Leaving the Australia Zoo behind us, we headed off to the glasshouse mountains, which are really close by. They’re a series of hills sticking out of a fairly flat landscape all around. Like Mt. Warning, they are the remains of the plug of a volcano.
The hike to this one was quite ‘fun’. As per usual read the sign about the walk being ‘difficult’ and ‘steep’ and ‘only for experienced hikers’.. So off we set, aiming to do the 3 hour walk up Mt. Beerwah (and down again) in about an hour. We passed a sign which said ‘only experienced climbers past this point’… and wandered another few hundred meters along until we hit a patch of rock. Which was pretty sheer, and with few holds on it. However, after asking a couple of ozzies which way to go, and being told ‘just follow the yellow markers’, off up and away we went.
And it was probably the most enjoyable hike I’ve done in a while – at least a short one, but you would want a reasonable head for heights I think.
So after a quick run up and down Mt. Beerwah, it was time to hit noosa. The hip (and expensive) part of the gold coast. There was a nice national park that we wanted to hit before heading north. Our night in Noosa was lovely, in no small part due to the rather large tub of Copenhagen Ice-Cream we shared. Well, as much as two ice-cream lovers can at any rate.
The only tiny stressful part to the day – is finding a place to park for the night .. for some reason ozzies find it necessary to put up signs saying ‘no camping’ along beach fronts.. etc… quite inconvenient. However, there’s a park in the middle of Noosa – which was perfect for our needs (just in case anyone else is driving through)
So the next morning, had a quick walk around the park – (well, I walked, Mhairi did most of the available shorter walks!) Lots of surfers out.
Then, left noosa (After another ice-cream) and off to Rainbow beach, for a 4wd tour of Fraser island. Self guided.
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