Sunshine Coasting
For the best of the Sunny Coast
Category: Out and About
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I’ve been struggling a tad of late. I’m behind in delivering my novel, and a few other bits and pieces are getting on top of me. After giving myself a talking to I’m beginning to get on top of things again. What has also helped is that I’ve been forced to take a couple of…
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This is arguably Maleny’s most photographed paddock – it’s also probably it’s most generous. One Tree Hill, with its iconic single tree and magic views over the Glasshouse Mountains, is a favourite with wedding photographers. Before you go tearing up there though, this is private property and a working farm. I took the pic above from…
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Hear the serenity, check out the view. This is Witta. Located just nine kilometres outside of Maleny on the Hinterland road to Kenilworth, Witta is well worth a stop. Check out the General Store – which also happens to be the only store – and stay for a cuppa or a meal…the view is fab.…
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These are not your average Botanical Gardens. Aside from the Sculpture Garden, there are no manicured lawns and exotic flowering plants. Instead, what you have is bushland – a place to breathe, and wander, and relax, and remember what it’s like to reconnect with nature after a hard week in the office where you’ve been…
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I’ve been bookmarking pictures of Buderim Falls (or “Serenity Falls”) since before we moved to the Coast. The pictures on instagram showed a lush rainforest with a relatively short (hello, I’ve seen the size of those falls in New Zealand…just saying) waterfall into a beautifully lit turquoise swimming hole. Of course I was keen…
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Followers of my instagram page know that I like me a good sunrise, but there’s something about seeing a sunrise from a lighthouse that feels like you’re really making an effort to see the sunrise, if you know what I mean. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for months – catch the sunrise from…
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Apparently Captain Cook, on his trip up the coast way back when, thought these mountains looked like the glass furnaces from back home in Yorkshire. Aye. Now, I’ve never seen one of these glass furnaces for myself – although I have been to Yorkshire – so I’m just going to have to take Captain Jim’s…
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Most mornings – and at least a couple of afternoons a week – I walk around to the end of the rock wall at Mooloolaba. It’s a great walk – with one teeny weeny issue: you don’t really see the sunrise from here. Pt Cartwright is the place for that. I’ve heard it said that…
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With paths available all up and down the coast, covering a little extra distance than usual was also not difficult. Like this one: the coastal path from Mooloolaba to Cotton Tree. I started at sunrise and was back at the surf club at Mooloolaba for morning coffee with hubby. How far? I started the walk…
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Located between Mooloolaba and Maroochydore, Alex (as the locals call it) is a long sweeping stretch of sand with great surf and fabulous views up to Old Woman Island of Mudjimba and, further up, Mount Coolum. Popular with surfers – especially around the Headland at at the northern end of the beach – there’s also…
Sunshine Coasting 