drive onto Noosa Heads past Perigian Beach which is close to my heart (Ask me why when we are there) While here, we should be able to spend an hour or so SHOPPING!! on Hastings Street for cool beach clothes and a last chance to collect any supplies (hats, sunnies suntan lotion etc) and a swim in the sea.
Noosa is a beautiful place and shouldn't be missed. From Noosa Beach we will head to Tewantin and it's here where we will be doing our first ferry crossing onto the Cooloola Coast entry point.
Just on the other side is a small pub where we will have to stop to let our tyres down to cope with the white soft sand from this point till we leave Fraser Island. It's from here that the adventure starts and depending on who would like to be the first one to drive on the beach, maybe a short straw jobbie, we'll change drivers.... Once we have entered on to the beach it's adventure from here on till you leave Fraser Island. Your 4WD will cope with everything that's we have in front of us but it may be a good idea once we have entered the beach to stop and have a brief lesson on how 4WD's work. This is important as there are some areas when the sand is vulnerable and the vehicle must be driven accordingly to save embarrassment.
There's absolutely nothing to worry about in a situation like this except pride. You know the Aussie Sprit...Take the p*** first then help later...Hehe. There is always help around the corner but failing that, Ian will sort it out. I have special techniques for this sort of situations. It's called Digging.
Another option we have on this day is to take a trip to the Tewantin State Forest and Forest Reserve. This would depend on how you feel after your flight and also the temperature of the day. It consists of Rainforest, open eucalypt forest and Wallum Heath
remnants between Noosa and Cooroy which, are protected in this hilly near-coastal forest, Tewantin State Forest and Forest Reserve. Mt Tinbeerwah (265m) is a volcanic plug remaining from volcanic activity millions of years ago.
It's located Towards Cooroy and we could stop and walk to Mt Tinbeerwah Lookout for a 360-degree view over the Noosa River system with its string of lakes, the coast and hinterland forests.
A sealed 130m track at Mt Tinbeerwah provides a clear but uphill walk to a lookout overlooking the coast. There is also evidence of early Aboriginal occupation but the view from the top will give you a 360 degree view of where we are travelling too.
Sunshine Coast Home Page
Info on some of the places you will visit between Brisbane and Rainbow Beach
3 comments:
75km north of Brisbane just off the Bruce Highway at the Gelnview/Palmview exit there is Opals Down Under. We have to visit it, Ian; one because I'd like to and two because I have been commissioned to buy an opal!
www.opalsdownunder.com.au
No Problems Lynne....Do you want me to place that on the site? I do also know an Opal dealer in Brisbane and could probably I get them cheaper for you there....Would you like me to make enquiries?
For the opal on its own I have been asked to get one that is about the size of a woman's little fingernail so maybe that would be good to get from your contact. We'd like to look at some at this place as well!
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