Walking Noosa

We walked well over 8 klm yesterday - in perfect Queensland Autumn weather (22oC max) - along the Noosa Headland track, through the National Park and ending at beautiful Sunshine Beach.

We're just past Dolphin Point here - and we're in new territory - the spectacular Granite Bay......

 ... then we're at the most Northerly Point of the National Park .........

 before the coastline heads SE to "Hell's Gates" and the remote beach at Alexandria Bay.

 Coast view with magpie ........

 We saw some wonderful wildlife yesterday on our walks including hundreds of these beautiful butterflies, a small family of quails and a camera shy echidna. We caught a glimpse of dolphins off the beach yesterday evening too, but none on our long walk in the morning.

 This is a pic of Rob doing his Harrison Redford impersonation (but without the snake) on the track along Alexandria Bay...........

Alexandria Bay is obviously popular with naturists. There were quite a few people enjoying the beach today - quite naked - but we acted blasé about it ..... as you do ....... see if you can see them in the background of this picture.....

 This is "Lion Rock".......

 This is the point - almost at the end of the coast walk - where we get our first breathtaking view South, past Sunshine Beach - all the way to Mount Coolum in the middle horizon line. Very familiar territory for me.

 There are over 200 steps down to Sunshine Beach. I'm glad we were going down and not up.....

 We walked another 1.3klm along the beach before rewarding ourselves with an excellent coffee at the "Jam Cafe" at Sunshine Beach. We decided to catch the bus back to Noosa rather than face another 8klm walk back. The tracks are pretty easy going for us but the kilometres of soft sand walking are always the hardest.

We finished off a wonderful day meeting up with my friend Jane and her Rob for drinks - overlooking the beach (at the Boardwalk Bistro). Nothing could be better than time with dear friends, eating fresh Coffin Bay oysters, happy hour drinks and a superlative sunset view over Noosa Beach (and a dolphin sighting!). Thanks for arranging the best seat in the house Jane!

 We ended off the night at the dark moody and classy "Locale" in the French Quarter.  What a wonderful day!